SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s animal protection advocates are pushing for a new law that would require dog owners to provide adequate shelter for their pets during extreme weather or face animal-cruelty charges. Deann Shepherd of the Humane Society of Utah says current law already requires shelter, but fails […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s homicide rate was higher last year than either of the two previous years. The Deseret News reports (http://tinyurl.com/h4csl8d) 87 people died as a result of homicides in the state in 2016. That’s about a 20 percent increase from the 73 reported the year before. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police are searching for a former Utah lawmaker who disappeared after he left to go on a run in southern Utah. St. George police said Sunday that Chad Bennion was last seen when he took his car, Oldsmobile Bravada, to go trail running Saturday afternoon. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah drivers will no longer have to pay an extra fee for an “In God We Trust License Plate” starting Jan. 1. The fee waiver is one of a handful of new state laws taking effect in 2017. Another new law aims to combat Utah’s […]
(Woods Cross, UT) – A Utah lawmaker wants to make it legal for people to sue pornographers. State Senator Todd Weiler [[ wy-lur ]] is preparing legislation aimed at giving people in the state authority to legally argue that watching porn causes emotional and psychological harm. Weiler wants pornographers to be […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Officials at Southern Utah’s Zion National Park say they’re being overrun by visitors, even during the usual winter lull. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that rangers have had to block tour buses and oversize vehicles from Zion Canyon to control the crowds during the holiday […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The state of Utah plans to seal off about 200 abandoned mines this spring as part of a decades-long quest to plug shafts that are part of the state’s western legacy. The Deseret News reports this year’s closure effort targets an area near the Gold […]
A Richfield man was taken to the hospital after his car overturned near the Premium gas station in Richfield Utah last Sunday. Tanner Gentry, 24 of Richfield, was traveling on Richfield Main Street near 300 South. According to the Utah Highway Patrol, Gentry suffered a medical episode around one o’clock […]
SALT LAKE CITY—Troy Taylor, who directed the top passing offense in the NCAA FCS this season at Eastern Washington, has accepted a position at Utah as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Utah head coach Kyle Whittingham also announced today that offensive line coach Jim Harding will serve as the […]
UNDATED (AP) — The NFC playoff participants were finalized when the New York Giants beat Washington 19-10, eliminating the Redskins from the postseason and clinching berths for Detroit and Green Bay. The Packers took the NFC North title as Aaron Rodgers threw for four touchdowns in a 31-24 win over […]
