CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Bigger, more efficient equipment will allow a western U.S. electric utility to redevelop an aging Wyoming wind farm with far fewer turbines while generating the same amount of power. Portland, Oregon-based PacifiCorp plans to replace 68 wind turbines at the Foote Creek I wind farm with […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah councilwoman aims to replace Republican U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop, who plans to leave office at the end of his term. Morgan County Councilwoman Tina Cannon announced her candidacy Tuesday for the U.S. House seat. The Federal Election Commission lists the small-business owner and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An outspoken gay Utah politician and a Latina state senator remain in a tight race to see who might face off against a pollution-fighting councilwoman for the Salt Lake City mayor’s seat. City councilwoman Erin Mendenhall came out on top in the crowded primary race […]
FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — Some Navajo Nation officials are seeking to ask New Mexico to rename a U.S. highway after one of the longest-serving Native American lawmakers in U.S. history. The Farmington Daily Times reports a Navajo legislative committee is requesting New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham name U.S. Highway 491 in […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — A Utah man pleaded guilty Tuesday to killing and sexually assaulting his 5-year-old niece whose disappearance earlier this year triggered a massive search and widespread concern in a picturesque mountain valley community. Alex Whipple entered his guilty pleas to murder, kidnapping and rape Tuesday as part […]
WEST GLACIER, Mont. (AP) — Falling rocks hit the top of a vehicle traveling on Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park, killing a 14-year-old Utah girl and injuring her parents and two other children. Park officials say the rock slide happened at about 7 p.m. Monday near the East Tunnel […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Wildlife officials say they have found and put to death a bear that bit a 13-year-old boy on his ear and cheek at a campground in eastern Utah. The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources said Tuesday in a news release that officials found the black […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man accused of killing a Utah college student has been charged with 19 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor after investigators discovered child pornography on his computer. Utah prosecutors filed charges Tuesday accusing Ayoola Ajayi of having pornographic images on his computer of […]
OAKLEY, Utah (AP) — Crews rescued a woman hiking on a Utah mountain trail after she was injured by a falling boulder. Summit County Sheriff’s Lt. Andrew Wright says the boulder hit the 70-year-old woman Monday while she was nearing Hayden Peak on the Highline Trail. Her friends found an […]
GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — A drone soared over a blazing hot cornfield in northeastern Colorado on a recent morning, snapping images with an infrared camera to help researchers decide how much water they would give the crops the next day. After a brief, snaking flight above the field, the drone […]
