PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — Much of Rainbow Bridge National Monument along Lake Powell in southern Utah has gained a new protected status. The National Park Service says 85 acres within the 160-acre monument have been designated a “traditional cultural property” due to the site’s historic and ongoing cultural significance to […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — A proposal that called for changing the name of the Navajo Nation to Dine Nation has failed to win enough support from the tribal council. Legislation proposing the official name change went before the council Tuesday, with only nine delegates voting in favor. The measure […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah judge has determined that there’s enough evidence against a former Utah State University football player accused of sexually assaulting seven women for the case to go to trial. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Judge Brian Cannell ruled on Wednesday that 23-year-old Torrey […]
PHOENIX (AP) — The federal government’s bid to dismantle the police department in a polygamous community on the Arizona-Utah border has been rejected by a judge. But the towns will still be under court supervision for the next decade as punishment in a religious discrimination case. Under orders issued Tuesday […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz’s surprising decision not to run for re-election gives the GOP congressman a chance to avoid a potentially damaging re-election campaign and make a future run for governor while clearing the way for a number of ambitious Utah Republicans to try to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP)-As the Utah Jazz return to Salt Lake City for Games 3 and 4 against the Los Angeles Clippers in their first round NBA playoff series Friday and Sunday, the team has issued a fraud-alert for single-game tickets. This alert is meant to caution fans about purchasing […]
COLORADO CITY, Ariz. (AP)-Per a report from KPNX-TV (12 News) in Phoenix, three people in Arizona face charges in the death of a Santa Clara man whose body was found last August in a remote Arizona desert region north of the Grand Canyon. Last Friday in Mohave County (Ariz.) Justice […]
State officials are reminding Utahns that the Great Utah Shake-Out is scheduled to take place Thursday, April 20. The annual earthquake drill will begin at 10:15 a.m.. Sanpete County and Sevier county will sound their “Shelter in Place†siren with a hi-low tone. The Sanpete County Sheriff’s Office, Snow College […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah judge has determined that there’s enough evidence against a former Utah State University football player accused of sexually assaulting seven women for the case to go to trial. The Salt Lake Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/2oVV8Qy) that Judge Brian Cannell ruled on Wednesday that 23-year-old […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A federal jury is back at work deliberating in the trial of six men who brought assault-style weapons to a confrontation that stopped government agents from rounding up cattle near Cliven Bundy’s ranch in April 2014. Jurors began deliberations Thursday afternoon and were off Friday before […]
