GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities are searching for a 14-year-old boy and a 62-year-old woman missing in Grand Canyon National Park after they were swept down a creek while crossing it in a remote part of the park. Chief Ranger Matt Vandzura of the National Park Service […]
MIDVALE, Utah (AP) — A bullet fired through an apartment wall narrowly missed a Utah woman’s head while she was sleeping. The Salt Lake Tribune reported (http://bit.ly/2oG7ziT ) Sunday that the bullet struck the 31-year-old woman in the tip of her finger early Sunday. The Unified Police Department says she […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah woman has been arrested after she was identified as the pajama-wearing robber in at least six bank robberies in the Salt Lake City area, including five in less than two hours on Saturday morning, police said Monday. Nannette Louise Perkins, 40, was arrested […]
KEMMERER, Wyo. (AP) — A 23-year-old man has pleaded guilty to kidnapping and killing a Utah train worker in Wyoming. Dereck James Harrison entered his plea Monday during his arraignment in District Court in Kemmerer. The Salt Lake Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/2oFRacD) that Harrison pleaded guilty to first-degree murder while perpetrating […]
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota lawmaker frustrated with what he views as inaction over a secretive polygamous sect’s outpost in his district wants legislators to look into the compound, including why no South Dakota birth or death records have been filed from there over the last decade. Rep. […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A jury has ended a full day of deliberations without a verdict in the federal trial of six men who had assault-style weapons during a standoff that stopped government agents from rounding up cattle near Cliven Bundy’s ranch in April 2014. Officials said Monday the U.S. […]
The federal government plans to release an above-average amount of water from a major reservoir in the Southwestern U.S. this year, but it’s less than many hoped. The Bureau of Reclamation said Monday it will release 9 million acre-feet from Lake Powell. The water will flow down the Colorado River […]
A suspect is in custody in Fairview following an incident this morning, and Fairview Elementary is no longer on lock down. However, because of the increased number of vehicles in the area of the incident, the district is asking parents to pick up their children at the school if they […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — New campaign finance reports show that Democratic political newcomer Dr. Kathryn Allen significantly outpaced incumbent Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz in fundraising last quarter. Allen raised about $561,000 this year through March after seeing a surge of donations after she criticized Chaffetz over his comments last […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah judicial oversight commission representative says the number of comments about a judge calling a convicted rapist a “good man” during his sentencing hearing has nearly tripled since Friday. Jennifer Yim said Monday that she has received in total about 120 emails, phone calls […]
