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Utah Monitoring Reservoir After Finding Illegally Introduced Fish

Utah Monitoring Reservoir After Finding Illegally Introduced Fish

(Heber City, UT) — Utah wildlife officials are monitoring a popular reservoir after a fisherman found an invasive fish. The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources says it was contacted by an angler who caught a walleye at Strawberry Reservoir last month. Officials say they believe someone released the walleye into […]

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"I Voted" stickers are seen for voters after they cast their ballots at Oakdale Elementary School in Frederick, Md., Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016.  (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Former State GOP Chair Jorgenson To Challenge Governor Cox

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Former Utah Republican Party Chairman Carson Jorgensen is running for governor. Jorgensen announced yesterday that he’ll challenge GOP Governor Spencer Cox in the Republican primary. He joins Republican State Representative Phil Lyman and Cox in the June 25th primary. Jorgensen unsuccessfully challenged former Congressman Chris […]

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Portions Of Temple Square Will Start Reopening

Portions Of Temple Square Will Start Reopening

(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says portions of Temple Square in Salt Lake City will start reopening. The Church Office Building, the north part of the Main Street Plaza and the northwest plaza area of Temple Square will open on Saturday. The […]

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Utah Tech Names Interim President

Utah Tech Names Interim President

(St. George, UT) — A new interim president will take over at Utah Tech University on Friday. The Utah Board of Education’s Executive Committee has named Courtney White to serve as interim president while the board searches for a successor to former President Richard “Biff” Williams, who resigned last month. […]

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Salt Lake NAACP President Williams Running For State House Seat

Salt Lake NAACP President Williams Running For State House Seat

(West Valley City, UT) — The president of the Salt Lake Branch of the NAACP is running for the state House of Representatives. Longtime civil rights activist Jeanetta Williams filed yesterday to run to represent House District 26. Williams is challenging Republican Representative Matt MacPherson. The West Valley City Republican […]

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Curtis, Hatch Join GOP Senate Race To Succeed Romney

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Two more Republicans are joining what’s becoming a crowded race for Utah’s GOP Senate nomination. Third Congressional District Representative John Curtis and attorney Brent Hatch announced on Tuesday they’re running to fill the seat now held by Republican Senator Mitt Romney. Romney announced in September […]

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New Online Dating Law Takes Effect In Utah

New Online Dating Law Takes Effect In Utah

(Salt Lake City, UT) — A new state law that aims to make online dating services and dating apps safer for users took effect Monday. House Bill 18 was sponsored by Representative Angela Romero after she read a Brigham Young University study that shed light on sexual predators using dating […]

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70 DUI Arrests In Utah Over The Holidays

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah law enforcement officials say 70 people in the state were arrested for DUI over the holiday weekend. That’s nearly double the figure from last year, when 36 people were arrested for impaired driving. Sergeant Cameron Roden with the Utah Highway Patrol says 2023’s holiday […]

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FILE - This undated photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows a humpback chub in the Colorado River in Colorado near the Utah border. The humpback chub, a rare fish found only in the Colorado River basin, has been brought back from the brink of extinction after decades of protection, though continued work is needed to ensure its survival, federal authorities said Monday, Oct. 18, 2021, in reclassifying the species from endangered to threatened status. (Travis Francis/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via AP, File)

10M+ Fish Stocked In Utah Last Year

(St. George, UT) — Anglers across the Beehive State have had plenty of fish to catch and that should continue into the New Year. The Division of Wildlife Resources announced recently more than ten-million fish were stocked into more than 600 bodies of water in Utah last year. It’s part […]

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Several New Laws Take Effect In Utah

Several New Laws Take Effect In Utah

(St. George, UT) — Utahns will be seeing several new laws in 2024. Among those changes include a cut in the gas tax in order to save Utahns two cents a gallon at the pump for the next four years. But, with the cut comes an increase to charging vehicles […]

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