RENTON, Wash. (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks continued to focus on defense by drafting safety Marquise Blair from Utah in the second round of the NFL draft Friday. Seattle was set to have the fifth pick of the second round but made its third trade in the first two days […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah will be significantly more diverse in 2065, according to projections in a new state report released Wednesday. Figures from the University of Utah’s Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute show that slightly more than 1 in 3 Utah residents will be racial and ethnic minorities, […]
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A utility company is considering early retirement for one Wyoming coal-fired power plant and part of another to keep down costs. Portland, Oregon-based PacifiCorp is studying the potential savings of retiring coal-fired generating units as early as 2022. The company said Thursday that four coal-fired units […]
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine’s first female governor is backing an effort to change state laws that refer to the governor and state justices as “he,” ”him,” or “his.” Lawmakers planned Thursday to begin considering legislation to make such references gender neutral. Democratic Gov. Janet Mills was elected in 2018 as the […]
FARMINGTON, Utah (AP) — A Utah man convicted of killing his girlfriend’s 2-year-old son was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The Standard-Examiner reports 38-year-old Joshua Scott Schoenenberger was sentenced Wednesday after a jury found him guilty in October of first-degree aggravated murder for the death of JJ […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Backed by dramatic mountain peaks, Elizabeth Warren stopped in Utah on Wednesday to discuss her public-lands plan, including a promise to restore broader protections for two of the state’s high-profile national monuments if elected president. It’s a move that would not endear her to Utah’s […]
FARMINGTON, Utah (AP) — A former nursing assistant who elbowed and shoved two Alzheimer’s patients at a Utah assisted-living center has been sentenced to a year in jail, followed by four years of probation. Second District Court Judge Michael Edwards on Monday sentenced Jason Harold Knox to a year in […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Federal legislation has been introduced to settle one of the largest outstanding water rights claims in Utah. The settlement would give the Navajo Nation 81,500 acre-feet annually of Utah’s unused share of water from the upper Colorado River basin. Utah and the Navajo Nation reached the […]
PHOENIX (AP) — A plan to address a shrinking supply of water on a river that serves 40 million people in the U.S. West is headed to President Donald Trump. The U.S. House and Senate approved the Colorado River drought contingency plan on Monday. Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, […]
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A study by Verizon says that West Virginians watch more television than people in any other state in the country. The report came out Wednesday and used data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. It found that people in West Virginia averaged about four-and-a-half hours in front […]
