OREM, Utah (AP) — A Utah city is proposing to reduce a home grass requirement to help residents deal with higher water bills. The Daily Herald reports that Orem will consider lowering the mandated amount of grass in front yards from 70% to 50%. The planning division manager in the city 45 […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A newly unveiled advisory committee that will help make management decisions for a downsized national monument in southern Utah has become the latest flashpoint in a long-running debate over lands considered sacred to Native Americans as monument supporters cry foul about being left off the […]
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — State officials say motorcycle deaths in Utah rose by 24% last year — from 38 to 47 — for the highest increase in state history. The Utah Department of Transportation and the Utah Highway Patrol organized an event Tuesday in West Valley City featuring […]
JENSEN, Utah (AP) — A national monument known for dinosaur fossils has also been named one of the world’s best places to view the stars. Officials at Dinosaur National Monument say the landmark has been designated an International Dark Sky Park for its “exceptional quality of natural darkness.” The monument […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A charter elementary school in Salt Lake City has canceled classes for the week after water flooded several classrooms. KUTV-TV reports firefighters were called to the Guadalupe School after a fire alarm went off last Friday night. Officials found that a broken pipe had caused the campus […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A Utah school district is suing a neighboring business after the business erected a barrier blocking access to a road that students, parents and faculty of the district say would make their commute much safer. The Standard-Examiner reports Weber School District in Ogden is suing IFA Country Store […]
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — Police in a Salt Lake City suburb say a man was shot and seriously wounded while attempting to intervene in an argument. West Valley City police say a man involved in the argument Monday night on a street near Bangerter Highway pulled out a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 19 of his 31 points in the fourth quarter to rally the Utah Jazz to a 107-91 victory over the Houston Rockets in Game 4 of their Western Conference series on Monday night. Jae Crowder added 23 points. Ricky Rubio chipped in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An investigation has determined that a Utah mayor displayed aggressive behavior that violated city policies. The Salt Lake Tribune reported Monday that an outside investigator found Grantsville Mayor Brent Marshall engaged in conduct that constituted “clear violations” of the city’s employee code. The 16-page report commissioned by […]
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Four conservation groups have asked a judge to block a Trump administration plan allowing drilling, mining and other activities in seven Western states they say will harm sage grouse. Western Watersheds Project and other groups asked for the injunction in U.S. District Court in Idaho late […]
