Utah lawmakers have rejected two bills that would have raised the state minimum wage. Under House Minority Leader Brian King’s proposal, the wage would have gone from $7.25 an hour to $12 an hour by July 2022. A separate proposal would have given tipped workers one dollar more per hour.

Oil was a reason in the Trump administration’s decision to reduce the size of the Bears Ears National Monument. According to the “New York Times,” the Department of the Interior was already researching potential oil and gas drilling in the Bears Ears National Monument area before President Trump opened a […]

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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Republican lawmaker’s plan to expand Medicaid in Utah has passed its first hurdle in the state Legislature. Republican Rep. Robert Spendlove’s plan would expand the state and federal health insurance program to cover about 60,000 of the state’s poor living just under the poverty […]

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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Northwestern Utah residents are bracing for a heavy weekend snowstorm that forecasters say is blowing in with strong winds. The National Weather Service posted storm warnings beginning Friday and extending through late Sunday morning for the Great Salt Lake Desert, Cache Valley and Wasatch Front. […]

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ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a Colorado man was arrested after leading sheriff’s deputies and state troopers on a freeway chase reaching speeds of 115 mph with a woman and three children in his car. Utah Highway Patrol Sgt. Ryan Bauer tells The Spectrum that 33-year-old Jerry White […]

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A Monroe woman is now in jail after she ran an ex-boyfriend’s car off the road and refused to stop for police on Thursday. According to the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office, Melissa Douglas was chasing her ex-boyfriend and his sister out of Monroe when she ran them off the road […]

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Rocky Mountain Power is working on restoring power to over 1,500 Utahans Thursday afternoon. According to officials, a transmission line is down. Power is expected to be restored by 5 p.m. Thursday. Juab County School District officials say five of their schools are without power, but will continue classes and […]

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The Millard County Sheriff’s office is crediting a lifeguard and an off-duty EMT for saving a 2-year-old from drowning in Delta on Saturday. According to a press release from the Sheriff’s office, the child was spotted deep under the surface of the deep end of the West Millard Swimming Pool […]

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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Lawmakers in conservative Utah say they want to do more to prevent school shootings and will consider a “red flag” law allowing police to temporarily confiscate guns of those who might be a risk to others. The bill from Republican Rep. Steve Handy is similar […]

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(Enoch, UT) — A man is behind bars after being caught in a sex sting run by the Iron County sheriff’s office. Investigators say Alexander Ryan responded to an online advertisement that solicited sex with a woman and a girl posing as her daughter. Although Ryan didn’t come to an […]

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