ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A highway through a Utah national park will close for road repairs for most of April. The Spectrum reports that Zion-Mount Carmel Highway will be closed for three weeks beginning April 9. Officials say the road in the park 308 miles (about 496 kilometers) south of Salt […]
EUREKA, Utah (AP) — Authorities say it may take several days to clean up a train derailment south of Salt Lake City that resulted in an unknown quantity of propane to be released into the air. Juab County fire officials say 23 of the 165 cars on a Union Pacific […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A warrant has been issued for a Florida man after he missed a Utah court appearance for assault charges filed against him by prosecutors who accuse him of hitting a man in Salt Lake City after asking the victim if he was gay. Online Utah […]
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — The wife of a Montana Highway Patrol trooper wounded while investigating a fatal shooting says her husband suffered three gunshot wounds and is currently in a medically induced coma at a Utah hospital. In a statement on Monday, Lindsey Palmer says her husband, Trooper Wade Palmer, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A well-known abortion rights activist from Utah has filed a lawsuit against three conservative media publications for defamation, says that online stories spread misinformation that she cut the throats of fetuses during abortions. Dr. Leah Torres, a former Salt Lake City obstetrician-gynecologist, says in a […]
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana Highway Patrol trooper who was investigating an earlier shooting was himself shot and critically injured early Friday after finding the suspect’s vehicle, leading authorities to launch an overnight manhunt that ended in the arrest of a 29-year-old man, officials said. Another trooper found Wade […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit has ruled that former members of a polygamous sect have provided enough evidence for parts of a lawsuit to proceed against their previous lawyers. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the former members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Wind and snow from a late winter storm created hazardous driving conditions in the Salt Lake City region during the Wednesday morning commute. Traffic between the state’s most populous city and Provo was slowed to a reported average speed of 20 mph (32 kph). The […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah teacher put on administrative leave for making a 9-year-old Catholic student wash off the Ash Wednesday cross from his forehead is apologizing. Fourth-grade teacher Moana Patterson said Monday that she hopes everyone can move forward and build understanding together. Patterson was surrounded by […]
MURRAY, Utah (AP) — Police in Murray are investigating after they say a homeowner shot and killed an intruder. KUTV in Salt Lake City reports the shooting occurred Sunday shortly after 7 p.m. According to investigators, the male intruder entered and was shot by the male homeowner. Murray police spokesman Kenny Bass […]
