SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Court of Appeals has affirmed an order for a Utah businessman convicted of running a Ponzi scheme to pay more than $10 million in restitution. The Deseret News reported Monday that the court rejected arguments last week by Dee Allen Randall’s attorneys that he owed […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A compensation program for those exposed to radiation from years of nuclear weapons testing and uranium mining would be expanded under legislation that seeks to address fallout across the western United States, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Lujan rolled out the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say an officer injured in a shootout at a Salt Lake City apartment complex that left one man dead was wounded by friendly fire. The Deseret News reports Salt Lake City police clarified during a press conference Monday evening that the officer was wounded by another […]
CEDAR CITY, Utah-Tuesday, just hours after being named to Big Sky Conference’s preseason first team, Southern Utah University football center Zach Larsen was nominated for a prestigious award. Larsen, a senior out of Draper, Utah and Jordan High School, has been nominated for the Allstate AFCA Good Works award by […]
DENVER (AP) — The Latest on Bureau of Land Management headquarters moving from Washington to Colorado (all times local): 7:35 p.m. A spokesman for Utah Republican Congressman Rob Bishop says Colorado, Nevada and Utah could each gain about 50 federal employees as the U.S. Bureau of Land Management shifts its […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 15-year-old giraffe has been euthanized at a Utah zoo after struggling with intestinal issues. Utah’s Hogle Zoo announced Monday that Kipenzi the giraffe was euthanized on July 12 after zookeepers noticed her appetite severely decreased and she wasn’t going to the bathroom. Zoo veterinarians […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — A longtime Navajo Nation lawmaker has resigned, citing health reasons. Nelson S. BeGaye made the announcement Monday in an emotional speech at the start of the Navajo Nation Council’s weeklong summer session. He has served on the council since 2003. He did not elaborate on […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say one person is dead and an officer has been injured in a shootout at a Salt Lake City apartment complex. Salt Lake City police say they were called to the building Monday afternoon on a “psychiatric problem.” Shots were fired upon their arrival. […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Government restrictions on religion have increased markedly in many places around the world, not only in authoritarian countries, but also in many of Europe’s democracies, according to a report surveying 198 countries that was released Monday. The report released by the Pew Research Center, covering developments […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Applicants vying for a handful of licenses to grow Utah’s medical marijuana will have to wait longer than expected to find out who has been selected. The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food announced Saturday that they are delaying the announcement of who will grow […]
