ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah (AP) — A highway that is a main access route for Zion National Park is reopening following weeks of repairs following damage from heavy rain. Park officials announced Friday that the Zion-Mount Carmel Highway, also known as the State Route 9 Connector, will reopen Saturday, with […]
WEST JORDAN, Utah (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert says he is undergoing treatment for skin cancer. Herbert said Wednesday that doctors believe they got it all. Herbert was sporting a bandage under his right eye because of an infection in the wound that set back his healing a couple […]
SOUTH JORDAN, Utah (AP) — The first time Antonio Ortega saw Utah’s Wasatch Mountains, he said he understood what Brigham Young felt when he pronounced, “This is the place.” Fleeing danger in Venezuela, Ortega arrived in the U.S. in 2014 seeking political asylum after standing up against growing corruption in […]
Growing concerns over vaping brought Wallsburg parents to the Wasatch County School Board to request help to address usage among kids. Last Tuesday April 23, over a hundred citizens packed the Wallsburg Town Hall to discuss an increasing usage of vaping and juuling among children and teenagers in their community. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A teenager who authorities accused of trying to blow up a homemade backpack bomb at a southern Utah high school after watching Islamic State propaganda been sentenced to four years of probation. The Spectrum newspaper in St. George reports that that the 17-year-old boy was sentenced in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah organization dedicated to closing unsolved crime cases plans to launch what it says is the first DNA testing lab operated by a nonprofit. The Salt Lake Tribune reports The Utah Cold Case Coalition announced Thursday it has leased space in Salt Lake City and expects […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah will be significantly more diverse in 2065, according to projections in a new state report released Wednesday. Figures from the University of Utah’s Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute show that slightly more than 1 in 3 Utah residents will be racial and ethnic minorities, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Drones ferrying medical supplies, packages and even pizza could one day be crisscrossing the skies above U.S. cities, and a team at the University of Utah is working with regulators to keep that future traffic in check using a video game. The simulation unveiled Wednesday […]
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A utility company is considering early retirement for one Wyoming coal-fired power plant and part of another to keep down costs. Portland, Oregon-based PacifiCorp is studying the potential savings of retiring coal-fired generating units as early as 2022. The company said Thursday that four coal-fired units […]
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine’s first female governor is backing an effort to change state laws that refer to the governor and state justices as “he,” ”him,” or “his.” Lawmakers planned Thursday to begin considering legislation to make such references gender neutral. Democratic Gov. Janet Mills was elected in 2018 as the […]
