Mexican Hat News

As a kid I never understood how lucky I was to grow up in southwestern Utah. Nor did I comprehend my good fortune in having grandparents who lived in San Juan County on the other side of the state.

The National Transportation Safety Board is recommending charter bus companies come up with contingency plans to deal with crashes in remote areas.

Anderson Black weaves Navajo baskets. He comes from a long line of basket weavers and will be weaving baskets with his niece at the Living Traditions Festival May 15-17. For as long as he can remember, Anderson Black has known how to weave baskets, using sage plants he strips into usable pieces.

By JOAN LOWY Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Thursday ordered a review of bus safety in response to a Utah crash in January 2008 that killed nine people and injured 43 others returning from a weekend ski trip.The Transportation Department said that a plan to improve motorcoach safety will be created from the findings of the ...

A federal safety board on Tuesday cited driver fatigue as the cause of an Utah bus crashed that killed nine and injured 43 others, but blamed inaction by another safety agency for the severity of the accident.

More than a year after a deadly bus crash in Utah's Four Corners area, the National Transportation Safety Board will meet to discuss findings of an investigation into the cause.

Editor's note: This is the first installment in a series of features on breadmaking by Sandy Nelson, The Desperate Cook, who lives in the great expanse of southeast Utah.

Remote, spirit-infused Valley of the Gods B&B is a place where you can `hear the quiet' Jan 17, 2009 04:30 AM Louis Macpherson Valley Of The Gods, Utaha 'As one guest at the Valley of the Gods bed and ...