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Utah tax law repeal supporters say measure will go to ballot

Utah tax law repeal supporters say measure will go to ballot

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Supporters of an effort to overturn recent changes to the Utah’s tax laws say they have collected enough signatures to put the issue on the November ballot. The tax reform package passed in a special legislative session reduces income taxes while raising some sales taxes […]

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University of Utah says car marked with N-word on MLK Day

University of Utah says car marked with N-word on MLK Day

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Officials at the University of Utah say multiple people are responsible for the N-word being written on a frosty car windshield shortly before Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations there. In a letter to students and faculty Tuesday, officials said the people have been identified […]

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Teen accused in fatal family shooting to be charged as adult

Teen accused in fatal family shooting to be charged as adult

GRANTSVILLE, Utah (AP) — A prosecutor in Utah says he plans to charge a teenager accused of fatally shooing four of his relatives as an adult. Tooele County Attorney Scott Broadhead tells KUTV-TV that prosecutors still don’t know what the 16-year-old boy’s motive was in shooting the family in the […]

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Discredited conversion therapy banned in conservative Utah

Discredited conversion therapy banned in conservative Utah

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The discredited practice of conversion therapy for LGBTQ children is now banned in Utah. It is now the 19th state and one of the most conservative to prohibit it. Supporters say that banning the practice will save the lives of children who can become more […]

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Anthony Christensen pleads guilty to murder

Anthony Christensen pleads guilty to murder

Almost three years after her death, Kammy Mae Edmunds killer has pleaded guilty.  Anthony Jeffery Christensen was set to go to trial on February 4, but instead has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder.  He admitted that on March 31, 2017, he and Kammy had been drinking, got into an argument, […]

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BYU to allow same-sex partners in ballroom dance competition

BYU to allow same-sex partners in ballroom dance competition

Brigham Young University has announced it will allow same-sex couples to compete in an annual ballroom dance competition hosted by the Utah school. The Salt Lake Tribune reports BYU was required to lift its ban on same-sex couples competing in the U.S. National Amateur DanceSport Championships. The Provo university owned […]

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SRP seeks solar energy from bidders including Navajo Nation

SRP seeks solar energy from bidders including Navajo Nation

FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — One of Arizona’s largest utilities is seeking companies to build solar plants to provide up to 400 megawatts of power, including 200 megawatts from Navajo Nation facilities. The Farmington Daily Times reported Salt River Project issued a request for proposals Jan. 15. SRP officials say the […]

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Boy accused in killing 4 not cooperating

Boy accused in killing 4 not cooperating

Authorities say a boy accused of killing four members of a Utah family surrendered peacefully following the Friday night slayings but has since refused to speak with detectives trying to piece together a motive. Police in the small town of Grantsville released the names of the victims Monday and said […]

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Police search for answers after 4 killed in Utah shooting

Police search for answers after 4 killed in Utah shooting

Police were awaiting autopsy results as they try to unravel why a boy allegedly shot and killed four people including three children inside a suburban Utah home. Grantsville Police Cpl. Rhonda Fields says the victims’ identities will be released following completion of the autopsies, which was expected sometime Monday. The […]

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18-year-old snowmobiler who died in Utah avalanche ID’d

18-year-old snowmobiler who died in Utah avalanche ID’d

OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Authorities have identified a teenager killed by an avalanche while snowmobiling in Utah. The Davis County Sheriff’s Office says 18-year-old Chase Adams was killed Saturday afternoon while snowmobiling with his father in Farmington Canyon north of Salt Lake City. It took search and rescue crews about […]

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