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Mom accused of killing kids in Idaho says she has an alibi

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A woman charged with conspiring to kill her two children and her new husband’s late wife says she has an alibi, and that the kids were killed while they were at her late brother’s apartment. Attorneys for Lori Vallow Daybell made the claim in court documents […]

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The Outdoor Retailer trade show is shown Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023, in Salt Lake City. The Outdoor Retailer trade show is back in Salt Lake City this week after a four-year run in Denver but the massive expo will be without three industry giants who are boycotting the show: Patagonia, REI, and The North Face. The companies are boycotting based on the same concerns that forced the show to leave Utah in 2018 after decades in the state: That Utah doesn't deserve to reap the economic benefits from the show because of Republican politicians' opposition to conservation efforts to protect national monuments and public lands.(AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Outdoor Retailer returns to Utah while top brands boycott

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Vendors selling hiking apparel, e-bikes, zippers and other outdoor gear gathered in Utah this week for what has long been one of the country’s largest trade shows catering to the recreation industry, marking its return to the deeply Republican state after a four-year boycott over […]

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Nygren to be sworn in as next Navajo Nation president

Nygren to be sworn in as next Navajo Nation president

FORT DEFIANCE, Ariz. (AP) — Buu Nygren will be sworn in Tuesday as the next president of the vast Navajo Nation, a job that will test his ability to make good on promises to deliver water, electricity and broadband to tens of thousands who don’t have it. Nygren beat out […]

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Heber City Police Department Shift Report: 1/9

Heber City Police Department Shift Report: 1/9

HEBER CITY, Utah-Monday, the Heber City Police Department released its shift report for January 7 Case #2301-0374/Suspicious: Officers responded to Don Pedro’s Family Mexican Restaurant, 1050 S. Main, Heber City, on a homeless person trespassing Case #2301-0380/Trespassing: Officers responded to Maverik, 435 N. Main, Heber City, on a male trespassing. […]

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Heber City Police Department Shift Report: 1/7

Heber City Police Department Shift Report: 1/7

HEBER CITY, Utah-Saturday, the Heber City Police Department released its shift report for January 6. Case #2301-0025/Citizen Assist: Officer assisted a motorist changing a tire on the roadside at 100 West and 500 North, Heber City Case #2301-0328/Civil Complaint: Complainant requested assistance in a dispute she is having with her […]

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States target transgender health care in first bills of 2023

After a midterm election and record flow of anti-transgender legislation last year, Republican state lawmakers this year are zeroing in on questions of bodily autonomy with new proposals to limit gender-affirming health care and abortion access. More than two dozen bills seeking to restrict transgender health care access have been introduced across 11 states […]

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Jess, left, sits next to her sister, Cecily, during a press conference regarding the killing of a family in Enoch, Utah on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. A Utah man fatally shot his five children, his mother-in-law and his wife, then killed himself two weeks after the woman had filed for divorce, according to authorities and public records.(Ben B. Braun/The Deseret News via AP)

Utah murder-suicide underscores frequency of family killings

ENOCH, Utah (AP) — City leaders in Enoch, Utah choked up this week as they expressed shock after a murder-suicide carried out by their fellow member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints left eight people dead in their close-knit community, including five children who were classmates with […]

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Heber City Police Department Shift Report: 1/6

Heber City Police Department Shift Report: 1/6

HEBER CITY, Utah-Friday, the Heber City Police Department released its shift report for January 5 Case #2301-0237/Keep the Peace: Mother and son involved in a dispute requiring police assistance Case #2301-0267/Public Nuisance: Business owner was warned about legal requirement to remove snow on the sidewalk at 600 S. Main, Heber […]

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Jennifer Shah arrives to federal court in New York, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. Federal prosecutors are seeking a 10-year prison sentence for the member of "The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" who they say lived lavishly after defrauding thousands of people nationwide in a telemarketing scam, many of them elderly. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

‘Real Housewives of Salt Lake City’ member gets 6 1/2 years

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge sentenced a member of “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” to 6 1/2 years in prison on Friday for defrauding thousands of people nationwide in a telemarketing scam, many of them vulnerable or older. U.S. District Judge Sidney H. Stein announced the sentence for Jennifer […]

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FILE - The Colorado River flows through the Grand Canyon on the Hualapai reservation Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, in northwestern Arizona. President Joe Biden has approved three bills that will improve access to water for three tribes in Arizona amid an unrelenting drought. One of the measures that Biden signed Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023 settles longstanding water rights claims for the Hualapai Tribe, whose reservation borders a 100-mile stretch of the Colorado River as it runs through the Grand Canyon. Hualapai will have the right to divert up to 3,414 acre-feet of water per year, along with the ability to lease it within Arizona (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Biden signs water bills benefiting 3 tribes in Arizona

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A Native American tribe that has one of the largest and most secure rights to Colorado River water now has approval to lease some of it in Arizona, a state that’s been hardest hit by cuts to its water supply and is on a perpetual search for more. […]

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