SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah copper mining company will begin manufacturing a rare mineral used in solar panels that used to be discarded along with the other mine tailings. Rio Tinto officials and Utah Gov. Spencer Cox unveiled the plan Wednesday at the Kennecott refinery west of Salt […]
HOMER, Alaska (AP) — A Utah man has been accused of raping, torturing and murdering a vulnerable adult when he lived in Alaska. Kirby F. Calderwood, 32, was arrested Monday by police in Ogden, Utah. He’s been charged in Alaska with first- and second-degree murder, kidnapping and tampering with evidence […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Tuesday morning, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced the groundbreaking dates of two temples: The Ephraim Utah Temple will have a groundbreaking ceremony Saturday August 27. Elder Walter F. Gonzalez of the Quorum of the Seventy will preside at this event. This is to be […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court in New Orleans hears arguments Tuesday about whether President Joe Biden legally suspended new oil and gas lease sales shortly after taking office because of climate change worries. The case has not been tried but a federal judge blocked the order, saying only Congress […]
PHOENIX (AP) — Mary Francis had no qualms about being a poster child for COVID-19 vaccinations on the Navajo Nation, once a virus hot spot. The Navajo woman’s face and words grace a digital flyer asking people on the Native American reservation to get vaccinated “to protect the shidine’e (my […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell paid tribute to the late Sen. Orrin Hatch on Friday, celebrating the Utah icon as a principled conservative, committed public servant and man of faith. Two weeks after Hatch died at age 88 from complications stemming from a stroke, McConnell […]
WASATCH COUNTY, Utah-Friday at 5:06 pm, UDOT reported a crash in Wasatch County. CrashSB Main St at 200 N Wasatch Co.Right Lane ClosedEst. Clearance Time: 6:05 PMFor updates: https://t.co/jaVMw7vcLm — UDOT Traffic (@UDOTTRAFFIC) May 6, 2022 The latest real-time information is available on the UDOT app or at udottraffic.utah.gov.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Angela Housley was halfway through her pregnancy when she learned the fetus was developing without parts of its brain and skull and would likely die within hours or days of birth, if it survived that long. The news came during her 20-week ultrasound. “The technician got […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A procession of family, friends and colleagues gathered to honor late U.S. Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, who is lying in state in Salt Lake City on Wednesday. Hatch died on April 23 in Salt Lake City at age 88 from complications stemming from a stroke. A broad […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. Sen. Orrin G. Hatch is scheduled to lie in state at the Utah Capitol rotunda on Wednesday, a week and a half after passing away in Salt Lake City at 88 years old. Family, friends, colleagues and members of the public are expected to […]
