PROVO, Utah (AP) — Police in Spanish Fork say a 19-year-old man shot and injured another teenager overnight at a high school parking lot and later shot and killed himself. Spanish Fork Police Lt. Matt Johnson says an 18-year-old man told police he met the 19-year-old at the parking lot […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s unemployment rate grew in June to 3.4 percent, two-tenths of a percentage point higher than the previous month. The state Department of Workforce Services announced Friday that about 53,000 Utah residents were out of work and unemployed last month but seeking work. The national […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The sweeping red-rock vistas at Utah’s Zion National Park are increasingly filled with a bumper crop of visitors. Now park managers are weighing an unusual step to manage the tide: Requiring tourists to make RSVPs to get in. Authorities say it would be a first […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah elected official who has been placed under his family’s guardianship after more than a year public questions about his mental capacity will resign his office. Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill and Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams said in a statement […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal judge is weighing whether the Drug Enforcement Administration can access a Utah prescription-drug database without a warrant in a case that pits the right to privacy against the need to combat the country’s opioid-drug epidemic. U.S. District Judge David Nuffer heard arguments Thursday […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police believe a northern Utah gynecologist shared child pornography images and had explicit online discussions while using the internet at several hospitals. The Davis County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday that Nathan Clark Ward has been arrested on suspicion of sexual exploitation of a minor. Sgt. […]
SALEM, Utah (AP) — Official say heavy rains in northern Utah have left nearly 100 Salem homes flooded or damaged. According to city officials, about two inches of rain fell on Salem in just an hour. Salem police are calling the flood a 100-year storm, adding that they have not […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal judge has ruled for the second time that the boundaries of election districts in a southeastern Utah county are unconstitutional and violate the rights of American Indians who make up roughly half the county’s population. U.S. District Judge Robert Shelby ordered San Juan […]
(Henrieville, UT) — A 15-year-old girl is now in stable condition at a Salt Lake City hospital after being shot by her younger brother in Henrieville. Investigators with the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office say the two got into an argument and then the 12 or 13-year-old boy shot his sister. […]
PHOENIX (AP) — A polygamous community on the Arizona-Utah border is appealing an overhaul of its government operations that was ordered in response to a verdict that found nonbelievers were denied police protection, building permits and water hookups on the basis of religion. The sister towns of Colorado City, Arizona, […]
