SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Salt Lake City Council wants the lucrative Outdoor Retailer show to reconsider its decision to leave Utah after two decades. The council passed a resolution Tuesday night calling on show and industry leaders to reconsider its decision to move. The council says it shares […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A Utah Highway Patrol trooper is recovering after he was struck by an SUV while standing outside his vehicle during a highway traffic stop near Lindon. The Daily Herald reports Trooper Devyn Gurney was released from a hospital Tuesday, one day after the incident on Interstate […]
(Washington, DC) — Utah Congressman Jason Chaffetz apparently thinks some Americans spend too much money on gadgets and not enough on healthcare. Appearing yesterday on CNN, Chaffetz said he wants to make sure that low-income Americans have access to health insurance. However, Chaffetz says access does not equal coverage. The […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Federal land managers have received tens of thousands of public comments on a controversial proposal to open up land near Utah’s Zion National Park for oil and gas leasing. The Spectrum reports that Bureau of Land Management spokesman says close to 40,000 comments were submitted […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers gave one of the final approvals needed for a proposal that would get rid of a state law that bans the “advocacy of homosexuality” in schools, a move driven by a court challenge from gay rights groups. After no discussion, all but one […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal jury in Utah has acquitted a man who says he was racially profiled and treated like a terrorist when he was charged with interfering with a Delta Air Lines flight crew in 2015. A six day-trial ended in Salt Lake City Tuesday with […]
KANARRAVILLE, Utah (AP)-While wintry weather appears to be over after Sunday and Monday’s storm, there are still problems on Utah highways. Per the official Twitter of UDOT Traffic, a vehicle caught fire two miles south of Kanarraville on northbound Interstate 15 at Milepost 40, near New Harmony. UDOT anticipates that […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — A judge has ruled that hearings for two teenagers accused of shooting a 14-year-old girl in the head and leaving her critically wounded in a ditch will remain open to the public and media. The Deseret News reports (http://bit.ly/2nbfTn8) that Judge Angela Fonnesbeck on Tuesday in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff has filed a federal misconduct complaint against the state and federal agents who investigated him. The Salt Lake Tribune (http://bit.ly/2lYSBRz ) reported Monday that Shurtleff, a three-term attorney general, filed the complaint in November. Shurtleff, along with former Utah […]
TUNBRIDGE, Vt. (AP) — Voters in four small Vermont towns have opposed a massive development by a Utah businessman that would be based on the papers of Mormon founder Joseph Smith. Tunbridge, Royalton, Sharon and Strafford voted against the idea at their annual town meetings on Tuesday. David Hall has […]
