Many people believe Texas is the biggest state, and Hawaii is the smallest. Those people are WRONG! States are measured by their square miles. Have you ever wondered which states are the biggest? Utah ALMOST made the TOP 10 for BIGGEST STATES in the Country!

USA’s TOP 15 BIGGEST STATES (per square miles):

1. Alaska: (586,000 square miles)
2. Texas: (261,232 square miles)
3. California: (155,959 square miles)
4. Montana: (145,552 square miles)
5. New Mexico: (121,298 square miles)
6. Arizona: (113,594 square miles)
7. Nevada: (109,781 square miles)
8. Colorado: (103,641 square miles)
9. Wyoming: (97,093 square miles)
10. Oregon: (95,988 square miles)
11. Idaho: (82,643 square miles)
12. Utah: (82,169 square miles)
13. Kansas: (81,758 square miles)
14. Minnesota: (79,626 square miles)
15. Nebraska: (76,824 square miles)

USA’s TOP 15 SMALLEST STATES (per square miles):

35. Ohio: (40,860 square miles)
36. Virginia: (39,490 square miles)
37. Kentucky: (39,486 square miles)
38. Indiana: (35,826 square miles)
39. Maine: (30,842 square miles)
40. South Carolina: (30,060 square miles) 
41. West Virginia (24,038 square miles) 
42. Maryland: (9,707 square miles)
43. Vermont: (9,216 square miles)
44. New Hampshire: (8,952 square miles) 
45. Massachusetts: (7,800 square miles) 
46. New Jersey: (7,354 square miles)
47. Hawaii: (6,422 square miles)
48. Connecticut: (4,842 square miles)
49. Delaware: (1,948 square miles)
50. Rhode Island: (1,033 square miles)

THE ENTIRE LIST OF THE USA’s STATES RANKED BIGGEST TO SMALLEST (per square miles):

1. Alaska: 586,000 square miles
2. Texas: 261,232 square miles
3. California: 155,959 square miles
4. Montana: 145,552 square miles
5. New Mexico: 121,298 square miles
6. Arizona: 113,594 square miles
7. Nevada: 109,781 square miles
8. Colorado: 103,641 square miles
9. Wyoming: 97,093 square miles
10. Oregon: 95,988 square miles
11. Idaho: 82,643 square miles
12. Utah: 82,169 square miles
13. Kansas: 81,758 square miles
14. Minnesota: 79,626 square miles
15. Nebraska: 76,824 square miles
16. South Dakota: 75,811 square miles
17. North Dakota: 69,000 square miles
18. Missouri: 68,741 square miles
19. Oklahoma: 68,594 square miles
20. Washington: 66,455 square miles
21. Georgia: 57,513 square miles
22. Michigan: 56,538 square miles
23. Iowa: 55,857 square miles
24. Illinois: 55,518 square miles
25. Wisconsin: 54,157 square miles
26. Florida: 53,624 square miles
27. Arkansas: 52,035 square miles
28. Alabama: 50,645 square miles
29. North Carolina: 48,617 square miles
30. New York: 47,126 square miles
31. Mississippi: 46,923 square miles
32. Pennsylvania: 44,742 square miles
33. Louisiana: 43,203 square miles
34. Tennessee: 41,234 square miles
35. Ohio: 40,860 square miles
36. Virginia: 39,490 square miles
37. Kentucky: 39,486 square miles
38. Indiana: 35,826 square miles
39. Maine: 30,842 square miles
40. South Carolina: 30,060 square miles
41. West Virginia 24,038 square miles
42. Maryland: 9,707 square miles
43. Vermont: 9,216 square miles
44. New Hampshire: 8,952 square miles
45. Massachusetts: 7,800 square miles
46. New Jersey: 7,354 square miles
47. Hawaii: 6,422 square miles
48. Connecticut: 4,842 square miles
49. Delaware: 1,948 square miles
50. Rhode Island: 1,033 square miles

One thing that caught my eye was how TINY Rhode Island is… at 1,033 square miles, it’s less than half the size of Washington County! WOW!

Buzz continues to surround the Utah Jazz as we stand just over a month from the kick off the 2024 NBA Draft.

And while the Jazz hold two first-rounders to start the draft at pick 10 and 28, a large chunk of the rumors revolving around Utah have been based on their use of their 32nd pick in the second. USC guard and son of LeBron James, Bronny James, was the most recent guard mentioned to have potential interest from the Jazz, effectively generating some hype surrounding the 19-year-old in coming to SLC.

The report inevitably made for some fun discussions of what possibilities next season could hold for the Jazz, but newly uncovered developments have seemingly brought the Bronny to Utah train to a halt.

Despite some chatter linking the Jazz with James heating up at the combine earlier this week, Sarah Todd of Deseret News reports that those rumors might be a whole lot of nothing.

“I looked into this as much as possible and although James impressed during the combine, it doesn’t seem like the Jazz are interested,” Todd said. “A number of team sources seemed confused about where the Yahoo Sports report had come from, with one source telling the Deseret News that the name Bronny James has never come up in any draft conversations among Jazz decision makers.”

Instead of looking towards the direction of Bronny towards the top of the first, the Jazz will likely turn their direction elsewhere. The USC product came out with a nice combine performance to boost his stock deeper into the second round, but Utah might not be his eventual landing spot.

In the event the Jazz don’t end up finding a prospect that they love at the top of the second, keep an eye out for a trade involving the pick. Danny Ainge remained confident that the team would remain aggressive this summer in a pursuit to improve this squad for next season, and the right move surrounding some picks down the board can effectively bring that.

All draft answers will be delivered for the Jazz when the big night officially arrives on June 26th.

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AMERICAN FORK — One man was killed early Sunday after he crashed head-on into an attenuator on Interstate 15, authorities said.

The Department of Public Safety said just before 1 a.m. Sunday, Utah County troopers responded to the crash near milepost 278, on the Pioneer Crossing off-ramp.

Authorities said the man was driving a white Ram 1500. For “an unknown” reason, he drifted to the right from the left lanes, hitting the crash attenuator.

The truck caught fire after impacting and was fully engulfed in flames when emergency crews arrived. The driver was removed from the vehicle after the flames were contained.

He was taken to the hospital by helicopter in serious life-threatening condition. Authorities said hospital staff contacted investigators and said the driver’s injuries “were not survivable.”

All northbound traffic was shut down and diverted for two hours after the crash, authorities said.

DPS did not disclose the driver’s name as of Sunday morning.

This is a breaking story. It will be updated.