(Salt Lake City, UT) — Affordability is the top issue among voters as the Utah State Legislature starts a new session today. A poll by the Deseret News and the Hinckley Institute of Politics shows housing affordability is the dominant issue across party lines. Health care and water are also […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Officials with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are asking congregations worldwide to review their safety procedures and emergency response plans. According to the “Deseret News,” the church security department in Salt Lake City sent a letter last week to all stake, district, […]
(Orem, UT) — It seems Utahns are still shaken in the aftermath of the death of Charlie Kirk. A Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll found that few people in the state would feel safe attending a political rally in the U.S. after his assassination. Only five-percent of those surveyed […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – A lawsuit filed against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been dismissed. James Huntsman sued the church for the return of five-million dollars in tithes. He claimed officials committed fraud by using the money for commercial endeavors, saying they had promised not […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City’s two major newspapers have printed daily editions for more than a century, but now the presses will only be whirring once a week as they join other news organizations nationwide in shifting their focus online to stay afloat. The Salt Lake Tribune […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP)– Salt Lake City will go from two daily printed newspapers to none after both of its major publications cut print days to once a week in unusual moves that could portend more struggles for the country’s newspaper industry. The 170-year-old Deseret News in the Utah state […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say two people were killed in a small plane crash in southwest Utah. The Deseret News reports the crash happened near Hamilton’s Fort on Sunday morning, and the National Transportation Safety Board is investigating. Ian Gregor, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration, says the single-engine […]
TAYLORSVILLE, Utah (AP) — A mother and her 2-year-old twin daughters were hit by a vehicle in a Salt Lake City suburb, killing one of the children, authorities said. Unified Police Sgt. Melody Gray said the mother and the other child were taken to a hospital in critical condition, the Deseret […]
SANDY, Utah (AP) — A 14-year-old boy in Utah was arrested on suspicion of shooting and killing a young woman who lived on his street, authorities said. The Sandy Police Department said the boy, who was not named, was booked into Salt Lake Juvenile Detention on suspicion of allegedly killing […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man pleaded guilty to killing a 15-year-old girl who threatened to tell police he had sex with her. Shaun Patrick French, 26, pleaded guilty to aggravated murder Wednesday, The Deseret News reports. French admitted to waiting for 15-year-old Baleigh Bagshaw to return home from […]
