LAS VEGAS (AP) — With some rural Nevadans angry that President Barack Obama designated two sprawling national monuments in the state in 2016, two Republican congressional lawmakers have introduced a measure to restrict the ability of future presidents to do the same. U.S. Sen. Dean Heller and U.S. Rep. Mark […]
PHOENIX (AP) — Two polygamous towns in Arizona and Utah face a Monday deadline for handing in written closing arguments over how to respond to a jury verdict that concluded the communities discriminated against non-believers. The remedies proposed earlier by the U.S. Justice Department include disbanding the marshal’s office shared […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Bureau of Land Management is planning to round up around 1,500 horses from three herds this winter. The Salt Lake Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/2i9nZtN ) that helicopter-assisted wranglers will gather the horses beginning this Saturday with 150 horses from the Frisco Herd Management Area outside […]
PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — Communities on the Navajo Nation are bracing for the economic fallout from the possible shutdown of a coal-fired power plant. The Arizona Daily Sun reports closing the Navajo Generating Station and a coal mine that provides the plant’s fuel would lead to an estimated loss of […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A former Dixie State University theater professor who was found not guilty of assaulting a student is suing university faculty and staff members for more than $22 million over his termination. The Spectrum of St. George reports Varlo Davenport is seeking reinstatement to his job. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service has issued an avalanche warning for northern and central Utah, saying that conditions are making the danger high and extreme. The agency’s Utah Avalanche Center says expected heavy snow and strong winds will create dangerous avalanche conditions over the next several […]
(Monument Valley, UT) — Longtime supporters of a new national monument in Utah are celebrating its creation. Several hundred people gathered Saturday in Monument Valley to praise the new Bears Ears National Monument. The president of the Navajo Nation told those at the event that they need to keep speaking […]
(Cedar City, UT) — A man is in jail for allegedly admitting to sexually assaulting a mentally disabled woman more than three years ago in Cedar City. Thirty-three-year-old George Owen Allred was arrested last week for the alleged assault that happened back in 2013. Court documents show that Allred was […]
(Los Angeles, CA) — A Utah-based video filtering service is facing a fine for failing to obey an order by a federal judge. VidAngel was fined just over ten-thousand-dollars Friday after a judge found the company guilty of contempt of court. The judge ruled that company officials continued to add […]
UTAH COUNTY, Utah (AP)-Per the official Twitter of UDOT, Monday morning has seen U.S. 6 encounter hazardous conditions. UDOT reports that the right lane of westbound U.S. 6 at milepost 216, near the Scofield Junction (S.R. 96) is closed because of debris that has fallen on the road. UDOT estimates […]
