SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Elizabeth Warren is headed to Utah on Wednesday after promising to restore broader public lands protections for two of the state’s high-profile national monuments if elected president. It’s a move that would not endear her to Utah’s GOP establishment but could appeal to voters across […]
MAGNA, Utah (AP) — The Latest on a police standoff with an armed suspect at a fast-food restaurant in Utah (all times local): 12:05 p.m. Authorities say a Utah man who barricaded himself inside a fast-food restaurant in the Salt Lake City area overnight fired several shots at police during […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Environmental organizations are suing the Trump administration over the approval a coal-mining project near a national park in southern Utah. A coalition of groups including the National Parks Conservation Association filed the lawsuit Tuesday in federal court in Utah. They argue that the approval violated […]
PHOENIX (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a plan to cut back on the use of water from the Colorado River, which serves 40 million people in the U.S. West. The Colorado River drought contingency plan aims to keep two key reservoirs, Lakes Powell and Mead, from falling […]
FARMINGTON, Utah (AP) — A former nursing assistant who elbowed and shoved two Alzheimer’s patients at a Utah assisted-living center has been sentenced to a year in jail, followed by four years of probation. Second District Court Judge Michael Edwards on Monday sentenced Jason Harold Knox to a year in […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Federal legislation has been introduced to settle one of the largest outstanding water rights claims in Utah. The settlement would give the Navajo Nation 81,500 acre-feet annually of Utah’s unused share of water from the upper Colorado River basin. Utah and the Navajo Nation reached the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A University of Utah student leader wants the school to improve its communication with its student body, particularly regarding investigations into two recent sexual assaults. KUTV reports Student Senate Chair Kaitlin McLean says she doesn’t think every student feels safe right now following a sexual assault on […]
Deseret News names MountainStar HealthCare Athlete of the week: Carlos Vargas as he stepped up big in what was an important week for Wasatch soccer. He scored two goals last Tuesday to spearhead a 3-1 win over Provo and followed it up on Friday with a goal in a 2-1 […]
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — Nearly a year after he retired from the U.S. Ski team, Andrew Weibrecht’s resume is complete. The two-time Olympic medalist from Lake Placid and Bode Miller were among eight people inducted into the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame and Museum on Saturday night. […]
