MOAB, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a 22-year-old Utah man has died after falling 400 feet at a state park in San Juan County. The sheriff’s office says Gary Nathan Abbott of American Fork had been camping with friends in Dead Horse State Park on Sunday when he fell. Search […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch has raised about $1.3 million in campaign donations in recent months as he prepares for a possible re-election run, something the long-serving Republican has opened the door to after pledging years ago that his current term would be his last. Fundraising […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two Utah brothers who want Rep. Jason Chaffetz to investigate President Donald Trump’s alleged conflicts of interest and ties to Russia are putting their request on a large billboard near the congressman’s Utah office. Their bright red billboard along a Provo freeway asks, “Why won’t […]
(Cedar City, UT) – Prosecutors are recommending between one and 15 years behind bars for a man who admitted torching six cars in Cedar City. Investigators say Isaac Wall had been upset about his upcoming divorce before burning six cars throughout Cedar City in the pre-dawn hours of January 10th. He […]
(Iron County, UT) – More than 40 acres near the mouth of a popular canyon for hiking in Iron County are now in the hands of the Bureau of Land Management. The agency announced yesterday they paid 660-thousand dollars for the land at the trailhead of Kanarra Creek. The “Salt Lake […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – Utah Senator Mike Lee is publishing a new book about historical figures who he believes haven’t gotten enough credit for their role in founding the United States. The Republican senator is releasing “Written Out of History: The Forgotten Founders Who Fought Big Government” at the end […]
(Cedar City, UT) – A Cedar City man will be sentenced next month on a child abuse charge for beating three kids, including hitting one with a cast iron pan. Josh Kern agreed to a plea deal with prosecutors which saw them drop the severity of the child abuse charge to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah officials say a doctor imprisoned for drugging his beauty queen wife and leaving her to die in a bathtub may have killed himself. Authorities said in a statement Tuesday that they didn’t find “any signs of foul play” in their preliminary investigation, so they’re […]
MONTROSE, Colo. (AP) — Authorities say a 51-year-old woman fell to her death during a hike near the Colorado-Utah border. Rose Zaldivar, of Eckert, went hiking near Paradox on April 2 and was reporting missing to the Montrose County Sheriff’s Office on April 6. The Montrose Daily Press reports family […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Prospective home-buyers in Utah are struggling amid a shortage of affordable housing in a situation that mirrors a nationwide trend. Data compiled by The Associated Press from real estate websites shows that Salt Lake City’s housing inventory plummeted nearly 70 percent from 2012 to 2017. […]
