After decades of trying to jump through Government hoops in order to build the Narrows Dam and reservoir, the Sanpete Water Conservancy District is investigating alternatives, including building a tunnel to bring 3,200-acre feet of water to Sanpete County. A report prepared by the engineering firm of Hansen, Allen & […]
A new Miss Lamb Days royalty was crowned on Saturday and will represent Fountain Green for the coming year. Melanie Beck, daughter of Wade and Judy Beck , took top honors at the pageant held at Fountain Green Elementary School. Attending her will be Olivia Hanson, first attendant; and Denisha […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A statement from the Mormon church issued on behalf of relatives says a Utah man was among those killed in a London attack and his wife was seriously injured. Kurt W. Cochran and his wife, Melissa, were on the last day of a special European […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – A Utah gun group says a bill to lower the state’s DUI threshold is a threat to gun owners’ Second Amendment rights. The Utah Shooting Sports Council announced yesterday that it wants Governor Herbert to veto a bill that would lower the limit for blood alcohol […]
(Parowan, UT) – A 17-year-old girl is accusing a Parowan man of sexually assaulting her at least five times. The teen reportedly told police that Christopher Doubek would keep her in his car and touch her inappropriately, according to The Spectrum. Doubek is facing a forcible sexual abuse count and three […]
(St. George, UT) – A man is behind bars in Saint George for allegedly assaulting a police officer during his arrest. Hotel employees suspected Lyric Lyons was breaking into cars in the parking lot of the Holiday Inn Express early Tuesday. When police arrived and tried to question him, they say […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A lawyer for former state Attorney General John Swallow says a Utah businessman imprisoned for lying to banks will testify that Swallow was not involved in illegally bundling $170,000 in campaign contributions to Utah and Nevada politicians. The Federal Elections Commission alleges in a lawsuit […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A federal judge has determined there’s probable cause for prosecutors to pursue their case against a man accused of gunning down a police officer on the nation’s largest American Indian reservation. Kirby Cleveland is charged with killing Navajo Nation Officer Houston James Largo on March 11 […]
(Washington, DC) – Utah Senator Mike Lee is predicting that a bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act will not be approved by Congress. The Republican senator appeared on Fox News’ “Your World” yesterday and said the bill does not have enough support in either chamber of Congress. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Four Mormon missionaries who were seriously injured in the Brussels airport bombing say they are still dealing with physical and emotional scars one year after the horrific event. The Deseret News reports Dresden Empey had surgery last week to remove a piece of shrapnel in […]
