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Simply carrying a gun after drinking one beer or one glass of wine soon will be a crime in one American state. That’s because a new law in Utah cracking down on drunk driving also might, by extension, restrict gun ...

Jan. 31, 2017 Thousands of years ago, the Anasazi tribe of Native Americans made their homes in the cliffs of southeastern Utah. Their cliff dwellings provided a cool reprieve from the desert sun, warmth from the cool, dry nights and ...

The Environmental Protection Agency intentionally caused a spill of toxic waste at a Colorado mine that threatened water supplies for tens of thousands of people, the chairman of the Natural Resources Committee in the US House of Representatives is alleging. ...

The EPA’s proposed ban on most wood-burning stoves received plenty of attention among the off-grid community, but it’s far from the only major restriction on burning wood that could impact you. In fact, one state this winter even tried to ...

Air pollution from oil and gas drilling is being blamed for a significant increase in the number of infant deaths in Uintah County, Utah – a controversy that some say the industry is trying to cover up. In 2000, before ...

The BLM dispute in Nevada has prompted a Republican congressman to call for the defunding of “paramilitary units” attached to federal governmental agencies. As previously reported by Off The Grid News, the Bureau of Land Management standoff at the Bundy ...

A Texas woman was fined $3,500 for writing a negative review online. Jen Palmer’s husband ordered her a number of Christmas gifts from the website Kleargear.com several years ago, but 30 days passed and the products never arrived, and PayPal ...

The government shutdown is over, but Utah state officials say the the episode indicates the need for greater state and local control over America’s national parks. Utah Attorney General John Swallow, along with Assistant Attorney General Anthony Rampton, co-wrote an ...

It’s been almost a year and a half since I wrote the article A Brief History of Checkpoints (and What to do About Them). That’s not a really long time in the grand scheme of things, but some progress regarding ...

Human history is dominated by stories of societal collapse. Over and over again, the narrative remains the same – a mighty empire rises, only to eventually fall, brought down by a combination of war, massive debt, resource depletion, poor leadership, ...