(Salt Lake City, UT) – State prison officials are being criticized for a backlog of inmates still waiting for sex offender treatment. A recently conducted audit of the Utah Department of Corrections shows dozens of inmates have been kept in prison past the end of their sentences while waiting for treatment. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An LGBT-rights group says it plans to start negotiating with Utah officials about a lawsuit challenging state laws that restrict positive talk about homosexuality in schools. Utah lawmakers recently approved a measure that is expected to help resolve the issue by stripping state law of […]
LEVAN, Utah (AP)-Per a report on KSL.com, one fisherman is dead and another in critical condition after being found clinging to a buoy when their boat capsized at Yuba Lake State Park Sunday evening. Utah State Parks Lieutenant Regan Wilson reported the two men, each of whom were in their […]
DUCHESNE, Utah (AP)-Per a report on KSL.com, a man accused of killing his father in Duchesne and subsequently fleeing to Grand Junction, Colo., has been returned to the Beehive State. Colorado prosecutors dropped 22 charges against 34-year-old James Main Jr. last week and as of Monday morning, it was expected […]
(Bountiful, UT) — Bountiful police are warning of a recent email scheme targeting Netflix customers. They say scammers are using fake emails to trick Netflix users into giving them their credit card information. You can identify the scam by a support email address saying “service@appel.com, which is a fake email.
(Salt Lake City, UT) — UHP is identifying a young woman killed in Washington County yesterday as 19-year-old Abbigayl Kraushaar. UHP says she ran a stop sign and was hit by a pickup on State Route 19 15 miles north of St. George at around 8:30 last night. The pickup […]
(Washington, DC) — A political action committee made up of residents in Washington D.C. is targeting Congressman Jason Chaffetz. People living in the city are under direct oversight of Congress, and the concerned neighbors say the Utah Republican has interfered with local laws like gun safety, legal marijuana, and assisted […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A family of four was safely rescued from the banks of a southern Utah river over the weekend, two days after their boats capsized after hitting high water and boulders, Utah authorities said Monday. A mother, father and two teenage girls were rescued from the […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Police say a man died after he failed to yield to traffic on a Utah highway. The Salt Lake City Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/2o2TMTy ) that the man had been driving in Diamond Valley, about 15 miles north of St. George, when he passed a stop […]
DENVER (AP) — Economic damage from a Colorado mine waste spill caused by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency may be far less than originally feared after attorneys drastically reduced some of the larger claims, The Associated Press has learned. Farmers, business owners, residents and others initially said they suffered a […]
