ANETH, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a body tentatively identified as a 4-year-old girl missing since mid-March has found in a creek on the Utah portion of the Navajo Nation. A Navajo Nation Police Department statement said the body was tentatively identified by parents of Anndine Jones after being found […]
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A study by Verizon says that West Virginians watch more television than people in any other state in the country. The report came out Wednesday and used data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. It found that people in West Virginia averaged about four-and-a-half hours in front […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Evelyn Morgas says she feels like she’s hugging her daughter again every time she embraces the Utah man who received her daughter’s donated lungs and became a family friend. The Deseret News reported Tuesday that the Morgas family met 71-year-old Stan Taylor about a year after the […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A former Utah city mayor has been named the executive director of America’s Freedom Festival at Provo. The Daily Herald reports that former Orem Mayor Jim Evans will take over the private, nonprofit foundation in northern Utah that organizes educational programs and annual community events. The newspaper reports […]
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Four women were arrested and charged with running a prostitution network in California, Nevada and Utah that generated tens of thousands of dollars a month, authorities said Wednesday. The women had a website that appeared to be a legitimate service but wasn’t and had office space […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Recent figures suggest that the Utah Highway Patrol is seeing early success under a new state law that dropped the blood alcohol limit from .08% to .05%, the lowest threshold in the nation. The Deseret News reported Tuesday that Utah troopers say there were 134 alcohol-related crashes […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Officials say crime rates have been significantly reduced at a shopping center in downtown Salt Lake City. Arizona-based Vestar announced Tuesday the results of an effort to slash crime at The Gateway shopping area — an effort that was initiated after the company purchased the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah has named a venomous lizard with black and yellow bead-like scales as its state reptile. Republican Gov. Gary Herbert signed a bill into a law last week that adds the Gila monster to the list of state symbols. Republican state Rep. Lowry Snow had […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Two members of Arizona’s congressional delegation introduced legislation Tuesday on a plan to address a shrinking supply of water from a river that serves 40 million people in the U.S. West. Republican Sen. Martha McSally and Democratic Rep. Raul Grijalva vowed to move identical bills quickly […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A highway through a Utah national park will close for road repairs for most of April. The Spectrum reports that Zion-Mount Carmel Highway will be closed for three weeks beginning April 9. Officials say the road in the park 308 miles (about 496 kilometers) south of Salt […]
