SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Catholic Community Services of Utah says refugee families whose arrivals had been put on hold are now set to arrive this month after a federal judge halted President Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily banning refugees. Aden Batar, the agency’s director of immigration and refugee resettlement, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A corruption scandal that prosecutors say connected wealthy businessmen and powerful politicians against a backdrop of luxury vacations, gold coins and a surreptitiously recorded meeting at a Krispy Kreme doughnut shop is set to come to a Utah courtroom Tuesday. A nearly monthlong trial beginning […]
LAYTON, Utah (AP) — A 24-year-old Utah man has been convicted of murder after a playful fight turned into a deadly shooting two years ago. Jurors deliberated for nearly four hours Monday before finding Jory Fenstermaker guilty of killing of Randy Lewis of Kansas City, Missouri. Fenstermaker claimed he feared […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Most Utahns support a bill declaring pornography a public health crisis. A poll by the “Salt Lake Tribune” and Hinckley Institute of Politics finds 57 percent of those surveyed support the legislation. It would leave pornographers vulnerable to lawsuits if it can be proven their […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – A Mexican official says President Trump’s tough talk about ways to pay for a border wall could have a negative effect on Utah. Mexican Consul Javier Chagoya says over 800-million-dollars in trade goods flow from Utah to Mexico each year. Chagoya thinks any talk of border […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – The trial of a former Utah Attorney General accused of corruption is set to begin. John Swallow will face 13 charges when his trial begins in Salt Lake City tomorrow. Swallow resigned his position in 2013 after he was accused of helping to try to bribe […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – The Utah Republican Party is ending its federal court case to stop a law affecting how candidates qualify for the ballot. Party leaders announced Saturday that they were dropping their federal appeal of Senate Bill 54. The bill allows candidates to qualify for a state primary […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The voicemail box for Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch was full, so a Utah woman tried using a pizza to ask for a “no” vote on one of President Trump’s Cabinet nominees. The ham-and-pineapple pizza that Julia Silge ordered for Hatch’s Salt Lake City office to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers are expected to consider a plan that would expand capital punishment in the state so that criminals convicted of sex trafficking that leads to death could be executed. Proposal sponsor Republican Rep. Paul Ray said Friday he wants to hold the leaders of […]
(St. George, UT) – A St. George teen’s video showed up on TV during Super Bowl 51. Sterling Jones entered his public service announcement video about highway safety into a contest which he won. His PSA video won a spot which aired during yesterday’s Super Bowl 51. Jones says he wanted […]
