SANDY, Utah (AP) — U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price says the Senate Republican health care law bill would give states like Utah more flexibility. Price was in Sandy on Monday to speak with selected business leaders and tout a health care proposal introduced last week. The […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The nation’s largest wildfire has forced more than 1,500 people from their homes and cabins in a Southern Utah mountain area home to a ski town and popular fishing lake. Firefighters battled high winds as they fought a fire that has grown to 72 square […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — California water officials are relying on key hydrology tests being performed in Utah on a replica of the Oroville Dam spillway to pinpoint what repairs will work best at the tallest dam in the U.S for a spillway that was torn apart in February. Extensive computer […]
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — Law enforcement authorities in northern Utah are investigating a prank call that prompted a SWAT team to respond to the home of an elderly woman. West Valley City Police Lt. Robert Hamilton tells KSL-TV (http://bit.ly/2ue1wSB ) a man called 911 around midnight Monday and […]
DRAPER, Utah (AP) — A Utah man who spent 20 years in state prison is going back after being caught in an underage sex sting. The Salt Lake Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/2sXsDlL ) 39-year-old Richard D. Lawrimore is accused of chatting online with an undercover officer who he thought was a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The parents of six Utah high school students have filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court against three school districts that don’t have a girls’ football team. The parents claim Jordan, Canyon and Granite districts are discriminating against female students by not having a football […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man pleaded guilty Tuesday to murder and arson charges in the house-fire death of his husband, a well-known Salt Lake City restaurateur and LGBT pioneer. Prosecutors agreed not to seek the death penalty in exchange for the pleas from Craig Crawford, 48. He’s […]
The 51st season of the Mormon Miracle Pageant ended on Saturday night with perfect weather and a good crowd in attendance. The pageant goers numbered about 75,000 for the eight night run with dry, sunny weather during the entire time. There were 12,500 in their seats on Friday evening and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A group of activists and Utah residents with chronic conditions has launched a ballot initiative to ask voters next year to pass a broad medical marijuana law. The application was filed Monday by the Utah Patients Coalition. The group’s organizers say they’re done waiting for […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police are investigating the death of a 2-year-old who apparently fell asleep in a hot car in southern Utah. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office said Monday it happened at a house where several out-of-state families were staying during a family reunion near St. George, where […]
