PHOENIX (AP) — A former Arizona politician in prison for running an illegal adoption scheme in three states involving women from the Marshall Islands has lost an appeal of one of his sentences. Monday, The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeal upheld a six-year sentence and $100,000 fine given in Arkansas […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Monday, Utah GOP Gov. Spencer Cox exempted the Utah State Capitol Building and other state facilities in Salt Lake County from a mask mandate as conservative lawmakers prepared to commence their meetings in the new year. Salt Lake County Democrat Mayor Jenny Wilson says Cox […]
WASATCH COUNTY, Utah-UDOT reported a crash on the right shoulder of westbound US 40 (milepost 45) near Strawberry Reservoir Monday evening at 6:41 pm. CrashWB US 40 at MP 45 (Strawberry Reservoir) Wasatch Co.Right ShoulderEst. Clearance Time: 8:07 PMFor updates: https://t.co/jaVMw7vcLm — UDOT Traffic (@UDOTTRAFFIC) January 11, 2022 The latest […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican leaders in Salt Lake County won’t overturn a mask mandate implemented during an omicron variant surge of the coronavirus. Testing lines are miles long, cases are up among students and crews are struggling to staff fire and police stations, said council chair Laurie Stringham […]
HILDALE, Utah (AP) — Mayor Donia Jessop says she’s not the same person she was when she was first elected. “What’s the difference between the woman who was sworn in four years ago and the woman who was sworn in tonight? Everything,” she told people who gathered in Hildale’s City […]
GRAND COUNTY, Utah (AP) — Utah officials say a 51-year-old man died in a BASE jumping accident in a remote part of Grand County. Per reports, Grand County Chief Deputy Sheriff Darrel Mecham said the man crashed around noon Friday while attempting a 1,100-foot jump. BASE jumping stands for building, antenna, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — They were parents. They were children. They were well-loved community members. They were simply doing their jobs. They were the 320 people who died on Utah roadways in 2021, according to data from the Utah Department of Transportation and Utah Highway Patrol. “These are not […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two Utah counties have issued indoor mask mandates amid a record-setting surge of coronavirus cases that has left long testing lines, shortages of monoclonal antibody treatments and strained hospital staff. Salt Lake County health officials made the order Friday, a day after Summit county. Both […]
HEBER CITY, Utah-Friday, Heber Light & Power confirmed they are the recipients of the 2021 Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems Energy Innovation Smart Energy Award. As we begin 2022, we are excited to announce that HL&P was the recipient of the 2021 UAMPS Smart Energy Innovation Award, and Harold Wilson, […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Governors took sweeping actions during earlier surges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many closed schools and ordered businesses shut down. They issued mask mandates, vaccine requirements and even quarantines in some places for people who had traveled to out-of-state hot spots. Not this time, even as the […]
