SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah health authorities say they have confirmed additional cases of E.coli connected to an outbreak that previously killed two children in a mostly polygamous community on the Utah-Arizona border, bringing the total number of cases to 11. The Southwest Utah Public Health Department spokesman David […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City police say prosecutors have filed charges in five rape cases after the department submitted their backlog of over 700 sexual assault evidence kits for testing. The Salt Lake Tribune reported Tuesday three of the defendants identified by DNA are now incarcerated while […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities in southern Utah say the town of Kanab has been dealing with flooding after being hit by sudden heavy rainfall. The Deseret News reports that the Kane County Sheriff’s Office issued a call for people to come help fill sandbags after at least an […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – The Utah Department of Public Safety is using its newest helicopter to rescue more stranded and injured people than ever. Flight officers with DPS say the number of rescues this summer is likely to set a new record. The Salt Lake City-based helicopter was called out […]
(Panguitch, UT) – Firefighting officials hope to get 100% containment on the Brian Head Fire by the end of this week. An update on the fire shows more firefighters are being released from duty as containment grows, with about 700 remaining as of yesterday. The human-caused fire has burned nearly 72,000 […]
(Washington County, UT) – The woman found dead at the bottom of a ravine in her car in Washington County is identified. A passing driver found Danyell Simmons’ car at the bottom of a 300- foot drop on Kolob Terrace Road last week. Investigators are still not sure why the Washington […]
(Undated) – Two Utah hospitals are thought to be among the most beautiful in America. A poll by an Atlanta health care staffing company found that Intermountain Medical Center in Murray ranked 13th on the list of the 20 most beautiful hospitals in the U.S. Salt Lake City’s Primary Children’s […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Prosecutors have filed a misdemeanor charge against a man accused of setting off July 4 fireworks that sparked a grassfire in a suburban Salt Lake City neighborhood. Charges filed Monday say 49-year-old Richard Otterstrom of Cottonwood Heights used aerial fireworks in a restricted area, leaving […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jury selection has begun in federal court in Las Vegas for the retrial of four men who brought assault-style weapons to a standoff that stopped government agents from rounding up Cliven Bundy’s cattle in April 2014. Proceedings started Monday after several last-minute rulings by the judge […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A food pantry that recently opened to help veterans in Salt Lake City is already serving dozens of people a month. The Salt Lake City Tribune (http://bit.ly/2tA6Wdk ) reports the food pantry that opened in March at the George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs […]
