WASATCH COUNTY, Utah-Because of the snow that struck the back country of the Wasatch Mountains this week, the Utah Department of Transportation has declared Guardsman Pass will be closed through Monday morning. The pass received four inches of snow Thursday evening into early Friday morning, causing numerous slide-offs and accidents […]
HEBER CITY, Utah-Thursday evening at 6:34 pm, Heber Light and Power confirmed a power outage had occurred on the north end of Heber City as crews sought to restore power. As of 7:50 pm, the Heber Valley utility confirmed the power had been restored. The cause of the power outage […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food has confirmed the first case of horse herpes in the state. Department officials say a Weber County horse tested positive sometime this week and has been quarantined. Prior to the diagnosis, other horses on the farm of origin […]
DENVER (AP) — A man who was previously convicted of fatally shooting a University of Utah student has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing a Colorado man. Austin Boutain was sentenced Thursday for the death of 63-year-old Mitchell Ingle, of Golden, in October 2017. Boutain pleaded […]
KAYSVILLE, Utah (AP) — A bishop in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is under arrest on suspicion of possessing child pornography. Police say 61-year-old Timothy James Hallows of Kaysville is being held on suspicion of eight counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. He is being held […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — St. George is experiencing a record dry spell as the city in southern Utah hits 122 days without rain. The Spectrum reports weather officials said St. George broke the record on Thursday. According to the National Weather Service the previous record was set at 121 days in […]
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Johnson & Johnson has agreed to a $117 million multistate settlement over allegations it deceptively marketed its pelvic mesh products, which support women’s sagging pelvic organs. Ohio’s attorney general said Thursday an investigation found that J&J, the world’s biggest health products maker, violated state consumer protection […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Juanita Daugomah Ahtone, a longtime National Congress of American Indians member and volunteer, has died. She was 91. Indian Country Today reports that Ahtone, who was Kiowa, died at home Wednesday in Carnegie, Oklahoma. Ahtone’s father was a founding member of the National Congress of American Indians, the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Vape shops and other tobacco stores that sell to underage customers could swiftly lose their permits if they sell to underage customers under a draft bill that’s getting an early nod of approval from Utah lawmakers. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Republican sponsor Rep. Karianne Lisonbee […]
PHOENIX (AP) — The president of the Republic of the Marshall Islands is applauding U.S. authorities for arresting an Arizona elected official accused of running an illegal adoption scheme involving pregnant Marshallese women. President Hilda Heine issued a statement Thursday saying people like Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen have been […]
