OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A defense attorney says a plea deal is in the works for a 16-year-old girl charged with killing two people in a high-speed crash on the way to carry out a suicide pact. Defense attorney Tara Isaacson said Tuesday the deal is expected to split the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mormon officials say 89-year-old church president Thomas S. Monson is no longer coming to meetings at church offices regularly because of limitations related to his age. Eric Hawkins, a spokesman for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, said Tuesday in a statement that […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz set up a new company in April, just a day before announcing he wouldn’t run for re-election. Chaffetz, a five-term Republican, says he doesn’t feel compelled to talk about what he may do after leaving Congress next month. But he told […]
(Cedar City, UT) – The man who set six cars on fire, including three inside a Cedar City home, could spend up to 15 years behind bars. A judge sentenced Isaac Wall to between zero and a decade and a half in prison on three aggravated arson counts in court yesterday. […]
(Las Vegas, NV) – A national restaurant association is telling tourists to avoid Utah because of its new DUI law. The American Beverage Institute is running a full-page ad in the “Las Vegas Review-Journal” today telling Nevada travelers to stay out of Utah or risk being arrested. The headline of […]
(St. George, UT) – The woman accused of abusing her 12-year-old son now faces additional charges. A judge ruled against objections from Brandy Jaynes’ lawyer in a Saint George courtroom yesterday after prosecutors filed the charges in March, according to “Saint George News.” Investigators say Jaynes kept her son in a […]
(Washington, DC) — President Trump will not likely be able to rescind the Bears Ears National Monument designation. “The Salt Lake Tribune” cites a legal study that says presidents have no authority to alter monuments established by a predecessor. Legal experts say any such action would defeat the purpose of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP)-Per an official statement from the Salt Lake City-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Tuesday, prophet President Thomas S. Monson will no longer attend regular meetings. Monson, who would turn 90 on August 21, “will remain at home for the foreseeable future” per LDS Church […]
The owners of the Intermountain Power Project (IPP) announced Tuesday that they will cease producing electricity with coal in 2025. The move is motivated by several factors including a weak market for coal fired power, the loss of existing customers, and environmental regulations. IPP began operations in 1986 providing electricity […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A new report shows a trend of decreasing disciplinary actions taken against Utah students, but a growing racial disparity. The report from Voices for Utah Children and U. researchers shows roughly 30 percent fewer actions including expulsions and suspensions between 2012 and 2014, compared to […]
