SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor says he would back a federally sponsored referendum that asks voters whether the U.S. territory should become a state. Ricardo Rossello made the announcement on Friday after U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop of Utah asked the U.S. attorney general this week to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah lawmaker wants to put an end to straight-party ticket voting, or the process when voters mark just one box on a ballot to cast votes for all candidates running under one party’s banner. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Rep. Patrice Arent, D-Millcreek, says she plans […]
KAMAS, Utah (AP) — Authorities say two drivers were transported to a hospital after a dump truck crashed into a laundromat in Kamas. KUTV reports the driver of a Jeep Liberty failed to stop at an intersection around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. At the same time, a dump truck was traveling and rammed […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — On weekday mornings, Reid Cornish fills his water bottle, grabs his headphones and in-line skates and sets out. After a quick walk from his parents’ apartment in downtown Salt Lake City, he reaches his parking lot of choice, turns on “The Greatest Showman” soundtrack and […]
VERNAL, Utah (AP) — Sheriff’s deputies arrested two teenage boys they say stole a small airplane at a private airstrip in rural eastern Utah and flew about 15 miles (24 kilometers) before landing successfully at Vernal Regional Airport. The Desert News reported the 14- and 15-year-old boys stole the single-engine Cessna Thursday […]
HARRISVILLE, Utah (AP) — A 29-year-old female pedestrian has been hit and killed by a vehicle while crossing U.S. Highway 89 in Weber County. Harrisville Police Chief Maxwell Jackson identified the victim as Brittany Zoller. Her hometown wasn’t immediately available. Jackson told the Deseret News she was crossing the highway Wednesday night […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — A 20-year-old northern Utah man has been sentenced to up to 15 years in prison for forcible sexual abuse of a teenage girl. The Herald-Journal reports Christopher VanDam of Lewiston was sentenced Tuesday in Cache County District Court in Logan. He was arrested in February after an investigation […]
WEST WENDOVER, Nev. (AP) — Legal recreational marijuana sales are on the way to final approval in West Wendover on the Utah line, where the city council already has agreed to a medical marijuana dispensary. The Elko Daily Free Press reported Thursday the West Wendover City Council voted 3-2 on Tuesday to […]
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Another Pacific storm system is headed for Lake Tahoe where nearly a foot of snow (30 centimeters) fell overnight and one ski resort has closed due to inclement weather. Heavenly Mountain on Tahoe’s south end closed Thursday because of increasing winds and heavy snowfall forecast into […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Latest on the winter storms heading across Utah (all times local MDT): 11:30 a.m. The Utah Avalanche Center expects backcountry avalanche danger to rise through the Thanksgiving weekend. The center said Thursday strong winds are already blowing and dense heavy snow is expected late […]
