PROVO, Utah (AP) — State regulators are warning people not to swim, water ski or drink the water on any part of Utah Lake at least through the end of the month. The Daily Herald reports the Utah Department of Environmental Quality issued the warning advisory on Monday after counts of cyanobacteria […]
OREM, Utah (AP) — Utah police say they have found the remains of a mother and her young son who were killed four years ago after the boyfriend who pleaded guilty in their deaths told authorities where he buried them. Orem Police Lt. Trent Colledge said Monday that the skeletal […]
PHOENIX (AP) — Federal authorities have increased the reward amount for information leading to the arrest of an Arizona murder suspect who escaped from a transport vehicle with his fugitive wife last month. The U.S. Marshals Service, the FBI and other agencies continue to search for 56-year-old Blane Barksdale and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah health officials say they have confirmed 35 cases of lung damage linked to vaping and are investigating 12 more potential cases. The state Department of Health announced the new number Monday, a jump from the 28 cases reported last week. The department says the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Proposed changes to Utah’s medical marijuana program came under fire from people on both sides of the issue during a tense public hearing. Utah legislators held a public hearing Monday to discuss changes to the law ahead of a special session next week to approve […]
WASATCH COUNTY, Utah-Per the official Twitter of the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, mechanical work is commencing on Spring Canyon Road and Iron Mine Road Monday. This is in the Heber-Kamas road area and contractors will be working until the conclusion of the project. It is hoped that this will be done […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A Box Elder County commissioner is considering a run to replace retiring U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop. The Standard-Examiner reports that Stan Summers says a number of people are asking him to run for the seat. He is a Republican from the small northern Utah community of Bothwell now […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Environmentalists and tribal organizations are protesting a lease sale by the U.S. government that would allow oil and gas companies to develop land considered archaeologically sensitive near a national monument stretching across the Utah-Colorado border that houses sacred tribal sites. Documents show about 47 square […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Utah County health officials say sexually transmitted diseases continue to rise in the region for at least the fifth year in a row. The Provo Daily Herald reports officials say each of the four major sexually transmitted diseases tracked by the health department increased last year from previous […]
WOODS CROSS, Utah (AP) — A northern Utah county attorney is seeking more information in connection with a case involving a white officer who pulled his gun on a 10-year-old black child. KSL-TV in Salt Lake City reports Davis County Attorney Troy Rawlings recently confirmed that his office has sent a report […]
