(Salt Lake City, UT) — Firefighters around the state are asking property owners to help them by doing a little yard work before spring wildfire season begins. Fire officials held a community wildfire preparation meeting in Salt Lake City Saturday and gave tips on how to keep approaching fires away […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah pharmacists will start putting red stickers on bottles of opioids that warn patients about the risk of overdose and addiction as part of a new awareness campaign to combat painkiller abuses and deaths. The Utah Department of Health’s monthlong campaign kicks off Monday and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Attorney General’s Office has determined the fatal injuries a 28-year-old woman sustained while in custody of a northern Utah jail were not the result of criminal conduct. The office announced Friday it had ended its investigation into Heather Miller’s death. No criminal charges […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say a northern Utah police officer has been injured after rolling his vehicle on Interstate 15 during a car chase. Utah Highway Patrol spokesman Todd Royce says the Bluffdale officer suffered minor injuries in the Saturday night incident and went to the hospital as […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — The Utah Highway Patrol says three men killed when the SUV they were in rolled over north of St. George were not wearing seat belts. The Deseret News reports troopers said an additional passenger — and the only occupant wearing a seat belt — escaped […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The University of Utah Health Care has announced the appointment of an interim CEO. University President David Pershing announced Saturday that Lorris Betz has been named senior vice president for the University’s Health Sciences, CEO of University of Utah Health Care and executive dean of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah wildlife officials say they fatally shot a mountain lion that had found its way into a residential backyard in Salt Lake City. Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Sgt. Ray Loken says cougar sightings were reported starting about Friday afternoon in the Glendale neighborhood of […]
