HENEFER, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a single-engine plane with two people aboard has crashed in Utah. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Allen Kenitzer told news outlets that the crash occurred Thursday in a mountainous area several miles west of Henefer in Morgan County. It’s not known whether anybody was injured […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The University of Utah has announced a hard enforcement of their campus wide tobacco-free policy, including public events and football games. The Deseret News reports the rule, which banned smoking for anyone on campus in May 2018, will be fully enforced at university-owned properties like hospitals and […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A former correctional officer at a Utah jail has been sentenced to a week behind bars following claims he had sex with inmates. The Standard-Examiner reports a court sentenced 41-year-old Jeremy Clark Miller on Tuesday to 60 days in jail but the majority will be spent on work […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert’s political action committee has donated $50,000 to Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox’s campaign to be the state’s next governor. The Salt Lake Tribune reports campaign disclosure forms show the committee made the donation on Aug. 30. The donation makes Herbert the largest single donor […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has died after having a stroke while serving as a mission president in the Philippines. Church spokesman Daniel Woodruff said in a news release that Bradley Wayne Kirk died Wednesday morning after having a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 45-member Utah task force equipped with inflatable rescue boats has deployed to the East Coast to help victims of Hurricane Dorian. The federal funded emergency disaster team flew by charter plane, departing Tuesday night from Salt Lake City for Charlotte, North Carolina. Heavy winds […]
TOOELE, Utah (AP) — Firefighters are battling a quick-growing wildfire west of Salt Lake City. The blaze started small Tuesday afternoon in Tooele County, but it was fueled by wind and high temperatures and torched nearly two square miles (2.5 square kilometer) within hours. Authorities say the fire burning in […]
MONTICELLO, Utah (AP) — Federal officials say rock climbers are now free to enjoy an area near Monticello where raptors historically have nested. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management had asked climbers in February to voluntarily avoid some walls within the Indian Creek corridor. Wildlife biologists say peregrine falcons, eagles […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Ryan Shimabukuro, co-head coach of the U.S. national long track speedskating team, is recovering after having a heart attack. The 46-year-old coach posted on his Facebook page Tuesday that he had an angioplasty after a blockage was found in an artery. He’s under observation at […]
FARMINGTON, Utah (AP) — The operation and inspection records of Utah jails are the subject of a lawsuit scheduled to begin hearings this week. The Standard-Examiner reported Monday that the American Civil Liberties Union of Utah and the Disability Law Center filed a lawsuit in May 2018 requesting access to state jail […]
