SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A veteran defense lawyer who formerly worked as a public defender in state and federal courts in Utah has been appointed to fill a state District Court vacancy. Gov. Gary Herbert’s office announced Friday his appointment of Chelsea Koch to fill a Third District Court […]
MOAB, Utah (AP) — Wildlife officials say they are still looking for the bear that attacked a 13-year-old boy at a campground in eastern Utah. The state’s Division of Wildlife Resources said the teenager was sleeping at a campground along the Colorado River Friday morning when a bear approached him […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Three companies are continuing to protest Utah’s decision to award a smaller number of medical marijuana grower licenses. The state’s Division of Purchasing said Thursday that companies Pure UT, Total Health Sciences and JLPR are appealing the agency’s decision to reject their complaints to the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Crews in Utah spent Friday clearing landslides and mud from several canyon highways and roads following heavy rainfall the night before. Homes were briefly evacuated in one canyon south of Provo, and motorists were evacuated from another near Salt Lake City, authorities said. But there […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld the constitutionality of a 1978 law giving preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings involving American Indian children. Friday’s decision by a panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal upholds the Indian Child Welfare […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say a Utah corrections officer suffered fractures to his face after he was attacked by inmates. The Deseret News reports the officer was attacked Wednesday in a cell block of the Central Utah Correctional Facility in Gunnison. Sanpete County Attorney Kevin Daniels says one inmate hit […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Agriculture can be as much a lifestyle as it is an occupation. Farmers often don’t retire — they just keep on working. That’s not always easy, though, as back problems, knee problems and any number of other disabilities can get in the way. AgrAbility of Utah, […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — The family of a teenage Logan girl who survived a gunshot wound to the head will be handing out gun locks at the Cache County Fair. The Herald Journal reports that Deserae Turner’s mother April says her daughter’s injuries had a profound impact on her life, and she’s […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Crews are using heavy machinery in several canyons in central Utah where landslides and storm runoff poured mud across roads and highways. The Utah Highway Patrol said flooding late Thursday left several feet of mud on sections of U.S. 6 and that it remained closed […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s lieutenant governor says voter fraud is rare in the state and usually the result of a misunderstanding of election laws. The Salt Lake Tribune reported Thursday that Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox says fraud cases typically involve parents submitting ballots for children who are away from home […]
