LOGAN, Utah (AP) — A recent survey says a most Utah State University students feel safe on campus, but one in 10 women say they have experienced unwanted sexual contact. University administrators released a report Wednesday highlighting the results of an April campus climate survey. Forty-five percent of the student […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah courts are planning a new program that could let more suspects deemed low risk out of jail without having to pay bail, but lawmakers are raising concerns about dangerous people back on the streets. Supporters say it’s a shift toward a fairer system that […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A bat infestation prompted a Salt Lake City high school to cancel its after-school programs so school workers could root out the flying mammals. Janitors at the city’s West High School rounded up more than 300 bats from Monday through Wednesday, prompting the school to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mormon-church owned Brigham Young University in Utah is reversing its six-decade ban on selling caffeinated soft drinks on its campus. The Provo school announced it was making the change Thursday after receiving more requests from students to serve caffeinated soda. BYU decided in the mid-1950s […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A polygamous sect leader is facing up to five years in prison after agreeing to a plea deal in a food-stamp fraud and escape case. Lyle Jeffs pleaded guilty to two felony charges Wednesday in an agreement that also called for him to pay $1 […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s school nursing shortage slightly worsened over the past year, leaving school nurses with six times the recommended students under their care, according to a new state report. Utah’s school enrollment continues to grow every year, but school nursing levels have not kept pace amid […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A southern Utah woman whose malnourished son was found in a feces-strewn bathroom is appealing her sentence of up to 45 years on child abuse charges. Court records show the 36-year-old mother has filed a notice of appeal in the case. Her lawyer has said […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be U.S. ambassador to Russia, told Congress on Tuesday that Moscow’s meddling in the 2016 presidential election led directly to the lack of trust between the two former Cold War foes. Appearing before the Senate Foreign Relations […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The husband of a woman who died in the Weber County Jail has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit in federal court. A state medical examiner’s report attributed the woman’s death to narcotics withdrawal and dehydration. The lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court claims Weber County, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Prosecutors say they’ll seek the death penalty for a man accused in the gang-related stabbing and beating death of a fellow prison inmate. Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill announced the decision Monday in the case of 31-year-old Ramon Luis Rivera. He is one […]
