LOGAN, Utah (AP) — The public works director of a small northern Utah city is back to work following a stint on administrative leave after he was accused of pointing a gun at employees during a staff meeting. The Herald Journal newspaper in Logan reports that Mike Grunig returned to work Monday […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds is brushing the haters off his shoulders. The Grammy-winning rock singer posted a lengthy note on Instagram two weeks ago, calling out bands like Slipknot, the 1975 and Foster the People for taking shots at Imagine Dragons, a band that has dominated […]
SPARKS, Nev. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service says it has concluded that oil and gas leasing isn’t suitable for Humboldt-Toiyabe (toy-YAH’-bee) National Forest land in a mountain range in northeastern Nevada’s Elko County that is a popular recreation area. Forest officials announced Thursday that Forest Supervisor Bill Dunkelberger’s analysis […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Department of Transportation officials say the agency is close to meeting its budget for snow removal and is set to dip into its contingency funds. KUTV reported Wednesday that UDOT spokesman John Gleason says the agency, as of last Friday, had spent about $24 million of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers were set Thursday to end their annual legislative session after scaling back a voter-approved Medicaid expansion, passing a long-awaited update to the state’s hate crimes law and reaching a deal to increase the alcohol level in beer. Measures on other hot-button issues failed […]
SANDY, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a Utah couple was shot at their home, leaving the woman dead and her husband hospitalized in serious condition. Police identified the Sandy couple as 36-year-old Maureen Fiore-Webster and 38-year-old Jeffrey Webster. Detectives have not yet made any arrests but early evidence suggests a […]
WASATCH COUNTY, Utah-Per the official Twitter of UDOT, a crash is affecting traffic in the Heber Valley this morning. At 7:57 am, a crash occurred on eastbound U.S. 40 on the right shoulder at milepost 13 right at the junction of U.S. 40 with S.R. 32 near Jordanelle Reservoir. This […]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Lawmakers in Arkansas and Utah sent their governors legislation Wednesday banning most abortions 18 weeks into a woman’s pregnancy, moving the states closer to enacting bans that could be among the strictest in the country. The Arkansas House gave final approval by an 86-1 vote […]
DENVER (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced three long-term goals Wednesday for cleaning up the Bonita Peak Mining District Superfund site in southwestern Colorado. The goals call for improving water quality in four sections of rivers and streams, stabilizing mine waste piles to keep more pollutants from leaching into waterways […]
ELY, Nev. (AP) — More than 4 inches (10 centimeters) of snow fell near the Nevada-Utah line as a late winter storm made its way through the Great Basin, breaking a 121-year-old record. The National Weather Service said Wednesday that the Ely Airport in Nevada’s White Pine County recorded 4.2 […]
