SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah city is raising the age limit to buy tobacco products to 21, and a state lawmaker says the rest of the state should follow suit. The Deseret News reports the Lehi City Council unanimously approved the change Tuesday, and shortly after Republican Rep. Steve Eliason […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah lawmaker is shelving a proposal that would have blocked transgender people from changing their gender on birth certificates, prompting a sigh of relief for LGBT advocates. The legislation pulled Thursday by Republican Rep. Merrill Nelson would have changed general longstanding practice and declared […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A target shooter in Utah who accidentally shot and killed a 14-year-old boy has been ordered to teach gun safety. A judge on Wednesday sentenced 40-year-old Kayleen Richins, who was convicted of negligent homicide, to appear in an educational video for a sportsmen’s group and […]
Using gas battery operated rather than gas model lawnmowers … replacing wood stoves with natural gas appliances, Utah lawmakers on Wednesday considered more than $100 million in requests to improve air quality. Members of the Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environmental Quality Appropriations Subcommittee listened to presentations from lawmakers and the […]
Utah’s Republican senators canceled out each other’s vote on a massive bipartisan public lands bill that sailed through the U.S. Senate. Senator Mike Lee voted against the package of more than 100 public lands, natural resources and water bills, while Sen. Mitt Romney voted for it. It passed 92-8. The […]
Winter Storm Warning issued February 14 at 4:39AM MST until February 15 at 5:00AM MST by NWS Saltlake …WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST FRIDAY… * WHAT…Heavy snow. Snow accumulations of 1 to 2 feet with up to 30 inches possible for the Bear River Range. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A former Weber County court clerk has reached a settlement to end a sexual harassment lawsuit against a former judge who wrote a love poem to her. The Standard-Examiner reports attorneys have reached an out-of-court settlement on a punitive damages claim between ex-county justice court […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ivanka Trump has met with lawmakers on Capitol Hill to discuss paid family leave. The White House says the president’s daughter and senior adviser met Wednesday with Republican senators Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Joni Ernst of Iowa, Marco Rubio of Florida and Mike Lee of Utah. In […]
NORTH OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a North Ogden City Council meeting was evacuated after the council received a shooting threat. North Ogden Police Sgt. Jeremy Hindes says dispatch received two phone calls Tuesday night from a man who claimed to have explosives and threatened to “shoot up” the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A public funeral is scheduled Saturday to remember the life of a Utah woman who spent nearly two years pushing to get her son freed from a Venezuelan jail. Anderson and Goff Mortuary owner Chad Anderson said Wednesday Laurie Holt’s funeral is Saturday at 12 […]
