SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A state report estimates that Utah missed out on about $430 million in the last budget year due to exemptions, from aviation fuel to college text books. Utah lawmakers plan to consider scaling back some of the 90 sales tax exemptions this summer. Billy Hesterman, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A company with ties to a polygamous sect on the Utah-Arizona has agreed to pay $200,000 for pay back wages to children who picked pecans for long hours in the cold. Federal prosecutors in Utah said Wednesday in a court filing that Paragon Contractors has […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Attorneys for a Somali refugee shot by police are hoping body camera video of the incident helps persuade a judge to keep drug and robbery charges against the teenager in juvenile court. Defense lawyer Lacey Singleton said Wednesday after showing the video during in court […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch has raised about $1.3 million in campaign donations in recent months as he prepares for a possible re-election run, something the long-serving Republican has opened the door to after pledging years ago that his current term would be his last. Fundraising […]
(Information from: Post Independent, http://www.postindependent.com/) GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado newspaper has discovered 40-year-old photos of serial killer Ted Bundy that had been locked in an antique safe. The Glenwood Springs Post-Independent reported Monday that the photos show Bundy in custody in 1977, the year he escaped from a […]
(Provo, UT) – A dinosaur discovered in Utah is being named after the city that supported the effort to excavate it. Researchers from BYU published a paper this week announcing the discovery of a 32-foot-long dinosaur that they’re calling Moabosaurus [[ MOH-ab-o-sau-rus ]] Utahensis. The researchers say the 125-million-year-old plant-eating dinosaur […]
(Undated) – You’re paying a little less for gas in Utah this week compared to last. The website Gas Buddy-dot-com reports the average price of gas fell about a cent-and-a-half in the state but is still nearly 30 cents more than at the same time a year ago. Utah is […]
(Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, UT) – Rainbow Bridge now has a special designation as a Traditional Cultural Property. The National Parks Service announced the designation yesterday, saying the rock formation has had cultural significance to multiple Native American tribes for centuries. The designation also places Rainbow Bridge on the National […]
(Provo, UT) – A former Mormon bishop will spend time in prison for sexual abuse. A Provo judge sentenced Keith Robert Vallejo to five years to life yesterday for his conviction on a charge of object rape. Vallejo will also serve a one-year to 15-year sentence for his conviction on ten […]
A Sanpete County man is accused of killing his fiance and trying to stage her death as a car crash. Anthony Jeffery Christensen was charged with murder yesterday in the death of 34-year-old Kammy Mae Edmunds on March 31st. Investigators believe he made up a story about her crashing a […]
