BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Oregon-based company is asking federal officials to approve its design for a small commercial nuclear reactor that a Utah energy cooperative wants to build in eastern Idaho. NuScale Power in a statement says it delivered to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission late last week a […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Police say donations and well-wishes have poured in for a 12-year-old boy whose mother was arrested after he was found locked in a filthy bathroom and dangerously malnourished. The Spectrum newspaper in St. George reports that they’ve gotten clothing, toys and monetary donations for the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Some of the Utah’s top business leaders and officials say building an inland port could provide a major boost to the local economy as cargo is ferried from West Coast seaports to the rest of the country. Similar “dry ports” have been built around the […]
PHOENIX (AP) — The federal government has reached another settlement for cleanup work at abandoned uranium mines across the Navajo Nation. The U.S. Justice Department, Environmental Protection Agency and tribe announced a settlement agreement Tuesday with two affiliated subsidiaries of Freeport-McMoRan for the cleanup of 94 abandoned uranium mines on […]
Three Extra Days to File and Pay Taxpayers will have until Tuesday, April 18, 2017 to file their 2016 returns and pay any taxes due. That’s because of the combined impact of the weekend and a holiday in the District of Columbia. The customary April 15 deadline falls on Saturday […]
(Ivins, UT) – A southwestern Utah medical school has a new advisory board. The board was named this week for the southern Utah branch being built in Ivins of the Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine. The board will help lead the new medical campus set to open its doors […]
(Washington, D.C.) – Utah Senator Orrin Hatch is pleased with the Trump transition team’s selection of Hatch’s chief of staff as a top presidential aide. Hatch’s Chief of Staff, Robert Porter will take on the role of Assistant to the President and White House Staff Secretary in the new Trump […]
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A change in U.S. House rules making it easier to transfer millions of acres of federal public lands to states is worrying hunters and outdoor enthusiasts across the West who fear losing access. Lawmakers earlier this month passed a rule eliminating a significant budget hurdle and […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The Piano Guys are saying their decision to perform at an event marking the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump is not a political endorsement. The Utah-based group, which first found fame on YouTube, is among the few acts to agree to play for the Republican’s inaugural […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will be among those next month marking 15 years since Salt Lake City hosted the Winter Olympics. Romney, credited with turning around the scandal-plagued 2002 games, will make an appearance at a Feb. 4 celebration at the Nordic Center […]
