MURRAY, Utah (AP) — Officials have decided to close a K-12 charter school in a Salt Lake City suburb following growing concerns about its financial viability and the likelihood of additional state scrutiny. The Deseret News reports the board of the American International School of Utah voted unanimously Wednesday to shut down […]
Michael Kwan can’t help but think about what life was like on a daily basis for his great-great-grandfather in the 1860s, working 12-hour days in California’s Sierra Nevada mountain range on the Transcontinental Railroad that would reshape the American landscape. “You’re not talking about 12 hours sitting at a desk or sitting […]
PHOENIX (AP) — More than a dozen states have moved to declare pornography a public health crisis, raising concerns among some experts who say the label goes too far and carries its own risks. The Arizona Senate approved a resolution this week calling for a systemic effort to prevent exposure […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Teachers in Canyons School District will soon be among the highest paid teachers in Utah. The Canyons Board of Education approved Tuesday a $50,000 starting wage for teachers this fall and a $7,665 annual raise for all certified teachers. The school district is in the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Salt Lake Tribune has announced plans to become a nonprofit as it moves toward a nontraditional model that it hopes will ensure long-term stability after years of financial struggles. Salt Lake Tribune editor Jennifer Napier-Pearce said Wednesday the move is aimed at finding a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A new proposal could mean bigger crowds at one of the most exclusive hiking spots in the southwestern United States. The federal Bureau of Land Management proposed changes Wednesday that would increase daily visitor limits from 20 people to 96 people per day at The […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Police say a Utah man has died after a 17-year-old boy attacked him when his younger sister claimed the man sexually assaulted her on a bus last month. Logan police announced Tuesday that detectives reviewed video footage from the Cache Valley Transit District bus, finding that […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Salt Lake City-area police department says a 41-year-old man was arrested following a chase that began after a suspicious vehicle rammed a police car. KUTV-TV reports that a total of two police cars were rammed during the Tuesday night incident that began in Midvale and ended […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah mother is suing school administrators alleging that her son was dragged about 175 feet by a school bus in a racially motivated event. In the lawsuit filed Tuesday, Brenda Mayes says the bus driver intentionally closed the door on her son’s backpack one […]
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — It’s longer than two city buses, weighs more than a Boeing 747 fully loaded with passengers and can pull 16 Statues of Liberty over a mountain. The Big Boy No. 4014 steam locomotive rolled out of a Union Pacific restoration shop in Cheyenne over the weekend […]
