SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah regulators have heard testimony about a proposed electricity rate change for people with home solar panels that power company officials argue they need to maintain the state’s grid but solar advocates claim would cause bills to skyrocket. Dozens of people lined up Wednesday to […]
PHOENIX (AP) — A judge overseeing a religious discrimination case against polygamous communities in Arizona and Utah has appointed an official to monitor municipal decisions involving housing rights and make sure other changes ordered by the court are carried out. Roger Carter, city manager of Washington, Utah, was appointed to […]
The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food is reminding people to be aware of the health risk of rabies after seven bats test positive for rabies in Utah. A common way people to come in contact with rabies is through bats, but also through interaction with pets or livestock that […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The head of the Navajo Nation is asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to be flexible on the type of documentation it requires from tribal members asking for compensation for damages from a mine spill. Navajo President Russell Begaye said Wednesday not all members of […]
A registered sex offender from Richfield is convicted of sexually assaulting two girls, ages 13 and 16, while also providing them with methamphetamine, police say. The court was informed that Jared Patrick Brian was making “excellent” progress seven months ago while on probation from his previous conviction. Brian, 34, is […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake County now has extra jail beds to lock up suspects in “Operation Rio Grande.†Wednesday Utah County has agreed to house 128 Salt Lake County inmates. The beds for the inmates freed up when the former ended its federal contract with the Immigration […]
SPRINGVILLE, Utah (AP) — People in more than 20 Utah homes had to be evacuated after extreme winds pushed a brush fire’s flames near houses. The fire in northern Springville burned Wednesday evening after a bolt of lightning struck. Firefighters were able to extinguish the flames a few hours after […]
PHOENIX (AP) — A judge overseeing a religious discrimination case against polygamous communities in Arizona and Utah has appointed an official to monitor municipal decisions involving housing rights and make sure other changes ordered by the court are carried out. Roger Carter, city manager of Washington, Utah, was appointed to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah regulators are weighing a proposed rate change for people with home solar panels, one that power company officials argue they need to maintain the grid but solar advocates say would cause bills to skyrocket. Dozens of people lined up Wednesday to speak to state […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – Utah is asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for $1.9 billion in damages after the EPA inadvertently triggered a multi-state spill from an Gold King Mine north of Silverton, the Utah Attorney General’s Office confirmed Tuesday. The state filed the claim in February but never […]
