SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The release of a potentially hazardous material forced the evacuation of two dozen homes in American Fork overnight. Fire Captain Benjamin Anderson told KSL-TV a mandatory evacuation was ordered at about 10 p.m. Monday after someone opened a gas cylinder with a potentially harmful odor. […]
MONTEZUMA CREEK, Utah (AP) — A school district in southeastern Utah is in the middle of a test program to see if offering salaries of up to $80,000 can persuade teachers to stay at an elementary school near the Utah-Colorado border. The Deseret News reported Sunday that teacher turnover is […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The state auditor has released a report saying the Utah Board of Education might have mishandled more than $1 million in federal funding for a dual-language program. The Salt Lake Tribune reported Monday that the board’s funding for its Dual Language Immersion program lacked oversight […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – The University of Utah’s board of trustees is apparently set to reinstate the former head of the Huntsman Cancer Institute one week after firing her through an email. The “Deseret News” reports the trustees will meet in executive session this morning and will apparently reinstate Dr. […]
(St. George, UT) – A St. George woman who police say was kidnapped by her boyfriend is okay and she has her teenage daughter to thank. Police say the teen called police when she heard her mom scream yesterday evening. They say they were able to catch up to Kenneth Dale […]
(St. George, UT) – A team of St. George teens is celebrating taking part in a world championship robotics competition. “PrestidigiTaters” took part in the “FIRST Tech Challenge” in Houston, Texas, over the weekend. The team finished 17th out of 64 teams involved in the competition. The program was developed by […]
(Delta, UT) – A group of Japanese-Americans from California is remembering one of the darker moments of World War Two at a former internment camp in Utah. Dozens of people came to the site of the Topaz internment camp yesterday outside of Delta, about 130 miles southwest of Salt Lake City. […]
If you didn’t draw a permit to hunt wild turkeys in April, no problem: you can still get out and have a great turkey hunting experience in Utah this spring. Despite a tough winter in parts of Utah, Robinson says the state’s turkey populations are doing great. Utah’s general statewide […]
(St. George, UT) – More than a dozen people are celebrating being new U.S. citizens while the rest of southern Utah is celebrating history. People from at least ten different countries took the citizenship oath yesterday at the federal courthouse in St. George, the first-time ever a ceremony of this type […]
CEDAR CITY — If you’re a woman, and you’d like to learn how to shoot a bow and arrow, you’re invited to a free archery clinic on April 29. And, if you have a daughter who’s 12 years of age or older, she’s invited too. The Division of Wildlife Resources […]
