SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A group of business leaders is moving ahead with a push to get Utah voters to raise the state income tax to generate an extra $750 million annually to address a teacher shortage, crowded classrooms and other school needs. Officials with the group Our Schools […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – Utah is no longer in a drought. The National Weather Service says that the entire state is drought-free for the first time since 2011. Meteorologists are giving credit to this winter’s heavy snows for changing the drought conditions. Snowpack levels are at or above 100-percent in […]
(Spanish Fork, UT) – Spanish Fork police say no one was hurt when a car clipped a small plane while drag racing at a local airport. Investigators say two men decided to race their sports cars while attending a party at a hangar on the grounds of the Spanish Fork-Springville Airport […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – The National Security Agency did not perform “blanket” surveillance during the Salt Lake City Winter Olympiad in 2002. That’s according to the NSA operations director, Wayne Murphy, who said in a federal court declaration that the intelligence gathering program used at the Olympics and developed after […]
(St. George, UT) – Spring arrives today with some unseasonably warm weather. The National Weather Service expects the balmy weather from the weekend to carry through at least tomorrow with highs running in the mid to upper 70s. Temperatures topped the 80 degree mark in Saint George for the last three […]
(St. George, UT) – Some good news for your wallet if you get your electricity from Rocky Mountain Power; the utility is asking for a price decrease. The company says they paid about six-point-five-million dollars less than they thought they would for energy last year and customers should also be getting […]
(Undated) – Utah wastes very little money when it comes to Medicare. Government watchdog group Citizens Against Government Waste named Utah the least wasteful state in a new study this week. Texas has the most waste in its Medicare program, followed by California, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Florida. Officials say […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – Advocates for several Utah programs that could lose their funding are not happy with President Trump’s proposed budget. Programs for low income Utahns are likely to be affected the most under the federal budget plan. The head of the Community Education Partnership in West Valley City […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Environmental groups are urging Gov. Gary Herbert to veto a measure passed by the state legislature that would allow people to use wood burning to cook on the worst air quality days. Matt Pacenza of Heal Utah said Thursday at a news conference in Salt […]
(Undated) - If you have a little too much to drink tonight for Saint Patrick’s Day, Triple-A will take you and your car home for free as part of their Tipsy Tow program. The company is offering the service throughout the state and says you don’t need to be a […]
