The Utah Legislature is restoring $1 million in the state budget that helps out the Outdoor Retailer show, with the hope it will persuade show organizers keep it in Salt Lake City.
A newly released audio recording of a conference call about the future of a lucrative outdoor retailer show in Utah reveals that Gov. Gary Herbert refused to acquiesce to demands from heavy hitters of the outdoor industry to abandon his push to have the Bears Ears National Monument rescinded.
Utah lawmakers have backed a resolution urging the state to be prepared to sue the U.S. government if Washington leaders don't start handing over federal land to the state.
Days after a blistered outdoor recreation industry yanked a lucrative expo from Utah to protest the state's public lands policy, Utah lawmakers are working on a resolution that reaffirms their push to gain control of public lands from the U.S. government.
State Democratic leaders and a couple of small business owners are blasting Utah's Republican leadership for its stubborn stance on public lands that led a lucrative outdoor trade show to leave town.
A lucrative outdoor trade show will be leaving Utah after two decades following the latest disagreement with state leaders over their stance on public lands.
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert says he'll tell Outdoor Retailer show organizers that Salt Lake City remains the best place for the convention, despite a second company's announcement that it won't take part.