SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — More than 30 deer have turned up dead near a landfill in Utah, prompting an investigation by state officials and new measures meant in part to keep the animals from the site. The deaths came to light earlier this week after hikers shared photos on […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah prosecutor says that five Salt Lake City police officers’ use of deadly force that resulted in the death of a man in a November 2018 shooting was justified and no charges will be filed against the officers. District Attorney Sim Gil announced his […]
VERNAL, Utah (AP) — A Utah woman has been accused of suffocating her 3-year-old stepdaughter. Vernal police arrested 24-year-old Mckenley Yadon on Thursday on suspicion of aggravated murder and child abuse. According to court documents, police were called to Yadon’s home in mid-March to a report of the child choking. […]
The communities of Oakley and Heber City are mourning the loss of a beloved mother and grandmother after a tragic car accident. Marla Lou Harris, 63, of Oakley, died in the crash, according to Summit County Sheriff’s Lt. Andrew Wright. The crash took place about 8:46 a.m. Thursday near 4650 […]
UTAH LAKE, Utah (AP) — On a recent visit to Utah Lake’s west shore, Alison Green scrutinized sandstone outcrops, measuring lines chiseled into the stone by ancient hands, then doing her best to replicate them on gridded sheets. The 12-year-old girl from Sandy inspected one petroglyph cut into rock hundreds […]
Even as the anti-abortion movement celebrates the sweeping bans passed in several states, it’s divided by a widening rift over whether those prohibitions should apply to victims of rape and incest. The debate pits those who believe any abortion is immoral against those who worry that a no-exception stance could […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s governor has criticized federal lawmakers for moving too slowly on marijuana policy reform. The Salt Lake Tribune reported Thursday that Gov. Gary Herbert says the federal classification of cannabis as a schedule 1 drug interferes with research into its potential medicinal uses and prevents regular pharmacies […]
DENVER (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will take the first major steps this summer to clean up wastewater flowing from dozens of old mines at a Superfund site in southwestern Colorado, officials said Thursday. The work includes dredging contaminated sediment from streams and ponds, diverting water away from […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A man who posted a Facebook message threatening to kill “as many girls as I see” in retaliation for years of romantic rejection was sentenced Thursday to up to five years in prison. Judge Christine Johnson’s decision to keep Christopher W. Cleary, 27, of Denver, behind […]
SANDY, Utah (AP) — A Utah climber with a long-held dream to climb the highest mountains on the planet’s seven continents died on top of Mount Everest after reaching his final summit, one of his daughters said. Don Cash, 55, died “at the peak of Mt. Everest accomplishing his dream […]
