SALT LAKE CITY (AP)-Utah lawmakers have approved lowering the state’s income tax while increasing taxes on food, fuel and a list of services in a sweeping, contentious tax-change package. The plan passed the Republican-dominated Legislature in a special session Thursday after some last-minute changes in response to concerns that the […]
COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS, Utah (AP)-An elementary school in the Salt Lake City suburb of Cottonwood Heights has been evacuated because of a natural gas leak. Canyons School District officials say extensive work will be needed to fix the leak and that Canyon View Elementary School will be closed Friday. District officials […]
BALTIMORE (AP)-Lamar Jackson threw five touchdown passes and the Baltimore Ravens clinched the AFC North title by beating the New York Jets 42-21. Jackson also ran for 86 yards to set the single-season record for yards rushing by a quarterback. Jackson has 1,108 yards on the ground to break the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP)-Utah homeless advocates say they have had difficulty filling beds at Salt Lake County’s homeless resource centers. The Deseret News reported some people in the homeless population have not yet made the transition to sleeping at the centers. Officials say that following the closure of the Road […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP)-A federal judge in Utah has ruled that people born in the territory of American Samoa should be recognized as U.S. citizens. It wasn’t immediately clear if Thursday’s ruling applies outside Utah. The cluster of islands in the Pacific is the only place in the country without […]
HYRUM, Utah (AP)-A Utah bank is transporting a grain elevator from its original location to the bank’s new branch building to help preserve the structure and convey its historic importance to the area. The Logan Herald Journal reported the Holley-Globe and Milling Company elevator will be integrated into Cache Valley […]
LAS VEGAS (AP)-States in the U.S. West that have agreed to take less water next month from the drought-stricken Colorado River got praise and a push for more action from the nation’s top water official. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman told water managers from seven states that the […]
NEW YORK (AP)-Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott says an expanded College Football Playoff would alleviate the pressure it puts on conferences that get left out. He also says there is no urgency to change the four-team format. There are discussions what the playoff might look like in the future. Scott says […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP)-Oregon’s Mario Cristobal has been named the AP’s Pac-12 Coach of the Year by a panel of journalists who cover the league. Cristobal is in his second season as head coach and has righted a group that has seen its share of turbulence with three head coaches in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP)-An anticipated winter storm expected to drop heavy snow on parts of northern Utah over the weekend has begun began entering the state. The National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings for areas stretching from Logan on the north and near Green River and Price on the […]
