SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A new University of Utah analysis shows tourists spent a record $8.2 billion in Utah in 2015 and generated another $1.15 billion in local tax revenue. The Deseret News reported Wednesday that travel to Utah is growing at historic levels, and state tourism officials say […]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — More states are letting kids use sunscreen at school without a doctor’s note. Arizona, Washington and Utah have become the latest states to enact laws freeing students to bring sunscreen to school without special paperwork. Similar legislation is moving forward this spring in Rhode Island, Louisiana […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Federal prosecutors are recommending a life sentence for the killer of a Millard County sheriff’s deputy. A jury in February convicted Roberto Miramontes Roman of fatally shooting Josie Greathouse Fox during a traffic stop in 2010. He’s scheduled for sentencing next week.
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A U. English professor is named as Utah’s new poet laureate. The Utah Division of Arts and Museums has appointed Paisley Rekdal as the official advocate for literature and arts throughout the state. She’s expected to create a website that maps the writers and poets […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — U. officials have yet to comment on advertisements John Huntsman Senior placed today in newspapers criticizing the university. Huntsman blames the administration for feuds between the U. and the Huntsman cancer institute. Huntsman says the U. owes the institute 54-million dollars.
SEATTLE (AP) — Idaho is asking a federal appeals court to reinstate a statewide ban on spying at farms, dairies and slaughterhouses after a lower court judge sided with animal rights activists who said the ban violated free speech rights. Idaho lawmakers passed the law in 2014 making it a […]
(Lyon County, KY) – Two Utah men are behind bars in Kentucky after authorities reportedly found one-point-five million dollars worth of heroin in their car. Kentucky State Police stopped a semi truck driven by Roberto Orozco Monday and found 33 pounds of the drug. They also arrested Orozco’s passenger, Alberto […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah lawmaker says that even though only a handful of 15-year-olds marry in Utah each year, they’re children who aren’t ready and he wants to raise the minimum age to 16. “This is kind of from a bygone era, from 50 years ago,” Rep. […]
(Cedar City, UT) – Cedar City will remain in the Utah League of Cities and Towns. The Spectrum reports the city council narrowly approved the continuation of the relationship this week after two councilmen had pushed to end it. Paul Cozzens and Fred Rowley voted to leave the organization after an […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – Utah Boy Scout leaders say they are not surprised by the Mormon Church’s decision to end participation in some Scouting programs. A spokesman for the Utah National Parks Council said yesterday that the Church had expressed concern over the lack of activities and programs for older […]
