TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — A Utah man has been sentenced following a car crash that killed his fiancee on a trip to Idaho to tell her mom they were getting married. Sean David Rees of West Valley City was sentenced to 180 days in jail and two years of […]
The FBI is offering a reward up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a serial bank robbery suspect dubbed, “The Great Outdoors Bandit.” On Monday, he hit three banks in Idaho and is believed to be in a vehicle with Utah license plates. He is […]
VERNAL, Utah (AP) — A Utah man accused of starting a wildfire to “feel the excitement of it†is now charged with arson. Prosecutors say in charges filed Monday that 37-year-old Rex Richard Olsen of Roosevelt used a cigarette and match combination as a delayed ignition device to start the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP)-Tuesday, the Salt Lake City-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints confirmed a member of its First Quorum of Seventy has been excommunicated. In an official statement released Tuesday, the LDS Church did not state a reason for excommunication but said Elder James J. Hamula was […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — State utility regulators are poised to consider raising rates for people who have rooftop solar panels and sell their extra back to the power company, a proposal that solar-panel companies say could deal a blow to their burgeoning industry. The Spectrum reports (http://bit.ly/2vI62h2 ) Rocky […]
KAYSVILLE, Utah (AP) — Kaysville City Manager Shayne Scott says the investigation that led to the discovery last year of $13,000 in a Kaysville Public Works Department safe has concluded with no revelations of misdeeds. The Standard-Examiner (http://bit.ly/2vGtJFH ) reported Monday that Scott says the investigation could not “prove any […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Interior Department has scrapped an Obama-era rule aimed at ensuring that coal companies don’t shortchange taxpayers on huge volumes of coal extracted from public lands, primarily in the West. The Trump administration put the rule on hold in February after mining companies challenged it in federal […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City police are beefing up their nighttime presence near an overcrowded homeless shelter that’s been the scene of violence in recent weeks. The department tripled the number of officers near the arena where the Utah Jazz play over the weekend, and expect keep […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities in Las Vegas have identified a 59-year-old woman whose body was found last month in a remote part of the Gold Butte National Monument, but are still investigating her cause of death. The Clark County coroner said Monday that Lorann King’s body was discovered July […]
PLEASANT GROVE, Utah (AP) — Police say a Utah man has been arrested for stealing narcotic boxes from a fire department where he once interned. Brenden Ivie, a part-time firefighter with the Salt Lake County Fire Department, was arrested Sunday after authorities set up surveillance to watch the building. The […]
