MAGNA, Utah (AP) — The Utah Power Plant in Magna is shutting down for good after 75 years of operation. Mining company Rio Tinto Kennecott on Wednesday announced the official retirement of the plant following regulatory approval. The plant provided electricity that served as a reliable resource for mining at […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police have arrested a woman in South Salt Lake on suspicion that she fed her boyfriend drain cleaner with the intention to kill him. A jail booking report shows that 43-year-old Elle Yoshio Weissman was arrested Tuesday after telling investigators she had given her live-in […]
WEST JORDAN, Utah (AP) — A Utah filmmaker who co-founded the Sundance Film Festival and produced a movie whose lead actress won an Oscar in the mid-1980s has pleaded guilty to a second count of sexual abuse of a child as part of a deal with prosecutors. Sterling Van Wagenen […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two lawmakers are proposing changes to a new liquor law in Utah after beer licenses were denied to a karaoke lounge and an axe-throwing venue. Democratic Rep. Angela Romero said Wednesday she plans to introduce an amendment to include karaoke venues among the new sites […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A state audit finds police lost track of dozens of pieces of evidence in Utah, including drugs, paraphernalia and at least one gun. The audit released Wednesday found missing evidence at five out of the seven agencies in the review sample. It found a combined […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — The Huntsman family plans to donate $12 million toward new professorships at Utah State University’s business school. The Salt Lake Tribune reported Wednesday that the endowment is in honor of late family patriarch Jon M. Huntsman Sr., a billionaire chemical industrialist who died in February 2018. Jon Huntsman […]
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Pac-12 has no plans to change its football scheduling policies and philosophies, including playing nine conference games, to enhance the league’s chances to place a team in the four-team playoff. Commissioner Larry Scott said Wednesday conference coaches and administrators discussed during meetings this week ways […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A judge is ordering a Utah man to stand trial on aggravated murder and other charges in the deaths of two teenagers whose bodies were found tossed down a mine shaft. Judge Derek Pullan handed down the decision Monday in the case of Jerrod Baum, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A University of Utah autism researcher who accused college administrators of retaliating against her for raising concerns about data privacy has been awarded an additional $217,000 by a federal judge. The Salt Lake Tribune reported Tuesday that the judge decided April 25 that Judith Zimmerman will receive […]
CLEARFIELD, Utah (AP) — Utah prosecutors have declined to file charges against a store owner who fatally punched another man. News outlets reported that officials from the Davis County Attorney’s Office announced April 18 that they will not charge the owner for the altercation resulting in the death of 39-year-old […]
