SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The state liquor commission says beer will not be allowed at a Salt Lake City karaoke business or an Ogden ax-throwing venue because neither fits the definition of a “recreational amenity,” under a law that takes effect in mid-May. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the Utah Department […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A former Utah high school English teacher who has been in prison for the last four years for sexually abusing three students has been granted parole. Utah Board of Pardons and Parole spokesman Dennis Moxon said Tuesday that 39-year-old Brianne Altice will be released Sept. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal judge will allow a former Disney Channel actor to order groceries online while he’s awaiting trial on charges alleging he tried to have sex with a 13-year-old boy, but she rebuffed requests to further ease restrictions on his home detention. A lawyer for […]
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Federal officials have cancelled future meetings of an advisory panel created by the Trump administration to make it easier to extract fossil fuels from publicly leased land and offshore sites and to ensure a fair return for taxpayers. Interior Department spokeswoman Molly Block said Tuesday the […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Early scenes in Rachel Lears’ documentary “Knock Down the House” take place far away from the halls of power. At a New York taco and tequila bar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is filling ice buckets in the basement. It’s six months before the primary that turned Ocasio-Cortez into […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities have rescued a woman who became wedged in a narrow slot canyon while hiking in southern Utah. The Deseret News reports that Garfield County spokeswoman Denise Dastrup said Monday that the woman was part of a group from the Denver area that went hiking in the […]
DENVER (AP) — The U.S. Interior Department said Tuesday it plans to choose a Western city as the new headquarters for its vast public lands holdings by the end of September. The department also said it may move the headquarters of its U.S. Geological Survey — best known for monitoring […]
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon is sending state officials to check on foster children at a Utah facility following a riot during which more than 20 teenagers were injured. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported Monday that one Oregon youth was injured Sunday at Red Rock Canyon School in St. George, Utah. An official says […]
AMERICAN FORK, Utah (AP) — A Utah filmmaker who co-founded the Sundance Film Festival and produced an Oscar-winning movie in the mid-1980s has pleaded guilty to sexual abuse of a child. Sterling Van Wagenen entered the plea Tuesday during a court hearing in American Fork, Utah, south of Salt Lake […]
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — A former North American professional football player has been sentenced for the stabbing death of his wife. Anthony McClanahan, 48, was sentenced to at least 15 years and up to life in prison for the November 2017 death of 28-year-old Keri McClanahan, The Deseret News reported Monday. […]
