A survey released by the state Department of Public Safety shows that Central and Southern Utah counties are behind the rest of Utah in seat belt use. The survey shows that 68 percent of drivers in Sanpete County used seat belts in 2017. That’s a five percent decrease from last […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A state lawmaker wants Utah to study the costs of capital punishment and determine whether it’s cheaper to keep an inmate in prison for life. The proposal came as advocates prepare to make another push next year to eliminate the death penalty in the state. State […]
AMERICAN FORK, Utah (AP) — A Utah mother who pleaded guilty to allowing her boyfriend to give their newborn baby an addiction-treatment drug has been sentenced to prison. The Deseret News reports Judge Roger Griffin rejected a recommendation to put 26-year-old Lacey Dawn Christenson on probation so she could work […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch’s office says President Donald Trump will visit Utah on Monday to announce details about his plan to shrink two national monuments in the state. Hatch’s spokesman Matt Whitlock said Tuesday that the president accepted Hatch’s invitation to visit Utah to discuss […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Department of Health states that more than 100 people enrolled in Medicaid after becoming eligible under new expansion guidelines approved earlier this month. The Deseret News reported Monday that the expansion aims to provide 4,000 to 6,000 of Utah’s homeless and poor people […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Passenger traffic at the Salt Lake City airport during the busy Thanksgiving weekend grew 11 percent this year. The Transportation Security Administration says more than 27,000 people went through the airport the Sunday after the holiday, up from about 24,400 last year. Traffic increased by […]
MESQUITE, Nev. (AP) — Authorities have identified a man who was struck and killed on a highway near the Nevada-Utah border. The Spectrum reports the Clark County Coroner’s Office says Jesus Zapata-Hernandez, of Mesquite, Nevada, was killed Nov. 10 in the northbound lanes of Interstate 15 in Mesquite. Mesquite Police […]
The Utah Highway Patrol says the Thanksgiving weekend was a deadly one for drivers and pedestrians. Seven people died between Wednesday and Sunday as a result of crashes and two others remain n critical condition. There were 50 DUIs over the weekend with 173 crashes. The report said 5,752 vehicles […]
Investigators are looking into what made one driver drive through a red light and cause an accident Monday in Richfield. The crash happened in the afternoon at 1300 South and Main Street. A red Pontiac failed to stop as it drove westbound. It entered the intersection where it was t-boned […]
The Salina City Police Department reports that there were several Christmas decorations destroyed and stolen in Salina Sunday night. According to a post on the SCPD Facebook Page there were three items stolen: a five feet tall blow up Yoda, a three feet tall wise man plastic statue, and a […]
