(Salt Lake City, UT) – Utah is showing its pride in the LGBTQ community. A crowd estimated at over 40-thousand people came to downtown Salt Lake City to watch the Utah Pride Parade. Mayor Jackie Biskupski and other local leaders took part in a celebration that included about 140 entries and […]
(Sandy, UT) – A 22-year-old man is missing after being swept away in Bell Canyon Creek. Friends of the victim say he fell into the creek near the first waterfall in the canyon late yesterday and never resurfaced. Rescue teams from Sandy Fire and Salt Lake County search and rescue had […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – First responders are telling Utahns to be especially careful as already fast-moving rivers and creeks become even more dangerous over the next week. Warm temperatures have increased the volume of water from snowmelt, making river currents even stronger. Water pressure equal to 20-thousand-pounds has been recorded […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A judge has denied a Brigham Young University professor’s emergency request to be allowed to run in a packed Republican field to replace outgoing Rep. Jason Chaffetz. Chia-Chi Teng is teaching in China this summer. He tried to file to run in a special election […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – A Utah-based company is about to start the first human trials of a therapy to fully regenerate skin in burn patients. Researchers at PolarityTE in Salt Lake City say they have come up with a treatment that uses stem cells and biological growth factors that can […]
(Zion National Park, UT) – Park officials say the man who died at Zion National Park last week committed suicide. Last week a California man died after falling about 500-feet. His body was discovered at the base of the Great Arch. On Saturday it was determined that the man killed himself.Â
(Provo, UT) — A Spanish Fork woman accused of trying to hire a hit man to kill her ex-husband faces up to five years in prison after pleading no contest. Billie Jo Agee entered the plea yesterday to one count of criminal solicitation. She was accused of trying to have […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Backers of an initiative aimed to raise taxes for education are planning to launch a campaign next week to get their proposal on the November 2018 ballot. Supporters of the Our Schools Now say they want to raise the income tax by seven-eighths of a […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Authorities found a body in Zion National Park while they were investigating calls about an abandoned vehicle. The Deseret News reports the body was recovered on Thursday by park staff. A helicopter was used to retrieve the person. Authorities were following up on reports of […]
OAKLEY, Utah (AP) — Authorities in Utah are ratcheting up warnings telling people to stay away from the raging, icy waterways that are extremely dangerous this spring due to a snowy winter and wet spring. The conditions have also triggered flood alerts and led officials to offer sand bags to […]
