LAS VEGAS (AP) — Limiting the size of new swimming pools in and around Las Vegas might save a drop in the proverbial bucket amid historic drought and climate change in the West. Officials are taking the plunge anyway, capping the size of new swimming pools at single-family residential homes […]
ROME-Per a late Wednesday report, President Dallin H. Oaks of The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints called for a global effort to protect religious freedom of all people at Pontifical Gregorian University of Rome. Pres. Oaks denounced detractions to global religious freedom. They include […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wednesday, Wisconsin Republicans erased regulations allowing local election clerks to fill in missing information on absentee ballot envelopes, the latest move in the GOP’s push to tighten voting procedures in the crucial swing state. The Wisconsin Elections Commission developed an emergency rule earlier this year that […]
DELTA, Utah (AP) —In Delta, hundreds of workers over the next few years will be laid off — casualties of environmental regulations and competition from cheaper energy sources. Yet across the street from the coal piles and furnace, beneath dusty fields, another transformation is underway that could play a pivotal […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Tuesday, a Utah man pleaded guilty to fatally shooting his mother and three siblings in 2020. 19-year-old Colin “CJ” Haynie killed his his mother and one of his sisters as they returned from her school pickup, then waited for two more siblings to arrive home […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A wrongful death lawsuit filed after an 11-year-old autistic boy was left in a hot car while under the watch of a care facility in Utah has been settled. The lawsuit filed against Roost Services and some of its employees in April stemmed from the July […]
ATLANTA (AP) — The expanded use of drop boxes for mailed ballots during the 2020 election did not lead to any widespread problems, according to an Associated Press survey of state election officials across the U.S. that revealed no cases of fraud, vandalism or theft that could have affected the […]
CROWNPOINT, N.M. (AP) — Navajo Nation leaders have finalized an agreement on spending priorities for more than $1 billion in federal pandemic relief to improve water, sanitation, housing and communications infrastructure. Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez on Friday signed an agreement from the Navajo Nation Council to deliver funding to […]
HEBER CITY, Utah-Friday, further information was released concerning the homicide which occurred Thursday in Heber City. The suspect in the murder, 35-year-old Michael Asman had been seen leaving the Heber City Maverik Thursday morning at 1:30 am. Surveillance photos of him are available. He purchased some caffeine energy drinks and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — This week, the state of Utah asked a state court to throw out a lawsuit challenging its ban on transgender kids who want to compete in youth sports, as the culture war flashpoint moves from statehouses to courtrooms throughout the country. In the Utah case, […]
