(Salt Lake City, UT) — A new bill aims to end the requirement for front license plates on vehicles in Utah. House Bill 45 is sponsored by Senator Daniel McCay, and proposes that state money which would be used to print the license plates would instead go toward the Utah […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah Governor Spencer Cox is deploying a select group from the state’s National Guard and the highway patrol to the southern border. The governor says the move is to show support for Texas Governor Gregg Abbott and his Operation Lonestar, a state-led effort to stop […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah law enforcement officials say 70 people in the state were arrested for DUI over the holiday weekend. That’s nearly double the figure from last year, when 36 people were arrested for impaired driving. Sergeant Cameron Roden with the Utah Highway Patrol says 2023’s holiday […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah Highway Patrol troopers all across the state are going to be keeping an eye out for impaired drivers from now through New Year’s Day. A Highway Patrol spokesperson said troopers are encouraging people to make plans for getting home before they get to where […]
(Orem, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox is calling a Utah Highway Patrol trooper a hero for saving a colleague’s life. The incident happened Sunday after a driver going the wrong direction on I-15 near Orem slammed head-on into Trooper Carlos Rios-Redd. The wrong-way driver was killed and Rios-Redd’s vehicle caught […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah Governor Spencer Cox says his reelection campaign headquarters in Salt Lake City was vandalized. Salt Lake City police say the vandalism was reported Sunday night and when officers arrived at the campaign headquarters, a Utah Highway Patrol trooper had already detained the suspect. Police […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A new study find Utah is a highly dangerous place to drive. The study by business litigation and personal injury lawyers Heninger Garrison Davis found Utah has the second-highest rate of fatal high-speed crashes, trailing only Wyoming. High speed was a factor in more than […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — There will be more patrol officers looking for impaired drivers ahead of the upcoming Labor Day Weekend. The Utah Highway Patrol says there are over 180 extra shifts scheduled among different agencies for DUI enforcement. The Department of Public Safety says there have been over […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Highway Patrol is trying to win the best-looking cruiser in America contest. Officials say the UHP Dodge Charger placed 12th last year and it was features in the American Association of State Trooper’s Calendar for November 2023. Officials say more than 16 thousand […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Wednesday afternoon, as situations at state capitol buildings and the United States Capitol at Washington DC become tumultuous, the Utah Highway Patrol clarified important information concerning what is going on in Salt Lake City. Please help us in getting ahead of inaccurate information regarding the State Capitol. The […]
