PROVO, Utah (AP) — The family and friends of two Saratoga Springs teenagers who drowned in Utah Lake after a catastrophic windstorm hit the area in May are proposing building a “life jacket loaner station” to prevent similar accidents from happening in the future. Priscilla Bienkowski, 18, and Sophia Hernandez, 17, were […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man has been charged after authorities said his vehicle started a fire that damaged a rock preserve near Utah Lake and injured a passenger. Authorities charged 21-year-old Dominic Deros with criminal mischief and trespassing, both misdemeanors, after police said he started the fire […]
SARATOGA SPRINGS, Utah (AP) — A wildfire that prompted the evacuation of about 3,100 homes on Sunday destroyed one home near Saratoga Springs and damaged 12 others, city officals said Monday. The Knolls Fire started south of the community on the shore of Utah Lake on Sunday. It spread to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah County sheriff’s office has recovered the bodies of two teenage girls who went missing on Utah Lake last week. Search and rescue crews discovered 18-year-old Priscilla Bienkowski and 17-year-old Sophia Hernandez on Thursday after being reported missing May 6 by family members. A […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah County sheriff’s office has resumed a search Thursday morning for two teenagers who went missing on Utah Lake earlier this week. Two girls, ages 17 and 18, were reported missing by family members Wednesday after going to the Knolls area on the west […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah County sheriff’s office has resumed a search Thursday morning for two teenagers who went missing on Utah Lake earlier this week. Two girls, ages 17 and 18, were reported missing by family members Wednesday after going to the Knolls area on the west […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Two small Utah cities tested an alternative method of voting that allows people to rank candidates from first to last during the recent municipal elections. Six cities had planned to test the ranked-choice system, but four backed out over concerns about how to explain how it […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — State regulators are warning people not to swim, water ski or drink the water on any part of Utah Lake at least through the end of the month. The Daily Herald reports the Utah Department of Environmental Quality issued the warning advisory on Monday after counts of cyanobacteria […]
SPANISH FORK, Utah (AP) — Officials have temporarily closed a beach in northern Utah due to dangerous levels of toxic algal blooms in the water. The Utah County Health Department announced a danger advisory for Lincoln Beach on the west side of Utah Lake on Thursday. Authorities said crews observed […]
SPANISH FORK, Utah (AP) — Authorities say they rescued three adults and a juvenile fishing in Utah Lake after the group spent hours trying to free a boat from rocks on an island. The Deseret News reports the four suffered hypothermia and one person was taken to a hospital following the rescue […]
