PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — School officials in Park City are taking steps to become the first public school district in Utah to implement a later start time for high school students. The Deseret News reports that high schools across the country are starting to shift to later start times. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s governor has signed legislation that requires doctors to inform women that medication-induced abortions can be halted after taking just one of two pills. Republican Gov. Gary Herbert signed the legislation despite physicians saying there’s little evidence or science to back up that idea. Proponents […]
(Provo, UT) — A Provo mom is getting three years probation and a GPS monitor for the death of her baby during a DUI crash. Susanne McClellan pleaded guilty last month to negligent homicide for the death of Brylee McClellan. The four-month-old was killed during the crash where the infant […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s unemployment rate held steady last month a 3.1 percent. The state Department of Workforce Services said Friday that February’s unemployment rate means about 47,500 residents were unemployed that month but looking for work. The national unemployment rate fell last month to 4.7 percent. Workforce […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — One of 13 bills signed into law by Governor Herbert allows Utahns as young as 18 to obtain concealed-gun permits. The measure lowers the age from 21. A recent poll by the Salt Lake Tribune-Hinckley Institute of Politics says 60 percent of Utah voters were […]
If you’re itching to get out and collect antlers that fell off the heads of deer, elk and moose this winter, you must wait until April 1 to scratch that itch in Utah. Also, if you want to gather antlers between April 1 and April 15, you must complete the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s governor has signed legislation giving the state the strictest DUI threshold in the country. Gov. Gary Herbert’s office announced Thursday evening that the Republican had approved the measure lowering the blood alcohol limit to 0.05 percent from 0.08 percent. He had told reporters Thursday […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has joined seven other Republican governors in a letter endorsing the GOP plan to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama’s health care law. The Thursday letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan was also signed by […]
MONTICELLO, Utah (AP) — Utah’s remote southeastern corner is drawing more new residents than any other place in the U.S. According to U.S. Census Bureau data released Wednesday, San Juan County gained more than 1,000 new residents between 2015 and 2016, giving it a growth rate of 7.6 percent and […]
(Provo, UT) – A Utah Highway Patrol trooper says the crash that injured him is a good reminder for drivers to move over when they see emergency vehicles. Devyn Gurney began rehabilitating a broken leg and other injuries yesterday in hopes of returning to full duty in six months or so. […]
