Utah approved blasting 100-foot canyon cliffs to widen a 5.3-mile road for oil trucks; after two earlier plans failed, a new federal lawsuit says 47 historic sites and 19th-century inscriptions are at risk

• The lawsuit challenges the US Bureau of Land Management’s approval of a project to widen, straighten and pave the existing Gate Canyon Road in eastern Utah.
• The proposed work would involve blasting sections of canyon walls, some measuring around 100 feet (30 me