SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say a hospital patient at the center of a disputed blood draw that led to a Utah nurse’s high-profile arrest has died. University of Utah Health spokeswoman Suzanne Winchester confirms William Gray, a semi-truck driver and reserve police officer in Idaho, died late Monday […]
RICHFIELD, Utah (UDOT)-Per the official Twitter of UDOT, a crash has occurred in downtown Richfield Tuesday morning. The cause of the accident was not readily available but the crash was at the traffic light at Main and Center Streets. The incident occurred at 8:56 am, per the report and clearance […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The University of Utah Seismograph Stations reports a minor earthquake has occurred in southern Utah. A magnitude 3.4 quake occurred about 10:30 p.m. Saturday beneath the Sevier Plateau about 4 miles (6 kilometers) east-southeast of the town of Monroe. There are no reports of any […]
GREASEWOOD, Ariz. (AP) — Work has started on a $9.1 million project to improve access to water in several Navajo communities. Navajo President Russell Begaye signed legislation last year to fund dozens of water and sanitation projects across the reservation. Officials gathered in Greasewood on Friday for a groundbreaking ceremony […]
DENVER (AP) — U.S. ski resort owners are seeking to stave off cuts to a visa program that serves as a pipeline for the industry’s seasonal workforce. Resorts have become reliant on J-1 Summer Work Travel visa workers in the past five years. They’re worried the White House could scale […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A state commission has nominated four judges and three other attorneys for appointment by Gov. Gary Herbert to fill a Utah Supreme Court vacancy. The vacancy is being created by the Nov. 16 retirement of Justice Christine Durham. A public comment period ends Oct. 2, […]
JUAB COUNTY, Utah (UDOT)-Per the official Twitter account of UDOT, Sunday morning saw a crash on Interstate 15 near Santaquin. The report states the incident occurred on northbound Interstate 15 at milepost 241, two miles south of Santaquin at 10:13 am MDT, closing the left lane. The incident is expected […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Cliven Bundy’s defense attorney says the Nevada cattleman and state’s rights figure is firing him, less than three weeks before trial stemming from a 2014 armed standoff with federal agents. Attorney Bret Whipple filed documents Thursday asking Chief U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro for a hearing […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. government inspectors say the online nonprofit Western Governors University should repay more than $700 million in federal loans and grants from 2014 through 2016 because it was not eligible for the money. U.S. Education Department’s Office of Inspector General said in a report Thursday […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man who’s loved giant pumpkins since childhood is trying to set a state record for the second time with a nearly 2,000-pound (907-kilogram) gourd he’s been tending with scientific precision. 39-year-old Matt McConkie says the pumpkin he’s growing for Saturday’s 12th Annual Utah […]
