ROY, Utah (AP) — The body of a woman was found inside a home destroyed by a fire Sunday, firefighters said. Fire crews quickly extinguished the fire in Roy, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) north of Salt Lake City, but then spent several hours shoring up the home before it […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Supporters of a voter-approved independent redistricting effort say Republican lawmakers are ready to dismantle the measure aimed at combating gerrymandering. They are considering stripping out a key provision: A ban on drawing districts purposefully to favor or disfavor an incumbent or political party, a tactic […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Lawmakers in the Utah House have passed an updated bill to ban minors from using tanning beds even with parental consent. An earlier version of the bill that would have prohibited minors from using tanning beds even with a doctor’s note was defeated earlier in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A bill that would expand opportunities for enhanced kindergarten early intervention programs passed the Utah House of Representatives. The latest version of the bill passed Wednesday would provide additional resources to expand the reach of the program, The Deseret News reported. The bill is intended to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Multiple avalanches closed Little Cottonwood Canyon southeast of Salt Lake City on Friday, cutting access to Alta and Snowbird ski resorts where vacationers were already being told to stay inside because of heavy snow. Three naturally occurring slides buried the road near the entrance to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Legislators in Utah have voted to repeal the recently passed tax reform package amid widespread criticism. The state Legislature’s Tuesday vote comes after a report from state elections officials that enough voter signatures were verified to put the citizens referendum seeking to repeal the tax […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A contentious tax-overhaul in Utah will be repealed amid growing voter backlash to the plan that would raise taxes on food and groceries while cutting income tax, Republican legislative leaders said Thursday. The repeal was announced after an effort to challenge it through a citizen […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop said Monday he won’t run for Utah governor. He told the Deseret News that he is “too old” at 68 to run for another office, and he doesn’t need to be governor to “validate my feeling of self worth.” Bishop instead endorsed […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP)-Utah’s juvenile judges will soon begin taking on cases in adult court, a move to help relieve crowded courtrooms in the state’s most populated judicial district. The Deseret News reports the judges next year will preside over an adult’s first court date and decide whether to sign […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Salt Lake police officer can’t explain his habit of arriving at the right time, but there are now two crash victims who benefited from him being in the right place when they needed him. In 2011, Officer Kevin Peck crawled under a crashed bus […]
