LAS VEGAS (AP) — Testimony is over and closing arguments are scheduled Wednesday in the trial of six men accused of wielding weapons against federal agents during a 2014 standoff involving Nevada cattleman and states’ rights advocate Cliven Bundy. Idaho resident Eric Parker, whose photo as an armed protester on […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – Utah Senator Orrin Hatch says he plans to run for an eighth term in the Senate unless something unusual happens. Speaking yesterday in Salt Lake City, the Republican senator said he would consider stepping aside if former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney wanted to take his place. […]
(Enterprise, UT) – Fire investigators are trying to determine what caused a blaze at a trash collection site in Enterprise. Fire crews say the blaze, which was contained to metal bins at the site off 100 North late Sunday, may have been started by hot ashes. Saint George News reports this […]
Cedar City, UT) – One person is hospitalized after a three car crash in Cedar City that caused one vehicle to roll. Investigators say two cars had slowed for traffic on Main Street yesterday when a third vehicle tried to avoid them but still hit the rear car which then rear […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Salt Lake Tribune has won a Pulitzer Prize for local reporting for a series of stories on Mormon-owned Brigham Young University’s practice of opening honor code investigations into students who reported they were victims of sexual assault. The Utah newspaper won Monday for the […]
The Sevier County Sheriff stopped by the KSVC studios Monday morning to talk about a growing issue in Central Utah. Sexting is on the rise in Utah and more teens are starting to send the sexually graphic messages as well. In a nationwide survey performed in 2012, 57% of teens […]
PANGUITCH, Utah (AP)-Per the official Twitter of the Dixie National Forest, there will be a prescribed burn Tuesday morning near Panguitch. The Forest reports the burn is slated for a portion of the Paunsaugunt Plateau 20 miles southeast of Panguitch in Garfield County Tuesday at 8:00 am MDT. This is […]
DRAPER, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a doctor in prison for drugging his beauty queen wife and leaving her to die in a bathtub has passed away. Correctional officers say they found Martin Joseph MacNeill, 60, unresponsive Sunday near the greenhouse of the Olympus Facility at the Utah State Prison. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The University of Utah is launching a support network and stipend program for black students pursuing its highest degrees. The Deseret News reports the African-American Doctoral Scholars Initiative will launch this fall. It will provide eligible students with scholarships of up to $5,000 each year […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – Officials at the Hogle Zoo say a 19-year-old polar bear has died after her kidneys stopped working. Rizzo the polar bear was euthanized at the zoo Saturday after veterinarians discovered her condition during a medical exam. The zoo had placed the bear into an end-of-life monitoring […]
