SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The southern Utah ski resort town of Brian Head is holding a more subdued July Fourth celebration four days after residents were allowed to return when evacuations for a wildfire were lifted. Brian Head Resort spokesman Mark Wilder said several thousand people turned out Tuesday […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A woman is dead and five other adults are injured after a car drove onto a sidewalk in Salt Lake City just down the street from a homeless shelter. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the woman was declared dead when officers arrived Tuesday. A […]
MIDVALE, Utah (AP) — Utah authorities say July Fourth fireworks in Salt Lake City suburbs sparked separate fires that burned part of two homes and an apartment complex, leaving three people injured and about 100 people without a place to stay. Unified Fire Battalion Chief Steve Prokopis says fireworks sparked […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah residents might have the chance to vote for an independent redistricting commission that would redraw congressional and legislative district boundaries after the 2020 Census. A group called Utahns for Responsive Government is working to collect the more than 100,000 signatures required to put the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police are searching for a woman who drove onto a sidewalk near a Salt Lake City homeless shelter, killing one woman and injuring five others. Detective Robert Ungricht said Wednesday that officers don’t suspect terrorism but are investigating whether she intentionally left the road. One […]
HILDALE, Utah (AP) — Utah health authorities said there are six cases connected to an E.coli outbreak that killed two children in a mostly-polygamous community on the Utah-Arizona border. Southwest Utah Public Health Department spokesman David Heaton said Monday the four non-fatal cases are a combination of children and adults […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A new $17 million stadium at the Utah State Fairpark is set to open in time for this month’s Days of ’47 Rodeo. The Deseret News reports (http://bit.ly/2uiv6Y9 ) that the 10,000-seat stadium is designed to give the rodeo a new permanent home and rejuvenate […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah residents had a chance last week to weigh in on Gov. Gary Herbert’s 50-year water-use plan for the state, which drew both praise and criticism from those gathered. The Deseret News reports (http://bit.ly/2tyIzOb ) the new long-term state water plan shows Utah officials are […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A Utah woman who was one of three people found dead near a rural southwestern Idaho farmhouse is being remembered as a retired teacher who was devoted to her student who were hearing impaired. The Standard-Examiner in Ogden reports (http://bit.ly/2tJ5OoP ) that 57-year-old Cheryl Baker spent […]
BRIAN HEAD, Utah (AP) — Firefighters in southern Utah hope to continue making progress Monday on a wildfire that’s forced more than 1,500 people to flee homes and campsites since the blaze broke out two weeks ago. Fire officials said the fire was about 104 square miles (240 square kilometers) […]
