(Salt Lake City, UT) — Thousands of unlicensed Utah drivers are raising safety concerns for all road users. The Utah Highway Patrol says it has cited more than 21 thousand drivers for either not having a valid driver’s license or never obtaining one at all since 2020. The director of […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox kicked off Utah’s “Constitution Month” with a speech at the state Capitol yesterday. Earlier this year, Cox signed a law designating September as a month to celebrate the U.S. Constitution. In his speech launching the state’s first Constitution Month, Cox said celebrating […]
HEBER CITY, Utah-Friday, the Heber City Police Department released its shift report for August 31. Case #2308-1795/US Customs found a vehicle stolen from Labrum Ford, 901 S. Main, Heber City, in a shipping container headed for Africa along with seven other vehicles from other dealerships. Case #2308-1808/Officer assisted a hospice […]
A Utah woman who gave online parenting advice via a once popular YouTube channel has been arrested on suspicion of aggravated child abuse after her malnourished son escaped out a window and ran to a nearby house for help, authorities said. Ruby Franke, whose now defunct channel “8 Passengers” followed […]
(Logan, UT) — Officials are asking Utah resident to track their monarch butterfly sightings. The Center for Biological Diversity says the monarch butterfly population has declined by 85 percent over the last two decades. Conservationists say residents can help by enrolling in the Utah Pollinator Pursuit program. Officials say once […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah lawmakers are looking for ways to solve school lunch debt. The total statewide meal debt during the 2022 to 2023 school year is more than one million dollars. Republican Representative Tyler Clancy says he’s drafting a bill that would provide easier access to free […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Schools across Utah are dealing with a shortage of psychologists. According to the National Association of School Psychologists, there should be one psychologist for every five-hundred students, but Utah schools have an average of one psychologist for every 23-hundred students. Granite School District psychology coordinator […]
(Zion National Park, UT) — Zion National Park is lifting campfire restrictions. The park announced this week that it’s scaling back fire restrictions that had been in place for months, after recent rains and this week’s forecast for more storms and cooler weather. The new rules allow campfires at the […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Per Wednesday news, Russell M. Nelson, the president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has donated his medical journals and research to the University of Utah School of Medicine. This consists of 35 volumes and contains more than 7,000 surgeries that may be particularly needed […]
(Highland, UT) — The Department of Public Services is appointing a new director for the Bureau of Emergency Services. DPS says they look forward to Darin Bushman’s leadership as he takes on this crucial role. Bushman is currently the Piute County Commissioner and will continue to serve until October 1st. […]
