SALT LAKE CITY (AP) —Six companies are challenging Utah’s decision to award a smaller number of medical marijuana grower licenses. The state’s Division of Purchasing said Monday they received appeals from six applicants who did not receive a license prior to Friday’s deadline. Some applicants have said Utah is granting […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop of Utah says he will retire when his term ends next year as planned after he considered changing his mind and running for re-election. Bishop’s northern Utah congressional district is heavily Republican, making it an unlikely spot for Democrats to […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A visitor from Mexico hiking a popular waterfall in Provo Canyon died after debris fell on him. The Daily Herald in Provo reports the accident happened Sunday afternoon as the 23-year-old man was climbing around Bridal Veil Falls. Utah County Sheriff’s investigators say it appears a large log […]
DRAPER, Utah (AP) — Ten years ago, Wendy Kerbs was killed while gardening in her yard. A man who was drunk and high on meth at the time had been driving 50 mph (81 kph) on a residential street near Kerbs’ house in the northern Utah city of Roy. He […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — At first, the co-owner of the quirky alien-themed motel down a Nevada highway from the mysterious Area 51 site didn’t take a posting for a prank Facebook event too seriously. Then, her phone started ringing. “It doesn’t stop, our phone won’t stop ringing,” Connie West, of […]
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Jesse González had five saves for his sixth shutout of the season and FC Dallas played to a scoreless draw with Real Salt Lake on Saturday night. Real Salt Lake coach Mike Petke was not on the bench after being suspended because of his conduct following […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Officials say Utah’s planned request for more federal funding for expanding its Medicaid program is being rejected by President Donald Trump’s administration. A statement released Saturday by Gov. Gary R. Herbert and top legislative leaders said the White House told Utah officials late Friday that […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — In a story July 22 about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ top leader speaking at the NAACP convention in Detroit, The Associated Press incorrectly quoted a passage from the Book of Mormon. The passage reads, “all are alike unto God,” not “all […]
