ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A southern Utah airport serving more than 200,000 commercial passengers a year will close for four months to let crews rip up and rebuild a runway undermined by unstable blue clay. St. George Regional Airport manager Rich Stehmeier tells The Spectrum the closure is scheduled May 29 […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Firefighters in Utah say one man is dead and another is critically injured after a fire at a storage unit in Ogden. Deputy Fire Chief Eric Bauman tells the Standard-Examinerthat most flames were out when Ogden firefighters arrived about 12:45 p.m. Saturday at the storage facility on […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Elected officials in southwest Salt Lake County are floating the idea of splitting the county without a majority vote from the area they’d leave behind. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that representatives from Herriman, Riverton, West Jordan and Copperton say they don’t feel fully represented at the […]
BEAVER, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a 41-year-old man sought in a criminal investigation in southern Nevada was arrested in a rural Utah county about midway between Las Vegas and Salt Lake City. Beaver County Correctional Facility records showed Sunday that Lee Frank Wilson was being held on a fugitive […]
EVANSTON, Wyo. (AP) — Authorities say one person has been seriously burned after an explosion and fire in a building that houses a wellhead in southwest Wyoming. KSTU-TV in Salt Lake City reports that, according to Uinta County Fire and Ambulance, the incident occurred Saturday morning. It says the person was taken […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A woman who worked as an assistant for four Utah governors over the last two decades and earned the nickname “Bossy Lady” from current governor Gary Herbert is retiring with a lifetime of good stories to share. Fran Stultz, 65, started working at the governor’s […]
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Rep. Raul Grijalva is pushing to make a temporary ban on the filing of new mining claims in the Grand Canyon region permanent. The Arizona Democrat who chairs the House Natural Resources Committee said Saturday at the Grand Canyon that he’ll introduce the […]
Winter Weather Advisory issued February 21 at 11:38AM MST until February 22 at 4:00PM MST by NWS Saltlake …WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MST FRIDAY… * WHAT…Snow. Additional snow accumulations of 2 to 8 inches. Winds gusting as high as 35 mph. * WHERE…Wasatch Plateau/Book Cliffs […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah legislative proposal that would ban most abortions after 18 weeks of gestation has narrowly passed out of a House committee. The judiciary committee voted 7-5 on Wednesday to send the measure to the full House. The vote comes one day after the bill’s […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The U.S. government has charged a Utah man with a hate crime for his attack last year on three men who authorities say he targeted because they were Mexican. Alan Dale Covington was indicted Wednesday on accusations that he attacked the men with a metal […]
