MEXICAN HAT, Utah (AP) — A Utah man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the November 2015 shooting death of his neighbor. The Salt Lake Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/2pxmqcJ ) 46-year-old Timothy Lee Smith will serve at least 20 years and no more than 30 as part of his Tuesday […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah judge has ruled that a teenager accused of shooting a 14-year-old girl will be tried in adult court. Juvenile Court judge Angela Fonnesbeck said Wednesday that the teenage boy’s alleged actions were premeditated, saying “he planned, and he acted.” He is one of […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Officials say a boy rescued after being pinned by a log at a Utah river is in extremely critical condition. A firefighter spotted the boy in the Ogden River stuck under a log Tuesday. He performed CPR after he pulled the boy from the water. The […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has blocked an effort to overturn an Obama-era regulation restricting harmful methane emissions that escape from oil and gas wells on federal land. The measure failed on a vote of 51-to-49 in the Republican-led chamber. Republican leaders were seeking to overturn the Interior Department rule […]
KANAB, Utah (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke will visit a sweeping southern Utah monument that’s been a source of ire for local officials and Republican leaders for two decades. Zinke’s trip to Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument on Wednesday caps his four-day visit to Utah to inspect two national […]
PRINCETON, Ky. (AP) — State police have seized 33 pounds of heroin and arrested two Utah men after a traffic stop in western Kentucky. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports (http://bit.ly/2pjH9Wn ) that state police say they stopped a truck for a commercial vehicle inspection on Interstate 24 in Lyon County and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah state attorney general has agreed to review the death of a 21-year-old woman who authorities say lost weight and became dehydrated during four days in the Duchesne County jail. The Salt Lake Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/2q2o6wO ) that an aide to Attorney General Sean […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah zoo falcon was killed by wolves after he flew away during a bird show and landed in the wolf pen. Hogle Zoo spokeswoman Erica Hansen said Tuesday that the 17-year-old Lanner Falcon named “Maximus” took an errant turn during the Sunday show and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is reiterating her push for school choice during an annual education technology conference, comparing the issue to being able to switch between phone service providers. DeVos told hundreds of people in a packed auditorium in Salt Lake City on Tuesday that […]
BRIGHAM CITY, Utah (AP) — Utah officials say a teen driver will not face charges in the November death of a highway patrol trooper. Box Elder County said in a Monday news release that investigations show that the 16-year-old girl who was involved in Trooper Eric Ellsworth’s death was not […]
