WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation’s high court is set to hear an appeal on presidential term limits. Vincent Yazzie contends Joe Shirley Jr. should be removed from the ballot because he already has served two terms as tribal president. Yazzie’s election grievance was dismissed as untimely and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mitt Romney’s Senate candidacy in Utah is adding urgency to election officials’ work to beef up security and guard against the threat of voting interference from Russian hackers. Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox said Tuesday the presence of the onetime presidential candidate and Russia critic on […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah high school athlete accused of hazing and sexually assaulting at least nine boys is facing multiple charges. The central Utah student, who attends Gunnison Valley High School, was charged Friday in Sanpete County’s juvenile court with six counts of first-degree felony object rape […]
ELKO, Nev. (AP) — Firefighters battled a wildfire Tuesday that destroyed a 79-year-old camp lodge and devastated thousands of acres of wilderness in a glacially-carved canyon in one of the most popular recreation areas in northeast Nevada. More than 300 crew members and 11 aircraft were on the fire lines […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — State leaders say heroin overdose deaths declined in Utah in 2017 for the first time in seven years. Data released Monday by state agencies shows that opioid-related overdose deaths decreased last year by almost 20 percent. Utah Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox says fatal overdoses specifically […]
PHOENIX (AP) — The Latest on heavy rain in the U.S. Southwest from the remnants of Tropical Storm Rosa(all times local): 3:40 p.m. Record-setting rainfall that has flooded streets and given metro Phoenix a hefty soaking is dissipating. National Weather Service forecasters say there were still scattered showers from remnants […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A popular program that supports conservation and outdoor recreation projects across the country expired after Congress could not agree on language to extend it. Lawmakers from both parties back the Land and Water Conservation Fund, but the program lapsed Monday amid dispute over whether its renewal should […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Weber School District is overhauling the way it deals with racism and discrimination with new policies and plans to hire a new administrator to focus on the issues. The Standard-Examiner reports school officials say they want to change the culture at the district, both in the ways they […]
ELKO, Nev. (AP) — The Latest on a wildfire that tapped eight hikers and sheriff’s deputy before they were escorted to safety in northeast Nevada’s Ruby Mountains (all times local): 2:10 p.m. A California couple who saw homes destroyed in a wildfire near Santa Rosa a year ago was among […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has denied review of a case centered on mining around the Grand Canyon. The Obama administration put about 1 million acres near the national park off-limits to new mining claims in 2012. It was meant to slow a flurry of claims over […]
