PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A woman who escaped her kidnapper by punching her way out of a homemade cinder block cell at a home in southern Oregon likely saved other women from a similar fate, authorities said, by alerting them to a man they now suspect in sexual assaults in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Monday, environmentalists filed a lawsuit to prevent the construction of a new potash mine that they say would devastate a lake ecosystem in the drought-stricken western Utah desert. The complaint against the Bureau of Land Management is the latest development in the battle over potash […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man who posed as an undercover police officer kidnapped a woman in Seattle, drove her hundreds of miles to his home in Oregon and locked her in a cinder block cell until she bloodied her hands breaking the door to escape, the FBI said Wednesday. […]
LONDON (AP) — An American fugitive accused of faking his own death to avoid a rape charge in Utah can be extradited to the U.S., a judge in Scotland ruled Wednesday, calling the man “as dishonest and deceitful as he is evasive and manipulative.” The wanted man known in Scotland […]
BRASILIA, Brazil-Wednesday, 450 journalists, government leaders, and other dignitaries walked through the Brasília Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on the first day of its open house. They were welcomed by Elder Ulisses Soares of the Church’s Quorum of Twelve Apostles and his wife, Rosana, and […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is offering free church magazine subscriptions to members worldwide. In an announcement Tuesday, Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said each household can get a free subscription to the general membership Liahona, […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah’s law requiring pornography websites to verify the ages of users is still in force after a federal judge threw out a lawsuit challenging it. U.S. District Court Judge Ted Stewart on Tuesday dismissed the suit brought by an adult entertainment industry trade group. In […]
HEBER CITY, Utah-Tuesday evening, the phone lines in Heber City government buildings began experiencing technical difficulties. Their Telcom provider is currently working to resolve this issue. In the meantime, Heber City government officials request residents contact them via email for any information they may need. If residents are unsure about […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah law requiring adult websites to verify the age of their users will remain in effect after a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit from an industry group challenging its constitutionality. The dismissal poses a setback for digital privacy advocates and the Free Speech Coalition, which […]
(Springdale, UT) — New restrictions for campfires in Zion Canyon will be in place beginning tomorrow. The fire management officer for Zion National Park announced campfires and smoking near dry plants in that area will not be allowed until further notice. In a statement, officials said a fire had to […]
