CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP)-Montana officials say a Navajo Nation company may continue operating a coal mine for two more months amid negotiations over the terms of a state permit. The extension announced Tuesday keeps about 300 miners at work at the Spring Creek mine near Decker, Mont. The Montana Department of […]
PHOENIX (AP)-An Arizona elected official has resigned amid charges he paid women from the Marshall Islands to give up their children for adoption in the U.S. Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen’s resignation Tuesday came after county leaders suspended him. Petersen has been charged with illegally paying women to come to […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP)-Utah health officials have confirmed the state’s first flu death this season. Southwest Utah Public Health Department officials say the person was under the age of 65 and lived in one of the five counties in its district, which includes Beaver, Garfield, Iron, Kane and Washington. Officials […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP)-Bojan Bogdanovic scored 35 points, Joe Ingles added 22 and the Utah Jazz extended their winning streak to six games by holding on for a 128-126 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday night. Brandon Ingram scored 35 points for New Orleans but could not convert a driving layup attempt at the horn while being […]
HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah (AP)-The U.S. Air Force has conducted an exercise involving the launch of 52 fighter jets from a Utah air base. The Standard-Examiner reports Hill Air Force Base launched the F-35A Lightning II fighters over a 10-minute period around 11 a.m. Monday. The 388th and 419th […]
CEDAR CITY, Utah (AP)-Authorities have released the name of a man who was found dead in a drainage tunnel under an interstate in southwest Utah. Cedar City police identified the man Monday as Johnny Dale Rollins and said they did not find any signs of foul play. Rollins’ cause of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP)-The Utah Department of Transportation has started making safety improvements near a homeless resource center where cars killed three men. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the department has installed electronic message signs to urge drivers to be alert for pedestrians near the South Salt Lake center. City […]
WASHINGTON (AP)-A potentially ground-breaking lawsuit is being filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., against the Boy Scouts of America. It seeks to establish Washington as a venue for men across the U.S. to sue the Scouts for allegedly failing to protect them from long-ago sexual abuse by scout leaders. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP)-Police have arrested demonstrators who were camping in a park surrounding Salt Lake City Hall to protest the treatment of homeless people. The Salt Lake Tribune reports 17 members of the Take Shelter Coalition were arrested early Sunday. Police said four people were booked into Salt Lake […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP)-Laura Harvey is leaving the National Women’s Soccer League’s Utah Royals to become the full-time head coach of the under-20 women’s national soccer team. Her task will be to prepare the team for that level’s World Cup qualifying, which starts next month. Harvey has been a coach […]
