SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The U.S. government has approved a mining project near a river in central Utah to extract a mineral used in fertilizer under heightened pressure from the Trump administration to increase mining of dozens of minerals on American soil. Bureau of Land Management officials held a […]
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — Police in a Salt Lake City suburb say an officer fatally shot a man during an altercation in a DUI processing area. West Valley City police said the shooting occurred Friday night inside a DUI processing area in the city hall basement. No identities […]
PAYSON, Utah (AP) — The Latest on a Utah wildfire (all times local): 11:35 a.m. A wildfire burning near Payson in Utah County in north-central Utah has grown to 10 square miles (26 square. kilometers). Fire officials said Thursday that the fire started late Wednesday and that crews overnight used […]
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence is renewing efforts to promote the Trump administration’s trade deal with Mexico and Canada as he travels to the border state of New Mexico and then Salt Lake City. The Office of the Vice President announced that Pence will talk about […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. Vice President Mike Pence is coming to Utah, where he’ll visit a medical-device manufacturer in suburban Salt Lake City. His office said in a statement that Pence will tour the offices of disposable devices maker Merit Medical in South Jordan Thursday morning. The Republican […]
MIDVALE, Utah (AP) — A northern Utah woman has been arrested after authorities say she beat her parents with a cane and oxygen tanks and poured laundry detergent on them. Court documents show that 42-year-old Anne Helene Cockrell was arrested Saturday on suspicion of abuse and assault. Her parents are […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney says he believes climate change is happening and human activity is a significant contributor. He acknowledged in a speech Monday in Utah that the position is rare among his fellow Republicans but one that younger people seem to respond to more […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man who went missing for nearly a week in the wilderness along the Idaho-Montana border says he sustained himself on berries and bugs. Kaden Laga told Salt Lake City’s KUTV in an interview Sunday that he told himself he was going to survive no matter […]
PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — A 15-year-old boy drowned during a visit to Lake Powell with a group from his high school. The National Park Service says the Page High School student drowned Friday afternoon at Swim Beach on the western edge of the lake that spans the Arizona-Utah border. The […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus-Christ of Latter-day Saints is launching a new training to curb child abuse in the congregation. The training announced Friday by church officials requires leaders in the Utah-based faith to complete an online course highlighting strategies to prevent and respond to abuse. […]
