Ephraim, UT – Snow College is ranked #1 in the nation for student success, according to an unsolicited report by the Chronicle of Higher Education. The report, “ranks colleges that mainly serve students who are seeking an associate degree or preparing to transfer to a four-year institution by the percentage of […]
A man from Antimony is upset with the division of wildlife resources after he claims they shot a gun on his property at a deer he helped raise. According to Cole Montague, a DWR officer came to his property on Jan. 8th while no one was home and shot a […]
More than 16,000 public comments have been submitted for a proposal on whether to allow a highway to be built through a protected Mojave desert tortoise habitat in southern Utah. The four-lane road has drawn criticism from conservationists. The Spectrum newspaper reported the road would pass through the Red Cliffs […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City’s Hogle Zoo says a 17-year-old giraffe named Pogo has died, and her unborn calf was too small to survive. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Pogo started showing symptoms that she was sick on Sunday afternoon and died Monday. Zoo officials said in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s governor has released an annual budget proposal calling for a freeze on college and university tuition increases until a specific definition of higher education affordability can be established. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Republican Gov. Gary Herbert requested that the governing bodies of the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A California teenager who survived nearly 30 hours alone in the snowy Utah mountains says he kept himself awake with phone alarms, built a snow cave for shelter and held a special beaded bracelet to keep his hopes up. Seventeen-year-old Nicolas Stacy-Alcantara of Frenso says he […]
A Fairview man was sentenced to prison on Wednesday on one count of 3rd– degree felony forcible sexual abuse. David Jackson Pemberton, 53, was sentenced to 0 to 5 years in the Utah State Prison for abuse of two 14-year old boys he hired to help him build a cabin […]
Former Utah House speaker Greg Hughes has pitched himself as a conservative, dynamic candidate for governor at a campaign announcement Wednesday. Hughes spoke at an auto-repair shop owned by an immigrant family. He says he’s the only GOP candidate so far aiming to secure a spot on the primary ballot by […]
A new Utah law will enable family members of crime victims to request a review of cases that have been stalled for more than a year. KUTV-TV reported the law allows family to check on the progress of felony cases including homicides and missing persons. Under the law, families or […]
PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona elected official has resigned amid charges he paid women from the Marshall Islands to give up their children for adoption in the U.S. Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen’s resignation Tuesday came after county leaders suspended him. Petersen has been charged with illegally paying women to […]
