FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Western states are watching with interest as Arizona comes up against a deadline to approve a plan to ensure a key reservoir doesn’t become unusable for the farmers, cities, tribes and developers that depend on it. The other six states in the Colorado River basin have […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Latest on the first day of the Utah Legislature (all times local): 5 p.m. Hundreds of demonstrators have rallied at the Utah capitol to shield a voter-approved Medicaid expansion from lawmakers’ efforts to change the measure to control costs. Advocates told a crowd of […]
BUTTE, Mont. (AP) — A 35-year-old California man has died in an avalanche while backcountry skiing in southwest Montana. Madison County Sheriff Phil Fortner says another skier was injured when the avalanche occurred about 1 p.m. Friday in the Tobacco Root Mountains. Fortner identified the man who died as Benjamin […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a fire that heavily damaged a new building for the St. George East Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was intentionally set. St. George Fire Department officials say the blaze started about 1 a.m. Saturday and burned quickly through […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints will account for nearly 90 percent of the Utah state Legislature this session, giving members of the faith outsized influenced in a state that is becoming slightly more religiously diverse. When the new session begins […]
MIDVALE, Utah (AP) — Police in a Salt Lake City suburb say an infant’s parents were arrested on suspicion of child neglect homicide after the 4-month-old boy was found dead at a motel with visible bruises and an abrasion or laceration. Online court records don’t list defense attorneys for 21-year-old […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah officials reacted Saturday with expressions of respect and sadness to the death Friday night of Robert “Archie” Archuleta, a leader of the state’s Hispanic community and prominent civil rights activist. He was 88. Archuleta was former president of the Utah Coalition of La Raza, […]
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Grand Canyon National Park remained open with limited services during the partial government shutdown and the shutdown’s end has park officials gearing up to resume regular operations. Officials said Saturday that visitor centers and permit offices will reopen and collection of fees will […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Legislature’s 2019 session will open Monday with new faces in several leadership roles. Taxes, education and Medicaid expansion are expected to be among the big issues this year. Utah voters approved fully expanding Medicaid in November, but lawmakers who long resisted the change […]
LA SAL, Utah (AP) — A search is underway in southeastern Utah for a snowmobiler buried by an avalanche. The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office says members of the snowmobiler’s party were unable to find him after he was buried late Friday in the La Sal Mountains. The search resumed […]
