(Salt Lake City, UT) — State lawmakers want to implement tougher penalties for anyone who makes hoax school threats in Utah. While such hoaxes can be classified as either misdemeanors or felonies depending on the circumstances, Representative Ryan Wilcox says the punishments for either should be strong and levied uniformly. […]
DUCHESNE, Utah (AP) — On plateaus overlooking the Uinta Basin’s hills of sandstone and sagebrush, pumpjacks bob their heads as they lift viscous black and yellow oil from the earth that will eventually make everything from fuel to polyester fabric. To move fossil fuels from the Uinta Basin’s massive reserve […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — President Joe Biden will mark the first anniversary of a law that is delivering the largest expansion of veterans benefits in decades on Thursday by showcasing the bipartisan PACT Act in the company of Utah’s Republican Gov. Spencer Cox. The Democratic president and the GOP governor will […]
HEBER CITY, Utah-Thursday, the Heber City Police Department released its shift report for August 9 Case #2308-0476/Following a traffic stop at 550 N. Main, Heber City, the driver was arrested for an active warrant Case #2308-0532/Following a traffic stop at 550 N. Main, Heber City, the impaired driver was arrested […]
BELEN, N.M. (AP) — President Joe Biden declared Wednesday that his economic policies are reviving U.S. manufacturing as he toured the West to drum up support for his efforts on jobs and inflation in the face of voters’ doubts. “I’m not here to declare victory on the economy. We have […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) —The Davis School District has agreed to pay $2 million to the family of a black, autistic 10-year-old girl who killed herself after being harassed by her classmates. The family of Isabella “Izzy” Tichenor blamed her death in 2021 on an inadequate response by school officials […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man accused of making threats against President Joe Biden was shot and killed by FBI agents hours before the president was expected to land in the state Wednesday, authorities said. Special agents were trying to serve a warrant on the home of Craig […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah State Board of Education is clearing a board member of wrongdoing in three investigations. Republican Natalie Cline had 49 public complaints filled against her controversial social media posts. Cline has made posts accusing schools of supporting child sex trafficking and critizing the LGBTQ […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Bringing back factory jobs is one of the most popular of White House promises — regardless of who happens to be the president. Donald Trump said he’d do it with tariffs. Barack Obama said companies would start “insourcing.” George W. Bush said tax cuts would do the trick. But factory […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — State courts have become hotspots in the national abortion debate as Utah and Kansas courts weigh challenges Tuesday from providers over new laws regulating the procedure, more than a year after the overturning of Roe v. Wade. The U.S. Supreme Court’s June 2022 decision in […]
