SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A new Utah measure that ramps up punishments for some polygamists is just one of the more than 400 new state laws that take effect Tuesday. Other laws that are set to take effect include a measure that adds requirements for abortion providers and one […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Highway Patrol says one person is dead after multi-vehicle crash overnight on Interstate 80. Troopers tell KSL-TV (http://bit.ly/2qXFJhg ) that a car heading west sideswiped a box truck about 3 a.m. Tuesday about 30 miles (48 kilometers) east of the Utah-Nevada Nevada state […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say a Utah teenager is jailed on a murder charge after he allegedly recorded the death of a 16-year-old girl found hanged from a tree in Payson Canyon over the weekend. Utah County sheriff’s Sgt. Spencer Cannon tells the Salt Lake Tribune http://bit.ly/2pfU9fE that […]
BLANDING, Utah (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke says he’s a “Teddy Roosevelt Republican” who values national monuments. But as he tours America’s newest and most hotly contested monument, he questions whether the monument designation by the federal government was the right way to preserve sacred tribal lands. Zinke […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A video shows how a man was rescued from a mine shaft where he spent the night after falling down about 90 feet while riding his off-road vehicle. The footage shows the man climbing out of the large dirt hole Sunday using a rope and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah judge has ruled that a teenager charged with helping his friend plot to kill a 14-year-old girl will be tried in adult court. Juvenile Court judge Angela Fonnesbeck said Monday that while the evidence shows that the teen didn’t shoot Deserae Turner, he […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is getting a bird’s-eye view of one of America’s newest national monuments on Monday as he flies over the 1.3 million-acres Bears Ears National Monument in southern Utah. Zinke and Utah’s governor are scheduled to spend the morning touring Bears […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Emergency crews rescued a man who fell into a mine shaft when he was riding an off-road vehicle in Toole County. KUTV reports that the man was riding a utility task vehicle, commonly known as a UTV, early Sunday in the Five Mile Pass area […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — A Utah business school has received two donations totaling $50 million. The donations were announced at Utah State University’s Saturday commencement ceremonies. Reports say that the gift is the largest in USU’s history. University officials say the money given by the Huntsman Foundation and the Charles […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah officials have identified the body they found at Pineview Reservoir. Law enforcement officials say a boater spotted the body of Jason Sullivan from Ogden near the Pineview Reservoir port dock Saturday. They believe the 44-year-old man may have drowned. Investigators say the body showed […]
