LIMA, Peru (AP) — There’s an outside shot the United States won’t have to wait 11 years to host its next Olympics. It’s a longshot, but there’s talk in Salt Lake City, and even some in Denver, of a bid for the 2026 Winter Games, which take place two years […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An appeals court granted a request Monday from President Donald Trump’s administration to halt a plan for new pollution controls at Utah’s oldest coal-fired power plants aimed at reducing haze near national parks. The development marks a reversal for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Student scores on Utah’s computer-based proficiency exams dropped for the first time since the test was started four years ago, according to the Utah State Board of Education. The data made public Monday showed that proficiency rates in 2016-17 fell at every grade level in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah school district has put a high school teacher on leave for assigning students a questionnaire that asked about their sex lives, whether they’d used drugs or alcohol or had abortions and scored their answers to rate them as a “nerd,” ”indecent” or “hopeless […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Native American tribe wants a small northern Utah city to get rid of an annual battle reenactment that features people dressed as American Indians raiding an encampment of white settlers. The Northwest Band of the Shoshone Nation has told Wellsville city officials that the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Flags will be flown at half-staff on all Utah government buildings and public grounds on Monday in remembrance of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States. The state is also encouraging businesses and schools to fly their flags at half-staff to honor […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah officials want to start a test program to tax drivers based on the miles they drive, instead of collecting the revenue at the gas pump, in anticipation of needing such a program in several decades when tax money is expected to dry up due […]
ERDA, Utah (AP) — Animal rights activists are planning vigils this weekend to honor the lives of more than 100,000 chickens that were killed when egg farm caught fire in Tooele County. Authorities say an electrical or mechanical problem with manure-handling equipment sparked the Tuesday-morning blaze at Fassio Egg Farms […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Wildfire smoke blanketing the West is leaving the skies hazy and ramping up soot levels in pollution-prone valleys of Utah. Ashley Miller with the group Breathe Utah said Thursday that soccer practices are being canceled and people are suffering from itchy noses and runny eyes. […]
CEDAR CITY, Utah – Southern Utah University Police are warning of a man who has flashed several women near the campus in Cedar City. The man in question is a 5’6-5’10 male of average build wearing a black hoodie and black pants. A victim confirms a male entered the restroom […]
