(Salt Lake City, UT) — Recent insurance company data shows a huge drop in the rate of catalytic converter thefts in Utah. In 2022, State Farm received 170 reports of catalytic converter thefts in the state, compared to only 14 throughout 2023. That means there’s been a 90-percent decrease in […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox says he supports banning smartphones in Utah’s K-through-12 classrooms. Cox said yesterday there is “overwhelming” evidence that smartphones contribute to learning loss. The governor said he plans to contact every school in the state and ask principals to keep smartphones from being […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — YouTube star Ruby Franke’s child-abuse trial may result in new state legislation. Republican Senator David Hinkins is working on drafting a bill that would set qualifications and regulations on the life coaching industry. Meanwhile, state officials told they’re still welcoming complaints about Franke’s business partner […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — More than 91-thousand people moved into Utah last year, according to the latest figures from the U.S. Census Bureau. The biggest number of new move-ins came from California. More than 18-thousand-600 Californians became Utahns last year. That’s more than second-place Washington and third-place Idaho combined. […]
(St. George, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox says he agrees with Washington County Water Conservancy District leaders that plans for a Lake Powell pipeline should be put on hold while the state focuses on conservation and water re-use methods. Cox made the comment in response to a question during yesterday’s […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Food Bank is beginning to create an infrastructure to identify, track and distribute culturally responsive foods across the state. They will pilot the program in Salt Lake County. The food bank will be updating its software, tracking systems and warehouse space, and increasing […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah State Board of Education is considering enacting a policy that would force public schools to share student information with charter schools. Public schools would share information including addresses and phone numbers to make it easier for charter schools to advertise directly to families. […]
(Orem, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox is calling a Utah Highway Patrol trooper a hero for saving a colleague’s life. The incident happened Sunday after a driver going the wrong direction on I-15 near Orem slammed head-on into Trooper Carlos Rios-Redd. The wrong-way driver was killed and Rios-Redd’s vehicle caught […]
(St. George, UT) — The average price for a gallon of gas is now below three-dollars in Utah. Triple-A reports prices for unleaded have gone down to two-98 across the Beehive State, more than half-a-dollar less than what drivers were paying for at this time last month. And, while St. […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah’s outdoor economy continues to show growth. The Utah Division of Outdoor Recreation released the economic impact report this month for the year 2022, showing more than eight-billion dollars in economic output. That’s a more than 32-percent increase from the year before and accounts for […]
