SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah water officials are testing an eastern Utah river after a train derailed over the weekend and sent 40 to 50 tons (36 to 45 metric tons) of coal into the river and surrounding wetlands. Department of Environmental Quality District Engineer for Southeast Utah Scott […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah State University piano professor has been removed from his teaching duties as the college investigates a sexual assault allegation made against him in a recent lawsuit. University President Noelle Cockett said Wednesday in a statement that professor Dennis Hirst’s students will be reassigned […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh (all times local): 7:30 p.m. A lawyer for Mark Judge says he “does not recall the events” described by Christine Blasey (BLAH’-zee) Ford during her dramatic testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Ford accused Supreme Court nominee […]
KANAB, Utah (AP) — Authorities in southwestern Utah say a Salt Lake City man is dead after an apparent ATV accident near Navajo Lake in Kane County. The county Sheriff’s Office says 37-year-old David Montoya apparently was driving on a road at night when he failed to make a turn […]
FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — A Navajo Nation official has determined that the tribe’s current vice president is still eligible to continue running for tribal presidency despite leaving out a 2002 misdemeanor conviction out of his candidate application. The Farmington Daily Times reported Wednesday that former presidential candidate Vincent H. Yazzie filed a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A judge is ordering the state of Utah to pay $475,000 in legal fees after it lost a court fight over a law that banned serving alcohol during the superhero film “Deadpool.” Judge David Nuffer handed down a strongly worded decision Wednesday denying the state […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that alleged Wells Fargo engaged in predatory and unlawful banking practices with members of the Navajo Nation. The tribe filed the lawsuit last December in federal court in New Mexico. It sought to recover improper fees, service charges and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Anita Hill said Wednesday her pivotal 1991 Senate testimony about sexual harassment by a Supreme Court nominee sparked a wave of awareness, but lasting change failed because of a lack of clear leadership and a reluctance to confront harsh realities. On the eve of another […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three senators may be experiencing some deja vu when they hear Thursday from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, who says Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in high school. Of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s 21 lawmakers, these three also participated in the 1991 hearings for […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Zion National Park visitors are no longer allowed to experience a popular, 16-mile (26-kilometer), one-way hike through the Virgin River Narrows. The Salt Lake Tribune reports park officials began discontinuing permits for the hike Tuesday after a private landowner posted “no trespassing” signs in the popular canyon. […]
