Republicans would essentially remove protections from a large chunk of the Utah monument. House Republicans are targeting a sprawling national monument in Utah for significant changes — including ...

On March 25, representatives of six Southwestern tribes announced the formation of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Inter-Tribal Coalition. They are following the model of the Bears ...

If environmentalists characterized the Trump administration’s management of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in song, it would be American composer Cole Porter’s “Anything Goes.” To ...

Southern Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, a sweeping desert landscape known for its rock “staircase” and rust-colored vistas, could be in big trouble. That’s because on July 22, the ...

The Trump administration is considering shrinking the boundaries of six national monuments to open them up for resource extraction, according to insiders and a leaked draft of an Interior Department ...

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A hiker traveling last month in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument expected scenic red-rock views but instead found pools of crude oil. Mechanical and electrical failures at a facility in ...

SALT LAKE CITY - Seven years after President Clinton shocked and angered Utah politicians by creating the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, lawyers for an association of Utah counties asked ...

BOULDER, Garfield County — In the tiny town of Boulder, there's a place you can't miss. Hell's Backbone Grill & Farm has fed hungry tourists for nearly 25 years. "Our guests come from all over the ...

We've all seen images and Instagram posts of the iconic Horseshoe Bend in Arizona that snakes along the Colorado River. It's known to have some of the best hiking in the state and is part of the ...

Petroglyphs along the Escalante River in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in southern Utah, a region six Native American tribes consider a part of their ancestral lands. (Stephen Trimble) ...