(Salt Lake City, UT) – Members of the homeless community are criticizing Salt Lake County health officials for another sweep of the Rio Grande area using heavy equipment. County Health Department crews went through the homeless encampment yesterday, sweeping up trash, human waste and other potential health risks. Homeless people who […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Senator Orrin Hatch says Utah is setting a standard for DNA testing that the rest of the country would do well to follow. The Republican senator toured the new Unified State Lab in Salt Lake City yesterday. The laboratory uses state of the art technology to […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – Salt Lake City police officers say they found a bag of guns at a local motel while searching for a shooting suspect. Police responded to Motel 6 near 600 West and 200 South around six o’clock last night after a suspect reportedly shot at another man. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man is pleading guilty to federal charges filed in a stunning string of crimes that included the slaying of a train worker and the kidnapping of a mother and her daughters. Dereck James “DJ” Harrison was sentenced to life in federal prison Thursday […]
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is pushing for more oil and gas development on federal lands with faster permitting and more frequent sales of drilling rights. Zinke signed an order Thursday requiring federal oil and gas lease sales be held in each state at least quarterly. Sales […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A heat wave blanketing the U.S. Southwest is toppling temperature records, raising wildfire danger and sending residents to pools and beaches for cool relief. The National Weather Service says the mercury in Utah will remain in triple digits Thursday, a day after Salt Lake City’s airport […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch says he intends to run for re-election in 2018 but that his wife’s trepidation is giving him pause. The 83-year-old Hatch said Thursday he suspects he’ll need to decide before the end of the year, but said he’s not putting any […]
DENVER (AP) — Denver will be the new home for the nation’s largest outdoor recreation trade show. At a press conference with Colorado’s governor and Denver’s mayor, the director of the Outdoor Retailer trade show, Marisa Nicholson, announced Thursday that the show would be held in the Mile High City […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah police say a weekend camping trip turned violent when a woman was repeatedly beaten by her boyfriend and tied up in a blanket held together by duct tape. Summit County Sheriff Justin Martinez said Wednesday the alleged events took place near Dinosaur National Monument […]
CENTERVILLE, Utah (AP) — A Utah Highway Patrol officer fatally shot a man who authorities were worried might have been on his way to a crowded parade while being chased. Investigators say there were indications that 32-year-old Cody Ray McCray might have wanted to die in a “suicide by cop” […]
