OREM, Utah (AP) — A man is dead after an industrial incident at an Orem greenhouse. The Daily Herald reports Efren Perez-Sanchez of Lindon was using an air tank to spray down the greenhouse Thursday morning when it exploded. Orem police officers and investigators with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration are […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Most of what Tasheena Savala wore to honor her Navajo heritage was covered by the billowy folds of her graduation gown. Under it, she had on a traditional velvet dress that her grandmother had sewn for her and a turquoise and silver belt of her […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Sundance Film Festival Director John Cooper will be stepping down from the position after the 2020 festival. The Deseret News reports the Sundance Institute announced Thursday Cooper will instead fill a new role of Emeritus Director where he will oversee special projects including the institute’s 40th anniversary […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Homeschooling resources have increased significantly in Utah along with the number students, according to a report. There are multiple organizations, co-ops, supplemental programs, and support groups dedicated to families in which children are educated at home, The Daily Herald reported Wednesday. More than 4,000 children are homeschooled in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert is asking state regulators to craft new rules for psychologists who practice gay conversion therapy. Herbert said Thursday during his monthly televised news conference at KUED-TV that he’s troubled by some reports he’s heard about conversion therapy. The Republican governor says […]
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Wildlife advocates are seeking a court order that would force U.S. officials to consider if grizzly bears should be restored to more Western states following the animals’ resurgence in the Northern Rockies. Grizzly bears are protected as a threatened species outside Alaska. An estimated 1,900 bears […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The family of a University of Utah student shot on campus sued the institution on Thursday, saying officials have refused to take responsibility for missing chances to prevent her death despite multiple reports to police. Lauren McCluskey’s parents said they hope the suit can help […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — An assisted living center employee in Utah County is facing charges after authorities say he took his patients’ medications and walked off duty in the middle of the night. The Deseret News reports Utah Attorney General’s Office on Wednesday charged 42-year-old Daniel Keith Maloy with unlawful possession of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah mother and daughter are suing a Davis County hospital in connection with a doctor convicted of child pornography. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the victim and her mother said in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that obstetrician-gynecologist Nathan Ward had taken drugs from Lakeview Hospital of […]
TUBA CITY, Ariz. (AP) — Colon cancer took a heavy toll on Loren McCabe’s family. His great-grandmother was diagnosed too late to fight it. His grandfather didn’t want to travel for treatment because he felt better protected within the Navajo Nation’s four sacred mountains. McCabe’s mother died, too, after choosing […]
