SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — About 100 people — many of them teachers — recently gathered in downtown Salt Lake City to protest President Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of education. Demonstrators said U.S. Secretary of Education nominee Besty DeVos’ lack of public education experience makes her a poor choice […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A 27-year-old high school teacher in Spanish Fork who was arrested for alleged sexual activity with a student has now been charged with rape. Sarah Lewis originally was arrested last week on suspicion of unlawful sexual activity with a minor, a third-degree felony. But The (Provo) […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A conservative lawmaker in Utah is preparing legislation that would call for women to be paid the same as men if their work is similar, saying that the free market alone will not fix the problem. Sen. Jacob Anderegg says his plan will likely involve […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s House of Representatives has passed a resolution asking President Donald Trump to repeal the newly named Bears Ears National Monument. The measure passed along mostly along party lines Tuesday, with Republicans voting in support. As lawmakers voted, about two dozen protesters standing outside the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Government investigators say they’ve found evidence a Salt Lake City-based Bureau of Land Management agent used his position to get sold-out Burning Man tickets and had agents drive his family around during the event in the Nevada desert. A BLM spokesman said Tuesday the misconduct […]
The Gunnison Valley Police Department is investigating the death of a man whose body was found at the Gunnison Stake Center Tuesday morning. According to Chief Brett McCall, a call came in at 7:30 a.m. of a deceased body in the parking lot of the Stake Center. The man has […]
DALLAS (AP) — A New Jersey woman whose son was asked to leave his Boy Scouts troop after leaders found out he is transgender said she has mixed emotions about the organization’s decision to allow transgender children who identify as boys to enroll in its boys-only programs. The Boy Scouts […]
Sanpete County Search and Rescue used their newly acquired SnowCat as they responded to two calls over the weekend involving snowmobilers. The first call came Saturday evening from a woman concerned about her husband and his friend who were long overdue after snowmobiling above Indianola. When she went to find […]
An Elsinore woman is facing charges after rolling her vehicle on January 28. Yvonne Mickelson,37, of Elsinore was driving South on I-70 between Richfield and Elsinore Saturday. At about 7:52 a.m., Mickelson’s Oldsmobile Alero ran off the right side of the road and crashed through a fence. The Alero then […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A U. software engineer graduate is being honored for his work developing computer graphics. Thiago Ize is being honored at the Scientific and Technical Awards in L.A. next month for his development of visual effects software called “Arnold.” “The Deseret News” says it’s becoming one […]
