PROVO, Utah (AP) — The city of Provo is ending its urban deer relocation program. The Daily Herald reported Monday that Provo will no longer relocate deer found wandering within city limits in the wake of state officials’ decision to no longer make that an option. The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources […]
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — The Latest about a Utah man accused of killing a city code enforcement officer (all times local): 2 p.m. A Utah man who pleaded guilty to killing a city code enforcement officer and setting her body on fire last year has been sentenced to […]
PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — Police in the northern Arizona city of Page say they are investigating the death of a 6-year-old girl. Police say the child was unresponsive when brought to the hospital by her baby-sitter around 1 p.m. Saturday. Hospital staff called police, but the girl died before officers […]
OREM, Utah (AP) — Graduation gowns worn by Utah Valley University graduates saved an estimated 70,000 plastic bottles from landfills this year, officials said. The ceremonial gowns for the university in Orem came from Oak Hall Cap & Gown, which uses recycled plastic bottles to make regalia, The Daily Herald reported Wednesday. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A new state audit says law enforcement agencies in Utah need to do a better job of keeping track of the mountain of evidence they collect and store annually. The Utah State Auditor’s Office announced its findings in a 19-page report. The review examined how […]
OREM, Utah (AP) — The Utah Republican Party has a new chairman. Former state legislator Derek Brown on Saturday easily defeated three other candidates in the race to succeed Rob Anderson, who did not seek-re-election to the post he won in 2017. Brown was supported by 62 percent of the […]
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — One of the world’s biggest and most powerful steam locomotives is chugging to its big debut after five years of restoration work. Big Boy No. 4014 rolled out of a Union Pacific restoration shop in Cheyenne, Wyoming, on Saturday morning as hundreds of spectators looked on. […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Ted Kennedy sums up what he sees along the river in the Grand Canyon: “It’s buggy out there.” That is to say, an experiment to change the flow of water from a dam near the Arizona-Utah state line appeared to boost the number of aquatic insects […]
MOUNT PLEASANT, Utah (AP) — Authorities say three teenagers were killed in a two-vehicle wreck in central Utah. The Utah Highway Patrol says the wreck occurred Friday night near Mount Pleasant in Sanpete County when a sedan carrying four teens crested a hill and rear-ended a flatbed truck moving slower […]
HEBER CITY, Utah-Friday, per a report from the Deseret News’ politics section, Heber City resident Alisa Ellis has announced her resignation from the Utah State Board of Education. Ellis, who represents District 12, confirmed she will resign in June because she is moving out of state. Ellis, who was elected […]
