ALONG THE JORDAN RIVER (AP) — Kristen Burckhartt felt overwhelmed. She needed time to reflect, to let it sink in that she had just briefly soaked her feet in the water where Jesus is said to ...

Tourists visit Al-Maghtas, known as Bethany Beyond the Jordan, on the east bank of the Jordan River in Jordan on June 8. UNESCO has declared Bethany Beyond the Jordan a World Heritage Site.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Standing at the Jordanian baptismal site Bethany Beyond the Jordan, Burckhartt, a Presbyterian, said the river’s water felt cold on her skin, offering a respite from the sweltering heat around her.

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 ...

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.

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 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?

It's a nod to the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea and the tensions between Palestinian Arabs and Israeli Jews who live there. But what does it actually mean?

A cow crosses the Jordan River near Kibbutz Karkom in northern Israel on Saturday, July 30, 2022. Symbolically and spiritually, the Jordan is of mighty significance to many as the place where ...