DRAPER, Utah (AP) — When her 10-year-old daughter tried spraying air freshener on herself before school one morning, Brittany Tichenor-Cox suspected something was wrong with the sweet little girl whose beaming smile had gone dormant after she started the fifth grade. She coaxed out of Isabella “Izzy” Tichenor that a […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The police chief on the Navajo Nation is stepping down to oversee a much-smaller police department in the town where he grew up. Phillip Francisco took over the Navajo Nation Police Department in 2016 after the position had been vacant for several years, with various officers […]
ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Swift Communications is selling its local media and publishing businesses to Ogden Newspapers of Wheeling, W. Va. With the acquisition, Ogden Newspapers will publish 54 daily newspapers and a number of weekly newspapers and magazines in 18 states after the deal closes Dec. 31, according to The […]
PAHRUMP, Nev. (AP)-Pahrump, Nev. residents are protesting plans for a massive solar panel installation they say could harm the community and surrounding environment. Saturday, “Citizens Against Nye County Solar Farms” conducted a protest against the Rough Hat Nye County Solar Project in the community located 63 miles west of Las […]
SPRINGDALE, Utah (AP) — A Virginia man has died while canyoneering in Southern Utah’s Zion National Park, authorities said. Andrew Arvig, 31, of Chesapeake, Va., was on a trip with two other people in the park known for its spectacular red-rock cliffs, officials said in a statement. The group started […]
NEPHI, Utah (AP) — Authorities are looking for someone who shot at four vehicles on Interstate 15 in western Utah on Tuesday, wounding two people. The vehicles were hit as they traveled between Nephi and Scipio at around 3:15 a.m., the Utah Department of Public Safety said in a statement. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — State wildlife biologists are again proposing a ban on the use of trail cameras in hunting a few months after they pulled the proposal to further survey hunters after some initial backlash. The plan, proposed by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources on Tuesday, calls […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — A vacant lot in south Logan has experienced the past century in a way that might be described as “roadside Americana.” From a patch of farmland along the highway, it became the site of Logan’s first drive-in theater in 1947. After hosting popcorn-munching families and “necking” […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Cory Britton doesn’t need a public policy institute report to fully appreciate the costs and benefits of a college education. He knows what it’s like to try to make ends meet with dead-end jobs and the anxiety of not having health insurance. Britton also knows […]
WASATCH COUNTY, Utah-Late Friday evening, UDOT reported a crash on westbound US 40 eight miles south of Heber City at milepost 29. The crash occurred at 11:29 pm with an anticipated clearance time of 12:26 am Saturday morning. CrashWB US 40 at MP 29 (8 mi S of Heber) Wasatch […]
