(Salt Lake City, UT) — Members of the LDS Church are paying their respects to the late president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, M. Russell Ballard. Funeral services took place Friday morning, followed by a private burial. Ballard died at the age of 95 last Sunday after recently […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — An online petition is calling on Utah Senator Mitt Romney and West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin to launch a bipartisan presidential ticket. A group called the Draft Romney Manchin Committee put the petition up online, writing “Our country needs leaders who can bridge the divide […]
(St. George, UT) — Voters in Utah will be heading to the polls tomorrow. The state’s 2nd Congressional District seat will be on the line tomorrow as the two candidates in line for the position will be replacing former Congressman Chris Stewart, who resigned earlier this year. It will be […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has appointed Elder Jeffrey R. Holland to serve as Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. The popular 82-year-old Holland succeeds the late M. Russell Ballard, who died earlier this week at age 95. Holland, […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Attorney General’s Office is suing some of the nation’s insulin manufacturers over an alleged pricing scheme. The AG’s Office and State Commerce Department’s Division of Consumer Protection accuse the drug makers and pharmacy benefit managers of conspiring to inflate the price of insulin […]
(Cedar City/St. George, UT) — Southern Utah and Utah Tech universities are inviting women from across Southern Utah to attend a series aimed at inspiring women to take on leadership roles in their communities and beyond. The Urgency of Women’s Leadership series begins this evening with a reception from 6 […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A Great Salt Lake airboat has been named after Utah Speaker Brad Wilson to celebrate the outgoing state legislator. State officials christened the boat as “Wilson’s Water Warrior” on the steps of the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City yesterday. Utah Governor Spencer Cox […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah lawmakers are looking at a proposal to make it easier to remove books from school libraries across the state. West Jordan Republican Representative Ken Ivory’s plan would set off removal of a single title from all Utah schools if at least three school districts […]
(Zion National Park, UT) — A rockfall near Weeping Rock stopped traffic in Zion National Park for more than an hour yesterday afternoon. The rockfall, a little after 3:30 p.m., threw up a dust cloud that forced shuttle buses to stop until about 5. The Weeping Rock Shuttle Stop, the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Department of Corrections has appointed Alex Garcia as the new Adult Probation and Parole director. He will be replacing Dan Blanchard, who officials say will be taking on a new position working on special projects. He had served as director since 2015. Garcia […]
