(Brigham City, UT) — There’s a new push to build a nuclear power plant. Utah leaders say Brigham City will eventually be home to what they call “the state’s first, full-scale nuclear ecosystem.” Yesterday, Governor Spencer Cox and others said a small collection of modular reactors will be built over […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A judge is facing threats after rejecting the Utah congressional map that was drawn by lawmakers in favor of a map that was drawn by voter organizations. The court did not specify what kind of threats were made, but indicated there have been threats of […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The LDS Church has named W. Christopher Waddell as its 16th Presiding Bishop. The 66-year-old replaces Elder Gerald Causse, who joined the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Waddell brings more than a decade of experience in the Bishopric and General Authority Seventy and will serve […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Salt Lake City International should have fewer problems today because the FAA ended a flight reduction emergency order. The U-S Transportation Secretary says the order ended today at 4 a.m. Mountain Time. That means the government is no longer requiring some flights to be cancelled. […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The federal government shutdown is over and air travel is gradually getting back in gear. Yesterday at Salt Lake City International, there were 14 cancellations and six delays. Nationwide, there are still limitations on big airports because it will take several days to get operations […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Ben McAdams is seeking to once again represent Utah as a Democrat in the House of Representatives. He announced his latest campaign yesterday, after a Utah judge redrew congressional maps to add a Democratic-leaning district. Republicans in the state legislature had previously drawn a map […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — With the longest federal government shutdown in history now over, travelers can expect airport problems to start easing. Air traffic controllers will soon get their first paychecks in over a month. However, flight delays and cancellations will not vanish immediately. That’s because planes and crews […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — With the federal government shutdown now over, new SNAP benefits should return within about 24 hours. The federal food assistance that one in eight Americans depend on was put on hold during the shutdown and cards were not reloaded. According to the USDA, now that […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Following a court ruling overturning Utah’s legislative redistricting map, State Representative Matt MacPherson is calling for the impeachment of Third District Court Judge Dianna Gibson. Gibson ruled that the legislature’s Map C violated the state’s anti-gerrymandering law and approved a plaintiff-drawn Map 1 for the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah Governor Spencer Cox is calling on the state’s legislature to appeal a judge’s ruling denying a congressional map drawn by Republican lawmakers. The map would’ve protected the state’s all-GOP congressional delegation. In her decision, District Judge Dianna Gibson called the map an “extreme partisan […]
