SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Ruth Watkins, who will become the first female president of the University of Utah, has earned a reputation of being personable, collaborative and determined and is hoping to take advantage of being a relative newcomer to the state to improve the university. The Salt Lake […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A bill offering IUDs and other family planning assistance through Medicaid has passed through the state House and is headed to the state Senate. The Deseret News reports Republican Rep. Ray Ward, who is sponsoring the bill passed Tuesday, says while reversible and long-term birth […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Aides say U.S. Sen. Mike Lee escaped injury and was the only member of Utah’s Republican congressional delegation on a train carrying dozens of GOP lawmakers that collided with a truck on tracks in central Virginia. Lee spokesman Conn Carroll said in an email that […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Thanks in part to a spike in international travel, Salt Lake City International Airport is reporting record passenger growth for the second year in a row. Bill Wyatt, executive director of the city’s Department of Airports, says passenger counts grew 4.5 percent from January through […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A Brigham Young University dean is issuing a clear condemnation of victim-blaming and underscoring the importance of consent at the institution that’s come under fire for its handling of sexual-assault cases. The Daily Herald in Provo reports Benjamin Ogles said at a speech Tuesday that victims […]
The Division of Wildlife Resources has awarded a Pleasant Grove man with the largest catch of splake fish ever caught in Utah. Buckley Jolley caught the 30.5-inch fish at Joes Valley Reservoir on the Emery / Sanpete County line in November. After some patience and finesse, he landed the fish […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah lawmaker wants to make it a possible death penalty offense to kill a security guard or paramedic, but prosecutors are warning that change could threaten capital punishment. The Deseret News reports Democratic Sen. Karen Mayne said Monday her plan would help protect emergency […]
The FAA is allowing military style aircraft to fly through Southwestern Utah for training purposes. The Iron County Sheriff’s Office reported Friday that after several calls from people, they learned of a low flying flight route through Utah from the Nellis Air Force base. The route starts at the Black […]
(Iron County, UT) — For the first time in more than a decade and a half this fall, Iron County will have a new sheriff. Mark Gower announced on his Facebook page yesterday that he would not be seeking reelection for the position this fall. Gower said in a letter […]
BOUNTIFUL, Utah (AP) — Two Utah men are being accused of causing a wildfire that broke out at an illegal shooting range on national forest land on the edge of Bountiful last summer. Federal prosecutors filed criminal charges in district court in Salt Lake City last week against 48-year-old Jayson […]
