PROVO, Utah (AP) — A judge has doubled the $5,000 bail for a 27-year-old charged with rape involving a student. The Daily Herald reports Judge Samuel McVey called former Landmark High School teacher Sarah Lewis a danger to society and increased her bail to $10,000 cash. Attorney Mark Woodbury had […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Mormon church is giving a name and appointing a leader for a worldwide online college education program that has expanded to nearly 50 countries since it started several years ago at Brigham Young University-Idaho. High-ranking church leader Dieter Uchtdorf announced the formal launch of […]
REXBURG, Idaho (AP)-Per reports from various Salt Lake City television stations, Tuesday morning the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints announced a new online education system. In speaking on the campus of Brigham Young University-Idaho in Rexburg, LDS Church First Presidency Second Counselor Dieter F. Uchtdorf revealed its name […]
(St. George, UT) — A soccer ball is responsible for a brief power failure in a St. George neighborhood last night. Some students playing soccer yesterday at Red Rock Canyon Elementary kicked the ball into some power lines which set off a transformer fire. The city says around 150 customers […]
(Emery County, UT) — The Emery County Sheriff’s Office is grateful for a little help in getting rid of an explosive situation. A hiker found an old crate of dynamite in the San Rafael Desert last week and notified the sheriff’s Office. Members of the Utah County bomb squad arrived […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jury selection has begun in federal court in Nevada for trial of the first six defendants accused of taking up arms against federal agents herding cattle off public land near cattleman Cliven Bundy’s ranch in April 2014. About 10 flag-waving protesters marked the start of proceedings […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Some 40 years after the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was defeated, a group of Democratic lawmakers are pushing Utah to ratify it. Democratic Rep. Rebecca Chavez-Houck said Monday that women are still dealing with issues like workplace sexual harassment that were illuminated […]
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — A Park City window washer has died after being struck by an approximately 700-pound slab of ice and snow that fell from a roof. Authorities say 50-year-old Jon Henry was hit while working in the ski town’s Old Town area Friday afternoon and it may […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers held a four-hour debate Monday evening about sex abuse prevention education and sex education but decided not to pass legislation on either issue. One proposal from Democratic Rep. Brian King of Salt Lake City would have allowed parents to consent that their children […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Outdoor clothing company Patagonia says it won’t come to any more Outdoor Retailer shows held in Utah after Gov. Gary Herbert signed a resolution Friday calling on President Donald Trump to repeal the newly named Bears Ears National Monument. Company spokeswoman Corley Kenna said Monday […]
