(Salt Lake City, UT) – Governor Gary Herbert hopes Utahns took time yesterday to remember those who gave their lives while serving in the military. The governor spoke as part of a Memorial Day event at the Salt Lake Veterans Home yesterday and said afterward that the day should be more […]
(Cedar City, UT) – A man with a degree from Dixie State University will now be the school’s director of alumni relations. John Bowler has been working as a development director at the school for two years and before that spent more than 20 years working in marketing and consulting in […]
SANDY, Utah (AP) — U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch is urging Utah residents to support President Donald Trump so that “he can do a great job.” The Utah Republican senator told a crowd of people during a Memorial Day speech on Monday that there are many reasons to like the president, […]
UTAH COUNTY, Utah (AP) — Six adults leaped into the cold waters of the Provo River to rescue a 4-year-old girl who had been swept away Monday afternoon but two of the would-be rescuers — including the girl’s mother — died in the attempt. A witness tells TV station KUTV […]
PINEVIEW RESERVOIR, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a man was rescued by a passing boater after he attempted to swim in a Utah reservoir while intoxicated. KSL-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2rd1Gtf) that the man in his 20s went for a swim in Pineview Reservoir Saturday evening. When he didn’t come up for […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Gov. Gary R. Herbert has appointed the director of the Utah Sentencing Commission to fill a judicial vacancy on the Second District Court for Weber, Morgan and Davis counties. Jennifer Valencia will fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Scott Hadley. The appointment […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A new analysis of Utah public school disciplinary actions from 2012-2014 shows that Native American students were disciplined at much higher rates than kids of other ethnicities. The Salt Lake Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/2riDdFU ) the numbers are based on a report by a Salt Lake […]
RIVERDALE, Utah (AP) — A 39-year-old Utah woman has been arrested after she allegedly locked her two young children in her car’s trunk while she went inside a Wal-Mart store to shop. Riverdale police say witnesses heard the children ages 2 and 5 making noise and saw the car shaking, […]
VERNAL, Utah (AP) — Police are looking for three men who have been missing since Monday evening from the northeastern Utah city of Vernal. Police say they got a report on Friday that 33-year-old Robert Alan Spoon, 33-year-old Jason Ralph Tilt and 29-year-old Jacob Douglas Tilt were last seen on […]
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Police say a 41-year-old man is dead and a 40-year-old woman is in critical condition after they collided with a semi-truck on Friday. Police have identified the deceased man as Landon Peatross of Duchesne. He was pronounced dead at Park City Hospital. The accident took […]
