SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Actor James Cromwell was among animal rights protesters who held stiff carcasses of dead piglets as they demonstrated at the Utah Capitol, calling on state officials to prevent cruelty at farms and investigate health risks associated with large-scale agriculture. The 100 people participating in the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s Mia Love was tabbed as a rising star in the GOP when she became the first black Republican woman in Congress with her 2014 victory. But on Tuesday she became the latest Republican incumbent to fall in the midterm election’s Democratic wave that has […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A Springville man accused of trying to kill his 4-month-old daughter by throwing her on a concrete floor and against a wall has been convicted. The Daily Herald in Provo, Utah, reports a jury Tuesday found 28-year-old Philip Hatfield guilty of attempted aggravated murder. Prosecutors say Hatfield picked […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — A former community service coordinator in Twin Lakes on the Navajo Nation has been sentenced to jail for forgery. Ronda Leonard began serving her 90-day sentence in tribal jail Monday. She’ll be on probation when released. She also must repay $14,200 and write an apology […]
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — Federal officials say they will clear fuels on about 23,500 acres in northern Utah next year to reduce the risk of wildfire. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s West Desert District oversees about 7.7 million acres in the state. The agency plans to conduct […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A Utah mining company has decided to leave rocks containing ancient petroglyphs in place rather than move them as part of an anticipated expansion plan. The Daily Herald reports the Bureau of Land Management in August 2017 approved Kilgore Companies’ submitted notice of intent to expand its gravel […]
PHOENIX (AP) — More than 10 years after being sent to prison for committing bank robberies in four states, federal authorities say an 82-year-old man fled a California halfway house and returned to his old ways in Arizona. The FBI on Monday released a criminal complaint accusing Charles Richard Manrow […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Officials say the Hill Air Force Base recently launched a record number of F-35 fighter jets to demonstrate military capabilities. The Standard-Examiner reports Hill’s 388th and 419th Fighter Wings conducted the combat power exercise Monday, launching 35 F-35A Lightning IIs over about an 11-minute period. Col. Michael Ebner, […]
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Federal prosecutors will not pursue the death penalty in a case of a Navajo man accused of killing a tribal police officer. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports Officer Houston Largo was killed in March 2017 during a traffic stop north of Thoreau. Authorities charged Kirby Cleveland, […]
MURRAY, Utah (AP) — The Utah Highway Patrol says a Kaysville police officer was injured Tuesday morning while on a ride-along with a trooper on a freeway in the Salt Lake City area. The Highway Patrol says the Kaysville officer suffered a leg injury that isn’t life-threatening and reportedly is […]
