Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Aug. 5, 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. One of the many natural features that make Utah ...

It has been long assumed that Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats was formed as its ancient namesake lake dried up 13,000 years ago. But new research has gutted that narrative, determining these crusts did ...

The head of the organization that runs an annual land-speed event at Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats said Monday that an investigation is ongoing into the death of veteran driver Chris Raschke.

There is no mystery as to why the Bonneville Salt Flats are disappearing (”Decadeslong effort to regrow Utah’s vanishing salt flats may have backfired, Feb. 5). The federal government issued leases in ...

If you've ever driven along I-80 between Wendover, a small stopover town that sits on the very western edge of Nevada, and Salt Lake City in Utah, then you've driven across the Great Salt Lake. Not ...

At the Bonneville Salt Flats, speed is the cornerstone, but beyond that is a culture built on craft, endurance and the pursuit of one perfect run. This stark white plain in northwestern Utah was once ...

Utah geology graduate student Jeremiah Bernau, on top, operates a coring device with Ben Marconi while extracting cores from the Bonneville Salt Flats in 2019. Both were University of Utah graduate ...

Race officials, tinkerers and competitors converge in Utah every fall to test both metal and mettle Made Possible Through the Support of Stuart Conway Bonneville is one of the flattest natural runways ...