SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has signed five bills this week approving changes to the state’s medical marijuana program, transition to higher-strength beer and the primary election, among other changes. The Republican governor’s spokeswoman Anna Lehnardt said Herbert signed the bills Monday. Lawmakers voted on the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah business owner has apologized after spraying a man smoking a cigarette in the face with a fire extinguisher in downtown Salt Lake City. KSL-TV reports Jon Bird was smoking a cigarette near the Gallivan Center Friday evening when a local business owner confronted him several […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Municipal officials in Utah say they want to reevaluate an ordinance that allowed banners for a gay pride festival to be hung from city light posts. The Spectrum reported banners in St. George for the Pride of Southern Utah festival Saturday have caused a discussion of possible […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Latest on a deadly tour bus crash in Utah that left four Chinese tourists dead (all times local): 2:35 p.m. Hospital officials say three Chinese tourists remain in critical condition from injuries suffered in a deadly tour bus crash near a national park in […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a Brigham Young University student has died after he collided with a car while riding a longboard near campus. The Daily Herald reported Monday that Provo police have not released the international student’s name because family members abroad have not yet been reached. The incident happened […]
It’s Wasatch High School homecoming week! We are lucky to belong to a school with a rich legacy that started in 1908. Our forefathers could see the value of a high school education as communities progressed in Utah and in the United States. The first Wasatch High School opened on […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A new film dives into the mystery around a Latina labor leader who organized farmworkers years before Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta and then disappeared. “Adios Amor: The Search for Maria Moreno” on PBS focuses on a Mexican American mother of 12 who galvanized poor agricultural […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities in Salt Lake City say a driver who was distracted hit a Union Pacific train. KUTV reported Monday that the collision occurred overnight after several train cars had already gone through a railroad crossing. Police say the driver suffered minor injuries and the damage to the […]
DRAPER, Utah (AP) — A Utah prison inmate’s death is being investigated as a possible homicide. KUTV in Salt Lake City reported Monday that the inmate was discovered unresponsive in his cell Saturday night at Oquirrh Facility in Draper. The Utah Department of Corrections in a statement said he was declared dead […]
