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Utah lawmaker wants to name highway after Donald Trump

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A state lawmaker wants to name a highway in southern Utah after President Donald Trump. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Republican Rep. Mike Noel proposed the idea Thursday, in part to thank Trump for shrinking two national monuments that he and other state leaders opposed. […]

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Bills To Increase Minimum Wage Rejected

Utah lawmakers have rejected two bills that would have raised the state minimum wage. Under House Minority Leader Brian King’s proposal, the wage would have gone from $7.25 an hour to $12 an hour by July 2022. A separate proposal would have given tipped workers one dollar more per hour.

Department of Interior was researching oil and gas drilling before monument rollback

Oil was a reason in the Trump administration’s decision to reduce the size of the Bears Ears National Monument. According to the “New York Times,” the Department of the Interior was already researching potential oil and gas drilling in the Bears Ears National Monument area before President Trump opened a […]

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Utah GOP lawmaker’s plan to expand Medicaid passes 1st vote

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Republican lawmaker’s plan to expand Medicaid in Utah has passed its first hurdle in the state Legislature. Republican Rep. Robert Spendlove’s plan would expand the state and federal health insurance program to cover about 60,000 of the state’s poor living just under the poverty […]

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Winter storm packing wind, snow blowing into northwest Utah

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Northwestern Utah residents are bracing for a heavy weekend snowstorm that forecasters say is blowing in with strong winds. The National Weather Service posted storm warnings beginning Friday and extending through late Sunday morning for the Great Salt Lake Desert, Cache Valley and Wasatch Front. […]

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Colorado man arrested after high-speed chase on Utah freeway

ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a Colorado man was arrested after leading sheriff’s deputies and state troopers on a freeway chase reaching speeds of 115 mph with a woman and three children in his car. Utah Highway Patrol Sgt. Ryan Bauer tells The Spectrum that 33-year-old Jerry White […]

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Fight and chase in Monroe leads to arrest

A Monroe woman is now in jail after she ran an ex-boyfriend’s car off the road and refused to stop for police on Thursday. According to the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office, Melissa Douglas was chasing her ex-boyfriend and his sister out of Monroe when she ran them off the road […]

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RSL Visits FC Dallas Tomorrow

(Herriman, UT) — Real Salt Lake opens the regular season tomorrow with a road game at FC Dallas. RSL looks to rebound this year after failing to make the postseason last fall. The first home game of March 10th versus the expansion Los Angeles Football Club.

Utah Closes Season Tomorrow

(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utes wrap up regular season action on Saturday at home versus Colorado. Utah is 18-and-10 overall and 10-and-7 in Pac-12 play. The Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Tournament tips off next Wednesday in Las Vegas.

BYU Battles San Diego Tomorrow In Vegas

(Las Vegas, NV) — The West Coast Conference men’s basketball tournament tips off Saturday in Las Vegas. Third-seeded BYU will clash with sixth-seed San Diego at Orleans Arena. If the Cougars win, they’ll advance to the semifinals on Monday. The game can be heard on KSVC 980 AM & 100.5 […]

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