CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A major Western U.S. utility is speeding up plans to use less coal-fired power over the next decade. Portland, Ore.-based PacifiCorp said Thursday it plans to reduce coal-fired generation by two-thirds by 2030. The utility intends to implement a big buildout of wind and solar energy […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Statewide enrollment in Utah’s higher education system has increased by 3% or more than 5,400 students. The Utah System of Higher Education released enrollment numbers Wednesday saying there are more than 189,000 students enrolled in public colleges for the fall of 2019. State education officials […]
CORTEZ, Colo. (AP) — Finland has agreed to return Native American ancestral remains and artifacts that were taken more than a century ago from what is now Mesa Verde National Park in the Southwest United States. The White House announced the agreement during a news conference in Washington on Wednesday. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff has accepted a $600,000 settlement from the state to pay for legal fees accrued during an abandoned criminal case against him. The Deseret News reported Wednesday that Shurtleff faced multiple charges including bribery before a jury found him not guilty. Officials […]
SHIPROCK, N.M. (AP) — The oldest of several Navajo Nation fairs starts this week in Shiprock. The Northern Navajo Nation Fair features traditional dances and ceremony, art displays, livestock sales, a rodeo, parade and royalty pageants. The exhibit hall, Indian Market and carnival open Thursday on youth and elder day […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Department of Health has confirmed this year’s first human death from West Nile virus. Authorities said Saturday that a central Utah resident at least 65 years old died from the disease carried by mosquitoes sometime between Sept. 21 and 28. Information about the […]
TAYLORSVILLE, Utah (AP) — Utah transportation officials have sent out more than 1 million new driver licenses for identification at airports, but 50,000 were returned to the state. The Salt Lake Tribune reported Tuesday that the Utah Driver License Division is urging people to update their addresses online to retrieve their new […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will allow women to be official “witnesses” at two key ceremonies where they were previously only allowed to observe. The Church, which President Russell M. Nelson describes as having its work “moving forward at an accelerated pace” […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah is issuing a new emergency rule restricting the sale of flavored e-cigarettes and requiring warnings about unregulated THC products amid an outbreak of lung illness related to vaping. The Utah Department of Health said in a statement Wednesday that all tobacco sellers will be […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — A Utah high school student who survived a gunshot wound to the head has been named homecoming queen by her classmates. The Herald Journal reported Monday that Deserae Turner was named the queen of the homecoming court for Green Canyon High School in North Logan. Turner was found […]
