(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah ranks among the top three states with the highest number of arts and cultural workers. “The Deseret News” cites a new report showing the state has high numbers in design services, performing arts presenters, and jewelry makers. It’s also among the top five states […]
(Utah County, UT) — Utah County authorities are holding a California man suspected of seeking out underage girls for sex. The Utah County’s sheriff’s office says deputies arrested Jason Reed Akers at a public location where he was led to believe he was meeting a 13-year-old girl. They say the […]
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Grand Canyon National Park officials are scaling back a search for two missing hikers swept down a stream below the North Rim. Park spokeswoman Robin Martin says the search for 62-year-old LouAnn Merrell and her 14-year-old stepgrandson, Jackson Standefer, will continue Thursday with […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah female students are accusing a national organization of having a sexist dress code. The dress code for the American Legion of Auxiliary’s Utah State requires girls wear only blouses with skirts or dresses throughout most of the program. It specifically bans pantsuit options. Cottonwood […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz says he may not finish his final term in Congress. Chaffetz told KSL Newsradio by text Thursday that he’s weighing his options and “might depart early.” He says the state of Utah needs to figure out how that would work. Chaffetz […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A federal jury is back at work in the trial of six men who brought assault-style weapons to a standoff that stopped government agents from rounding up cattle near Cliven Bundy’s ranch in April 2014. A court official says jurors began deliberations at 8 a.m. Thursday […]
Friends and family are gathering in Delta, Utah April 22 to hold a memorial service for Sgt. Brett William Nielson. Nielson passed away at the age of fifty following a tragic motorcycle accident near Kanarraville one year ago. He had served in the US Marine Corps during the Gulf War. […]
(Cedar City, UT) – A Utah dad is getting a lot of love on social media after trying to reassure his daughter that it was okay that she wet her pants in school. Ben Sowards says his daughter called him in tears last week after the embarrassing incident during her kindergarten […]
(St. George, UT) – Visitors to Utah’s national parks spent an awful lot of money in the state in 2016. A report from the National Park Service released yesterday revealed the more than 14-million visitors to the parks last year spent more than half-a-billion dollars on hotels and restaurants. All told, […]
PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — Much of Rainbow Bridge National Monument along Lake Powell in southern Utah has gained a new protected status. The National Park Service says 85 acres within the 160-acre monument have been designated a “traditional cultural property” due to the site’s historic and ongoing cultural significance to […]
