(Salt Lake City, UT) – State officials say the federal government has reimbursed Utah for costs associated with a 2015 Colorado mine accident. The “Deseret News” reports that the state has been paid over 460-thousand-dollars by the EPA for expenses related to the Gold King Mine spill. The spill sent sludge […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Investigators say the man accused of killing a Navajo Nation police officer responding to a domestic violence call had spent the afternoon drinking and was intoxicated the night of the shooting. A criminal complaint released Tuesday outlines the call that sent Officer Houston James Largo to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police say human remains found in a remote part of a canyon near Salt Lake City appear to be those of a female between the ages of 30 and 50. Unified Police Lt. Brian Lohrke says the skull and a few other bones found Sunday […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah restaurants will have more freedom to mix and pour alcohol in front of customers under a measure awaiting Gov. Gary Herbert’s signature. But other concessions in the proposal aimed at keeping kids away from bars could complicate restaurant seating and leave some establishments keeping […]
The Central Utah Sterling Scholars for 2017 were awarded in a ceremony Tuesday evening. Winners and runners up in each category include: Visual Arts: Ethan Ostraff of North Sanpete, winner; Lillian Bean, Manti and McKenna Rowell, Millard, runners up. Trade and Technical Education: Maggi Flake of South Sevier, winner; Rylie […]
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia has suspended the export of human breast milk by a U.S.-based company pioneered by a former Mormon missionary. A legal officer at Cambodia’s Customs Department, Rath Nisay, said Tuesday that Finance Minister Aun Porn Moniroth recently signed a letter effectively stopping the sole exporter […]
(Washington, DC) – Utah Senator Mike Lee is apparently planning to break with his party and vote against the current GOP plan to repeal and replace Obamacare. Lee attended a meeting on the bill at the White House yesterday and left unhappy because the proposed law isn’t conservative enough. A […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Gov. Gary Herbert has signed nearly four dozen more bills, including measures that simplify licensing for food trucks and get rid of a state law that bans the “advocacy of homosexuality” in schools. Herbert’s office said late Monday afternoon that the Republican governor had signed […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – Utahns who want medical marijuana legalized plan to start the process for a statewide ballot measure on the issue next month. Supporters of medical pot say state lawmakers have failed to address their concerns so they plan to take the issue to voters. The ballot measure […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The mother of a 12-year-old Utah boy who was found severely malnourished early this year is facing two additional counts. The Spectrum newspaper in St. George reports the 36-year-old Toquerville woman is facing two more counts of aggravated intentional child abuse. The Associated Press is […]
