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 […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints says its temple in St. George, Utah, will close Nov. 4 for a major renovation expected to take several years. The Salt Lake City-based faith’s announcement Friday of the closing date says the previously announced project will […]
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — It’s not uncommon for audiences at the Sundance Film Festival to give standing ovations, but the ceremonial act took on a solemn air as two men who accuse Michael Jackson of molesting them as boys walked onstage following the festival’s only screening of “Leaving Neverland,” […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Gila monster, a venomous and slow-moving lizard native to the Southwestern United States, could be joining the Rocky Mountain elk, the California gull, the Bonneville cutthroat trout and the Dutch oven as an official symbol of the state of Utah — if some seventh-grade […]
SPANISH FORK, Utah-Thursday evening, the Wasatch High School Waspettes’ drill team placed third at the Region 8 competition at Maple Mountain High School. These talented young ladies competed in a military competition which was exemplified by the dance troupe wearing army uniforms. On their official Instagram account, the Waspettes thanked […]
