ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Drought conditions in much of the southwestern United States have improved due to surges of moisture over the last few months, but national forecasters and climate experts are warning that it hasn’t been enough to alleviate concerns about long-term water supplies around the region. Officials with […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah city is raising the age limit to buy tobacco products to 21, and a state lawmaker says the rest of the state should follow suit. The Deseret News reports the Lehi City Council unanimously approved the change Tuesday, and shortly after Republican Rep. Steve Eliason […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah lawmaker is shelving a proposal that would have blocked transgender people from changing their gender on birth certificates, prompting a sigh of relief for LGBT advocates. The legislation pulled Thursday by Republican Rep. Merrill Nelson would have changed general longstanding practice and declared […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A target shooter in Utah who accidentally shot and killed a 14-year-old boy has been ordered to teach gun safety. A judge on Wednesday sentenced 40-year-old Kayleen Richins, who was convicted of negligent homicide, to appear in an educational video for a sportsmen’s group and […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Neemias Queta scored 14 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as Utah State pulled away in the second half to down Wyoming 76-59 on Wednesday night. Sam Merrill had 19 points to lead the Aggies (19-6, 9-3 Mountain West Conference), who had won seven-straight before a 68-63 […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A former Weber County court clerk has reached a settlement to end a sexual harassment lawsuit against a former judge who wrote a love poem to her. The Standard-Examiner reports attorneys have reached an out-of-court settlement on a punitive damages claim between ex-county justice court […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ivanka Trump has met with lawmakers on Capitol Hill to discuss paid family leave. The White House says the president’s daughter and senior adviser met Wednesday with Republican senators Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Joni Ernst of Iowa, Marco Rubio of Florida and Mike Lee of Utah. In […]
NORTH OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a North Ogden City Council meeting was evacuated after the council received a shooting threat. North Ogden Police Sgt. Jeremy Hindes says dispatch received two phone calls Tuesday night from a man who claimed to have explosives and threatened to “shoot up” the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A public funeral is scheduled Saturday to remember the life of a Utah woman who spent nearly two years pushing to get her son freed from a Venezuelan jail. Anderson and Goff Mortuary owner Chad Anderson said Wednesday Laurie Holt’s funeral is Saturday at 12 […]
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Almost no one knows the players and there’s virtually no history to look back on. But that’s not stopping gamblers from making — and bookmakers from taking — bets on America’s newest professional football league, the Alliance of American Football (AAF). With one weekend of […]
