(Salt Lake City, UT) — A new presidential order limiting the entry of refugees from several countries is generating protests in Salt Lake City. Several hundred people joined a sit-in at the city’s international airport on Saturday. The protest mirrored others held around the country following President Trump’s executive order […]
(Undated) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says it is making flexible scheduling changes for missionaries. The changes to a missionary’s schedule will now include cultural considerations that characterize the location where the missionary is serving. A case in point would be if the missionary were serving […]
(Washington, DC) — Utah is near the top of a new list for the state with the most new job creation. Nevada tops Gallup’s 2016 Job Creation Index with Utah in second place in job growth. Georgia, Michigan and Minnesota round out the top five for job creation. Wyoming scored […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah lawmaker has introduced a bill that would create a felony child abuse registry in addition to the existing sex offender registry. The Deseret News reports (http://bit.ly/2jv7sBb ) that the measure known as “Miley’s Bill” would require government websites to include a link to […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Newly released Department of Public Safety data shows that for 2016 there were 280 traffic-related deaths on Utah’s highways. The state Public Safety office says more than 90-percent of the deaths were caused by human error such as driving distracted, including while texting or driving […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — An Air Force ROTC detachment at Brigham Young University may move several miles away to state-run Utah Valley University because the unit’s non-Mormon commander isn’t willing to abide by BYU’s honor code. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints owns BYU and the Salt Lake […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Wildlife officials are adding patrols in some areas to make sure people aren’t tempted to poach animals. Conservation officer Sean Spencer told the Daily Herald frequent patrols tend to prevent people from feeling isolated enough to break the law. Winter weather brings wildlife nearer to densely […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s governor is calling on lawmakers this year to consider reigning in and pruning more than 100 tax credits and exemptions the state offers in order to collect more money for schools and other government services. While legislators are looking to cut some exemptions and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Hundreds of demonstrators rallied in Utah over the weekend as part of a series of nationwide protest against President Trump’s travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries. About 150 people gathered outside Salt Lake City Hall Sunday, a day after about 100 protesters picketed at Salt […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Federal prosecutors say Utah’s first female police officer fatally shot on duty was killed because a Utah man refused to be arrested after selling methamphetamine. Roberto Roman went on trial Monday in her death for the second time. He was charged with killing a law […]
