SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City police are investigating the death of a kayaker whose boat overturned in the Jordan River. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the man in his 50s was kayaking just before 6 p.m. Thursday when the accident occurred at the spillway near 4600 South. Police say […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A negligent homicide charge is being reinstated for an eastern Utah jail nurse accused of failing to help a 21-year-old inmate who died in December 2016 of severe hydration. A judge tossed out the misdemeanor case against Jana Clyde in Duchesne County last February, ruling […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a man has died after experiencing medical problems in the booking area of a jail in northern Utah. The Standard-Examiner reports the Weber County Sheriff’s Office said 39-year-old Eric Arthur Gavin died Wednesday after experiencing a medical episode in the Weber County Correctional Facility’s booking area. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A flood warning remains in effect in northeast Utah for the Duchesne River through early next week due to rapid snowmelt in the mountains. The National Weather Service said Friday flooding has been reported in the Myton area of Duchesne County and the remainder of […]
WOODS CROSS, Utah (AP) — An attorney for a Utah police department where a white officer drew his gun on a 10-year-old black child says Utah law enforcement will investigate the incident. Attorney Heather White said Friday the Utah Department of Public Safety has agreed to investigate possible criminal charges […]
CEDAR CITY, Utah (AP) — A southern Utah city council is delaying a vote about whether to make a water tank adorned with a painted image of a Native American and the name “Redmen” an official city monument. The Spectrum newspaper in St. George reports the city council in Cedar City decided […]
WOODS CROSS, Utah (AP) — In a story June 13 about planned protests outside a Utah police agency after an officer pointed his gun at a black child, The Associated Press reported erroneously that his mother is black. She is white. A corrected version of the story is below: Utah […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A Utah man has lost an appeal of his conviction for illegally making and selling more than 1,400 machine-gun converter devices for AR-15-style rifles. The Standard Examiner reports that Scott Ray Bishop had argued that he was wrongly blocked from offering expert testimony about his converter kit, which […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A state commission has agreed to provide a $21.4 million grant to a multicounty coalition for a proposed new 80-mile (129-kilometer) rail route to haul crude oil from eastern Utah to existing Union Pacific tracks northwest of Price in Carbon County. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A former Utah County commissioner who was investigated for sexual harassment is suing other members of the commission for defamation, alleging they spread fabricated allegations. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Greg Graves filed the lawsuit Tuesday, claiming commissioners Nathan Ivie and Bill Lee led people to believe […]
