SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A state regulatory appeals board says Utah may have erred in choosing only eight growers for a medical marijuana program set to launch next year. A three-person panel consisting of two state employees and a private attorney made the comment in a written decision made […]
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s greater sage grouse population has fallen more than 40% over the past three years, mirroring recent declines across the U.S. West for a bird species rejected for federal protections in 2015. State wildlife officials estimate there were about 44,000 ground-dwelling sage grouse in Montana this […]
PHOENIX (AP) — Husband and wife fugitives on the run for over two weeks in the killing of an Arizona man have been captured, authorities announced. The U.S. Marshals Service announced Wednesday night that Blane and Susan Barksdale were in custody but provided no details. David Gonzales, the U.S. marshal […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Recyclable materials in a southern Utah county are instead going to a landfill. The Spectrum newspaper reports that the contents of residential recycling bins in Washington County have been going to the trash since mid-July because of contractual issues and a fluctuating recycling market. The county had contracted […]
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A United Airlines flight has been diverted to a Colorado airport due to turbulence and a flight attendant has been transported to a hospital. The Gazette reports Flight 6171 from Salt Lake City to Houston was forced to land at the Colorado Springs Airport around 8:15 a.m. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A former Utah high school English teacher has been released from prison after spending the last four years behind bars for sexually abusing three students. Utah Board of Pardons and Parole spokesman Dennis Moxon said Wednesday that 40-year-old Brianne Altice was released Tuesday as planned. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man who pleaded guilty to lying about buying the firearm used to kill college athlete Lauren McCluskey has been sentenced to three years of supervised release. The 22-year-old Nathan Daniel Vogel said Wednesday during a hearing in Salt Lake City that he accepts responsibility […]
WADSWORTH, Nev. (AP) — Federal officials are making fish-friendly modifications to a northern Nevada dam that for more than a century has blocked off spawning grounds for a threatened trout species that once migrated 120 miles (193 kilometers) upstream to the alpine waters of Lake Tahoe. Officials for the Bureau […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A Utah mother has urged residents to take preventative measures against West Nile virus after her son became seriously ill, officials said. Ryan Stuart, 37, can no longer walk or eat on his own and only speaks a few mostly inaudibly words after contracting the neuro-invasive […]
WELLINGTON, Utah (AP) — Wellington police say one person is dead following a shooting involving a police officer who was not injured. Police did not immediately release additional information on the circumstances of the Tuesday night shooting other than that the person killed was male. A multi-agency team led by […]
