SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — County officials say a Utah police officer has not been charged with a crime after running over and killing a woman in a parking lot. KSL-TV reported Friday that Salt Lake County officials completed an investigation Friday on Utah Police Department officer Megan Franklin in the death […]
ESCALANTE, Utah (AP) — In his retirement, Jens Munthe spends a lot of time driving around the deserts of Utah hunting for rocks. Not just any rocks. Munthe is a geologist searching for new and unusual arch formations across the state, the Deseret News reports . Utah is known for its sandstone […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Provo police arrested a 37-year-old homeless man after residents reported returning home to find their house had been burglarized and that a man was camping in the backyard. Police said Harley Hess was arrested Thursday on suspicion of burglary of a dwelling and other crimes. Hess […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A cyclist is accusing a Salt Lake City area police officer of running over him after a misunderstanding about a hand gesture. Chad Lockwood’s lawsuit filed Friday alleges the officer got upset after Lockwood crossed an intersection in front of the patrol car Sunday. Lockwood […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 9-year-old Idaho girl who fell out of a tree and was impaled in the head by a steel bar has died. Jesi Bergeson said Friday that her daughter Shaylyn Bergeson died from her injuries Thursday evening at a hospital in Utah. Bergeson recalled Shaylyn […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Supreme Court says language in a state law that prevented gay couples from reaching a workable agreement with a surrogate to bear their child is unconstitutional. The Deseret News reports an opinion released by the high court Friday threw out that section of law because […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Board of Education will form a new task force to examine charter school finances. The board voted Thursday to create the panel to look into charter school spending and how the schools can restructure their finances. “We need to clean it up. We […]
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service wants to reduce designated habitat in Wyoming and Nevada for a ground-dwelling bird. The agency said Friday its plan would target 300 square miles (800 square kilometers) now set aside for sage grouse in Wyoming and Nevada, with nearly all of the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Claire Donnelly’s three children have attended Catholic school in Salt Lake City since they were 4 years old and barely tall enough to see over the wooden pews in the chapel. But this fall, for the first time, they won’t be going back. “It was […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Board of Education will form a new task force to examine charter school finances. The board voted Thursday to create the panel to look into charter school spending and how the schools can restructure their finances. The decision comes amid ongoing financial strife […]
