3:15 pm Thacker reported the train derailed in a spot where the tracks switch. After an investigation occurred, it appeared the tracks did not connect completely, perhaps causing the derailment. No injuries were reported. 12:25 pm Detective Tammy Thacker of the Heber City Police Department confirmed the Heber Valley Railroad […]
WASATCH COUNTY, Utah-Friday evening, the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest confirmed the temporary closure of the Strawberry Visitors Center trail/boardwalk. This is on the Heber-Kamas District of the forest. It has been temporarily closed because of the threats of flooding that exist as temperatures warm up and cause the snowpack to rapidly […]
HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah (AP) — The Air Force plans to transfer a unit that evaluates bombs and other weapons to Hill Air Force Base in Utah from Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. The Standard-Examiner reports that the service concluded that the 86th Fighter Weapons Squadron should be relocated because […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson says Utah residents are at risk of being undercounted in the census next year unless efforts are made to reach out to groups that could be hard to count. The Salt Lake Tribune reported Friday that an inaccurate population count could […]
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — The family of a 4-month-old baby being cared for by a teen babysitter now facing abuse charges says the infant has died. The baby’s great aunt Elena Ratcliffe told KSL-TV the infant, Adalyn, died Friday after doctors performed a second brain scan on the infant and […]
CHINLE, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation has announced that World War II-era Navajo Code Talker Fleming Begaye Sr. has died. Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez said Friday that Begaye died Friday in Chinle, Arizona. He was 97. The cause of death was not listed. Begaye was among hundreds of […]
PROMONTORY, Utah (AP) — Thousands of people gathered Friday at the remote spot in the Utah desert where the final spikes of the Transcontinental Railroad were hammered 150 years ago, uniting a nation long separated by vast expanses of desert, mountains and forests and fresh off the Civil War. Visitors […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Salt Lake City clinic will soon bring medical care to the streets. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Fourth Street Clinic has launched a new mobile clinic on Thursday that will travel to homeless resource centers and nonprofit agencies each week providing care. Clinic leaders said they […]
PROMONTORY, Utah (AP) — The Latest on the 150th anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad (all times local): 10:35 a.m. People from all over the country are gathering at a remote spot in Utah to celebrate Friday’s 150th anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad. Bill Hanmer […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Provo officials say they hope to have rentable bicycles and electric scooters available in the city this summer. The Daily Herald reported Thursday that the city has selected the company Zagster as its vendor for scooter and bike shares. Zagster has recommended for the city to make available […]
