Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance

President Trump is expected to reduce Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments. Conservation groups are preparing legal challenges, while Dolores County has reduced some Ferris Fire evacuation levels.

Hedge fund Alden Global Capital, known for making deep newsroom cuts, won approval to acquire Tribune Publishing, which includes the Chicago Tribune, The Baltimore Sun and New York Daily News.

San Juan County, Utah may have some reprieve from its rising legal costs.The San Juan Record reports a federal judge has ordered the Southern Utah…