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Storage unit fire in Hyrum causes more than $5M in damage

Storage unit fire in Hyrum causes more than $5M in damage

HYRUM, Utah (AP) — Officials say a massive fire at a storage unit complex south of Logan caused millions of dollars in damage. Investigators haven’t determined what sparked the fire over the weekend at the Armor Storage in Hyrum. Local fire Chief Kevin Maughan tells the Herald Journal in Logan that two […]

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Man convicted in 1997 killing appears before parole board

Man convicted in 1997 killing appears before parole board

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man who killed his friend in 1997 but wasn’t convicted until more than a decade later is asking for parole. The Deseret News reported Tuesday that 67-year-old Alan Lee Marx told the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole at his hearing last week that he […]

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Utah goes back to previous provider to fix school testing

Utah goes back to previous provider to fix school testing

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s top education officials are going back to the standardized school testing company they moved on from a year ago after they abruptly canceled a contract with a replacement company whose system led to a flurry of technological glitches. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that state assistant […]

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Tickets Are Currently On Sale For Miss Wasatch County 2019; Little Miss Wasatch Camp Is Saturday

Tickets Are Currently On Sale For Miss Wasatch County 2019; Little Miss Wasatch Camp Is Saturday

HEBER CITY, Utah-Tickets are currently on sale for Miss Wasatch County 2019 which is July 13 at 7:00 pm at the Wasatch County High School Auditorium, ahead of the Wasatch County Fair (July 26-August 3, 2019). Tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for children and pre-sale tickets are now […]

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Power project on Navajo Nation connects 233 homes to grid

Power project on Navajo Nation connects 233 homes to grid

FORT DEFIANCE, Ariz. (AP) — More than 230 homes on the Navajo Nation have been connected to the electric grid as part of a pilot project. The Navajo Tribal Utility Authority worked with volunteer utility crews from across the country on the project that wrapped up last month. The goal […]

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Utah relinquishes oversight of polygamous trust with homes

Utah relinquishes oversight of polygamous trust with homes

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah judge says the time has come to let a community board have final decision-making authority about who is entitled to buy homes and properties in a trust that once belonged to Warren Jeffs’ polygamous sect, ending court oversight that began 14 years ago. […]

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Keeping your campsite clean and not leaving food out are two keys to staying safe in black bear country.

Black bear euthanized after Utah boy injured in tent

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Wildlife officials say a black bear has been euthanized after a child was injured during a Boy Scout camping trip. Utah Division of Wildlife Resources spokeswoman Faith Jolley says the boy suffered minor scratches when the bear disturbed his tent south of Salt Lake City […]

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Jury orders Utah movie-filtering company to pay $62 million

Jury orders Utah movie-filtering company to pay $62 million

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah-based movie-filtering company has been ordered to pay more than $62 million to Disney and other Hollywood studios. A California jury decided the damages Monday against the company VidAngel, which had ripped the movies from DVDs and then streamed them for $1 per view […]

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AP Investigation: Many US jails fail to stop inmate suicides

AP Investigation: Many US jails fail to stop inmate suicides

The last time Tanna Jo Fillmore talked with her mother, she was in a Utah jail, angry, pleading and desperate. She’d called every day that past week, begging for help. I need my medicine, she demanded. I have to get out of here! she screamed. Fillmore was in the Duchesne […]

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Lt. Gov. reports $250K in donations for gubernatorial run

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s lieutenant governor has raised more than $250,000 in his run for the state’s top job in 2020. Republican Spencer Cox’s campaign released the figures on Monday and touted the number of small donations he’s received. The campaign says he’s received more than 1,000 online […]

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