SALT LAKE CITY (AP)-State officials in Utah have announced plans to launch a road-user fee program expected to raise money for highways that could someday replace gas taxes. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Utah would implement the program Jan. 1 where volunteer drivers would pay a 1.5 cent per […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP)-Utah Supreme Court justices have agreed not to weigh in on a dispute over whether Brigham Young University’s police are subject to hand over public records created before a new state open-records law was established. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that the state Supreme Court ruling Wednesday […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Leonardo art and science museum faces possible eviction if it doesn’t cover payment for nearly $400,000 in unpaid utility bills, city officials said this week. The mayor’s office sent a notice of default to museum staff last month listing the city’s grievances, The Salt […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The publisher of the nation’s first daily newspaper to be granted nonprofit status says he’s since heard from a “few dozen” lawyers and news executives curious about whether the Salt Lake Tribune’s approach could work elsewhere. Tribune publisher Paul Huntsman learned earlier this month that the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Navajo Nation announced this week it has signed a contract with renewable energy companies to convert methane from its oil-producing operations in Utah into eco-friendly hydrogen. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Navajo Nation Oil and Gas technology officer Bill McCabe announced the plan Monday at […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The University of Utah has received a $300,000 federal grant to improve how it responds to cases of stalking and dating and domestic violence on campus. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the school faced criticism over the last year for failing to take concerns from […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Chinese government officials have thanked the Utah state, county and local government agencies and volunteers that responded to a bus crash that killed four and injured 27 Chinese tourists. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that dozens of people in Utah came to the aid of the injured […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two groups in the scientific community have removed job postings at Brigham Young University from their websites because of the school’s LGBTQ policies. The Salt Lake Tribune reported Monday that the Washington, D.C.-based American Geophysical Union and the Colorado-based Geological Society of America took down job ads […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Demonstrators are raising concerns after state and city officials announced plans to close a homeless shelter as winter approaches. The Road Home shelter has housed homeless people and families for decades but is scheduled to close in about three weeks, Salt Lake City officials said. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Salt Lake Tribune says it has received approval from the IRS to convert into a nonprofit as the newspaper switches to a nontraditional model that it hopes will ensure long-term stability after years of financial struggles fueled by declines in advertising and circulation revenues. […]
