OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Police in Ogden are investigating a man who has died after being found injured on the street. Authorities say the man, who is in his late 20s, succumbed Sunday to injuries that are believed to have been from a physical altercation. Officers responded Saturday night to […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Utah police officers caught committing misdeeds on the job such as driving under the influence or using drugs receive more lenient punishments than law enforcement in six other states, a new state report found. The State Auditor’s Office reviewed eight years of discipline records and concluded […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah state lawmakers received most of their campaign contributions from special interests and out-of-state donors, raising questions about the influence of big money donors on public policy. Incoming legislators received a total of $3.54 million in donations last year, about triple the amount they received […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — The widow of a Utah mayor killed while serving in Afghanistan will attend President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday night at the U.S. Capitol. Jennie Taylor will be in the House gallery as a guest of U.S. Rep. Bob Bishop, a Utah Republican […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — National parks across the United States are scrambling to clean up and repair damage that visitors and storms caused during the recent government shutdown while bracing for the possibility of another closure ahead of the busy Presidents Day weekend later this month. Visitors left human […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A zoo in Salt Lake City says a 500-pound (227-kilogram) polar bear has broken her right front leg and will undergo surgery Monday. Hogle Zoo officials said Friday that 3-year-old Nora apparently broke the humerus bone on the night of Jan. 23, presumably from what […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Latest on efforts to clean up and repair damage at national parks after the government shutdown (all times local): 9:05 a.m. Tourists unable to visit a popular beach in Northern California that was taken over by a colony of nursing elephant seals during the […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — All seven Western states that rely on Colorado River water now have agreed to a plan to keep key reservoirs from plummeting. Arizona lawmakers approved the plan late Thursday, becoming the last state to meet a deadline set by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. The bureau’s […]
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona lawmakers voted Thursday to let the state join a drought plan for the Colorado River, narrowly meeting a federal deadline that threatened to blow up a compromise years in the making for the seven states that draw water from the constrained river. Arizona is the only […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah House has passed a plan to allow candidates running for office to pay for child care with campaign funds. The Thursday vote of 72-1 comes as a number of states weigh the question following a record-setting year for women running for office. It […]
