SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Federal prosecutors have agreed not to file charges against Utah’s public transit agency in exchange for cooperation with a Department of Justice investigation of corruption and misuse of public funds. U.S. Attorney for Utah John Huber and Utah Transit Authority leaders announced the deal Tuesday. […]
DENVER (AP) — The names of a Colorado pastor and his family who were rescued after crashing their kayaks into boulders along a Utah river and spending two days in a steep canyon have been released. KMGH-TV reports Jay Vonesh, his wife, Julie, their two teenage daughters and the family […]
(London) – The Utah woman who lost her husband and was seriously hurt during a terrorist attack in London will be a guest of honor at a royal memorial service. Melissa Cochran of West Bountiful will be one of several victims attending the service at Westminster Abbey today. Cochran’s husband […]
(Hurricane, UT) – A man will spend up to 15 years in prison for inappropriately touching a six-year-old girl while babysitting her. Prosecutors say Edward Paulus also didn’t tell the girl’s mother that he was a registered sex offender when he took care of her. “The Spectrum” reports Paulus pleaded guilty […]
OREM, Utah (AP) — One of five victims of a high school locker room stabbing in Utah says he no longer feels safe at school and is angry and confused about why he and others were attacked last November. The teenager spoke Tuesday at a hearing in Orem in which […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP)-Tuesday afternoon, numerous news outlets in Salt Lake City reported Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints President Thomas S. Monson was hospitalized. The Church reported President Monson was not feeling well “last evening” (Monday) and admitted to the hospital. In the interim, he has received treatment, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The chairman of Utah’s Republican Party says attendees who booed Rep. Chris Stewart at the congressman’s town hall last week are “thugs” who hijacked the meeting. Stewart, a Republican, was booed at the Friday night event in heavily Democratic Salt Lake City as the congressman […]
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Wild horse advocates have scored a victory in Nevada in an ongoing legal battle with rural interests who they say want to round up federally protected mustangs across the West and sell them for slaughter. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco denied […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A judge’s ruling means a jury might only hear from one or two defense witnesses in the trial of six men accused of wielding guns against federal agents during a 2014 standoff involving Nevada cattleman and states’ rights advocate Cliven Bundy. After nearly two months of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Tesla says it’s disappointed that the Utah Supreme Court has ruled against the company in its push to sell sleek, all-electric vehicles in the state. The company said in a statement Monday evening that it will pursue all options to sell in Utah, including working […]
