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Dustin Wiberg, a park development project manager for Salt Lake County Parks and Recreation, points to a map showing the path of the Jordan River in 1937 and how it has changed since then. (Photo ...
With new projects to be completed this summer on the Jordan River, here’s what beginners — and returners — to the area need to be aware of when recreating on the waterway.
WEST JORDAN — Work is getting underway again to give the Jordan River ecosystem a boost. Various entities gathered at the Big Bend Restoration Area on Friday to celebrate the beginning of a new ...
Posted: Aug 19, 2022 / 03:32 PM EDT Updated: Aug 19, 2022 / 03:32 PM EDT A cow crosses the Jordan River near Kibbutz Karkom in northern Israel on Saturday, July 30, 2022.
The 150-mile river, which flows through Lake Galilee and into the Dead Sea, has been diverted and degraded over the last 60 years. Environmentalists say Israel, Jordan and Syria are to blame.
A portion of the Jordan River Parkway Trail is expected to be closed for several months while Salt Lake City officials work to address environmental and safety concerns. Deputy Chief Andrew Wright ...
ALONG THE JORDAN RIVER (AP) — The Bible says Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River. The river’s eastern bank, modern-day Jordan, and its western one both house baptismal sites, where rituals ...
A stroll on the Jordan River Trail south of Salt Lake City is just a tad nicer than one in Utah's capital. Why is that, and what is there to learn from the suburbs?
Christian pilgrims stand in the waters of the Jordan River during a baptism ceremony as part of the Orthodox Feast of the Epiphany at the Qasr al-Yahud baptismal site, near the West Bank town of ...