SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A teenager who authorities accused of trying to blow up a homemade backpack bomb at a southern Utah high school after watching Islamic State propaganda has taken a plea deal. The Spectrum newspaper in St. George reports that that the 17-year-old boy pleaded guilty Friday to one […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A proposal to strengthen Utah’s hate-crimes law cleared another hurdle Friday as the once-stalled measure continued its forward progress. A Utah House committee approved the legislation that would increase sentences for people convicted of targeting someone because of their sexual orientation, race, religion or other […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — How do you get from Salt Lake County’s fast-growing southwestern cities to other parts of the valley? Patiently. Area roads, many designed when these towns were quiet bedroom communities, are frequently crammed, particularly during commuting times. And new homes, apartments and town houses are going […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A nationwide push to ban LGBTQ conversion therapy for minors looked like it could succeed in conservative Utah after The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said it wouldn’t stand in the way, but the effort ground to a halt this week. Conversion therapy […]
SANDY, Utah (AP) — An administrative order says officials in a Salt Lake City suburb did not report to Utah regulators fluoride levels in drinking water nearly 40 times the federal limit for 16 days. The Deseret News reported Thursday that the Utah Division of Drinking Water also says Sandy city officials […]
ELKO, Nev. (AP) — Elko County sheriff’s deputies have arrested a 20-year-old man accused of leaving the scene of an accident after striking two pedestrians six weeks ago on a road in Spring Creek. The Elko Daily Free Press reports Jesse James of Spring Creek was booked into jail Thursday on suspicion […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police have released the identity of a woman who was run over by a patrol car in a Salt Lake City suburb, but are not sure whether the accident caused her death. Police say 25-year-old Cindreia Simone Europe of Smyrna, Georgia, was accidentally run over […]
Steve Eddington owner of the Homestead Resort acknowledged an agreement with Watts Enterprises for the purchase of the 50-acre landmark, known to generations of Utahns for its rustic character, hillside golf course, trails and unique hot springs crater according to a Salt Lake Tribune article. Talks are preliminary, as the […]
Winter Weather Advisory issued March 08 at 4:01AM MST until March 08 at 9:00PM MST by NWS Saltlake …WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING… * WHAT…Snow. Additional snow accumulations of 2 to 6 inches. * WHERE…Wasatch Mountain Valleys, Great Salt Lake Desert and Mountains, […]
EVANSTON, Wyo. (AP) — Three people were killed and four others were injured in a crash on Interstate 80 in southwest Wyoming. The Wyoming Highway Patrol says 38-year-old Marco Carr, of Salt Lake City, rear-ended a tractor-trailer near Evanston late Wednesday night, and his minivan was then hit by another […]
