SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Recent figures suggest that the Utah Highway Patrol is seeing early success under a new state law that dropped the blood alcohol limit from .08% to .05%, the lowest threshold in the nation. The Deseret News reported Tuesday that Utah troopers say there were 134 alcohol-related crashes […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A Utah mother faces charges accusing her of drinking alcohol with teenagers and performing lap dances for them during a birthday party at her home. The Deseret News reports that 40-year-old Rhianna Renae Nivens of Harrisville was charged Tuesday with four counts each of dealing in harmful materials […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Board of Regents has approved changes to tuition amounts across the state’s public higher education system for the coming year. The Deseret News reports the changes are specific to individual institutions within the system. For example, there will be no tuition change at Southern Utah […]
HEBER CITY, Utah-Friday, the Deseret News released its all-state boys basketball squads with Wasatch’s Will Harris honored for his play. Harris, a 6-1 junior guard, averaged 18.8 points, 4 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 2.4 steals per game for the Wasps. The 5-A MVP was Olympus’ Rylan Jones (21.6 points/8 assists/7.9 […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah family has become the victim of extreme stalking involving unwanted service providers repeatedly being sent to their home. The Deseret News reported Friday that Walt Gilmore’s family in suburban Salt Lake City has been the target since August of a stalker using calls and texts […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Now that former San Juan County commissioner Phil Lyman is getting a government stipend as a state lawmaker, federal prosecutors want him to speed up paying off the $96,000 in damage caused by an illegal ATV protest ride he led through a pristine southeastern canyon […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A bill that calls for Utah’s required, semester-long high school financial and economic literacy course to include units on socialism and communism has won final passage in the state Senate. The Deseret News reports the bill passed Friday after its Senate floor sponsor, Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Woods […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Box Elder County sheriff’s officials say a man accused of fatally stabbing his wife has been released from the hospital and booked into jail without bond. They say 39-year-old Jose Gutierrez-Torres of Tremonton had been in the hospital since March 3 after he allegedly tried […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say a man who was the subject of police pursuits in southwestern Utah was found dead four days later, killed in a motorcycle crash in nearby northwestern Arizona. The Deseret News reports 43-year-old Joseph Gary Scelza was found dead Wednesday near the Virgin River after the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A proposal to strengthen Utah’s hate-crimes law cleared another hurdle Friday as the once-stalled measure continued its forward progress. A Utah House committee approved the legislation that would increase sentences for people convicted of targeting someone because of their sexual orientation, race, religion or other […]
