PLEASANT GROVE, Utah (AP) — A Utah high school volunteer band coach is accused of soliciting nude photos from students. Pleasant Grove police credited their investigation leading to the arrest of 23-year-old Luis Mendez-Gamino to a 17-year-old girl’s quick response to an offer to pay her for nude photos. According […]
WASATCH COUNTY, Utah-Situated near Jordanelle Reservoir, Mayflower Mountain Resort will consist of 5,600 acres featuring special accommodations for members of the military upon its completion. It will feature 388 hotel rooms and 55 private residences in a convenient location just off of the Mayflower exit from U.S. Highway 40. Of […]
WHITERIVER, Ariz. (AP) — A former longtime chairman of the White Mountain Apache Tribe has died at age 89. Tribal officials say Ronnie Lupe died Monday. Lupe served as the tribe’s chairman for 36 years before leaving office in May 2018 after deciding not to seek a 10th term. Prior […]
PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — Glen Canyon National Recreation Area authorities say an Arizona man has apparently drowned in Lake Powell. They say 33-year-old Albert Shortman of Cow Springs was pronounced dead at the scene Sunday by the Coconino County Medical Examiner. Shortman’s body was transported to the Medical Examiner’s Office […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A jury in Las Vegas heard two vastly different views in a federal racketeering trial that opened Monday for eight Vagos biker gang members stemming from a 2011 shootout that killed a rival Hells Angels leader in a Nevada casino. Prosecutor John Han called it an […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal appeals court has denied a death-row challenge by a Utah inmate whose double-murder case was featured in the book “Under the Banner of Heaven.” Utah assistant solicitor general Andrew Peterson says the Monday’s ruling by the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals means Ron […]
PLEASANT GROVE, Utah (AP) — A former Pleasant Grove High School volunteer teacher is accused of soliciting nude photos from teenage girls. The Daily Herald in Provo reported Monday that 23-year-old Luis Mendez-Gamino is facing more than a dozen charges of sexual exploitation of a minor. According to court documents, he used […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Lawyers for a man accused of running a multi-million-dollar opioid ring out of his suburban Salt Lake City basement said Monday he was involved in drugs but wasn’t capable of running such a major operation. Aaron Shamo, 29, has a learning disability and attention deficit […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Imprisoned polygamist leader Warren Jeffs has allegedly suffered a mental breakdown and isn’t fit to give a deposition in a sex abuse case against him. The claim was made in a court filing last month by lawyers representing a community trust that once belonged to […]
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho’s sage-grouse numbers have dropped 52% since the federal government decided not to list the birds as an endangered species in the fall of 2015. It’s not yet clear whether the three-year decline is part of a cyclical pattern or indicative of a more serious issue, […]
