SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Navy veteran in Utah was charged Friday with threatening to use a biological toxin as a weapon by sending letters to President Donald Trump and other leaders containing ground castor beans, the substance from which the poison ricin is derived. William Clyde Allen III, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A judge will tour 15 disputed southern Utah routes crossing public land to help determine whether to surrender these federal rights of way to Kane County. But The Salt Lake Tribune reports details of that tour, set for this fall, will remain under wraps in an apparent […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The well-known Mormon Tabernacle Choir was renamed Friday to strip out the word Mormon in a move showing the faith’s new president is serious about ending shorthand names for the religion that have been used for generations by church members and previously promoted by the […]
HOLLADAY, Utah (AP) — A toddler in Utah was a little too helpful when he shredded more than $1,000 that his parents were saving. Ben and Jackee Belnap were saving the cash to reimburse Ben’s parents for University of Utah season football tickets. They had $1,060 in an envelope, which […]
TOLLESON, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona company voluntarily recalled more than 6.5 million pounds (2.9 kilograms) of beef that could be contaminated with salmonella, federal officials announced Thursday. An investigation found the products, including ground beef and beef patties likely came from JBS Tolleson Inc., a meat packing plant west […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints joined lawmakers, the governor and advocates to back a deal Thursday that would legalize medical marijuana in conservative Utah after months of fierce debate. The compromise comes as people prepare to vote in November on a medical […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Former two-term Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr. can continue his run for the tribe’s top elected office. The Navajo Nation Supreme Court made the decision Thursday after hearing an appeal on term limits. One of Shirley’s primary challengers, Vincent Yazzie, had argued the court […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police say a Starbucks customer shot a man and wounded who attacked a clerk outside Salt Lake City. Authorities said the man was shot once in the chest Thursday morning after he jumped over the counter and started hitting the female employee’s head with a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A southern Utah hotel associated with Dixie State University is removing religious books from its rooms after a complaint from a group which finds violations of separation of church and state. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the Freedom From Religion Foundation submitted their compliant to the university […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A former Forest Service fleet manager from Utah, accused of rigging a surplus truck auction and using a government credit card to fix up the vehicle, has pleaded guilty to a theft charge. The Standard-Examiner reports Robert Joseph Alexander, of North Ogden, pleaded guilty Tuesday to one […]
