SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Federal prosecutors want a 5-year prison sentence for a polygamous sect leader who pleaded guilty in a food-stamp fraud and escape case. Prosecutors argued in court documents filed Friday that Lyle Jeffs should serve the maximum sentence because he ran the scheme to divert some […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah officials are warning that a program that insures thousands of lower-income children in the state could end early next year without more federal funding. KUTV in Salt Lake City reports that the Utah Department of Health stated on its website Friday that the program […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Thousands of protesters fired up by President Donald Trump’s expected announcement to shrink two national monuments in Utah rallied in Salt Lake City on Saturday, just two days ahead of his planned visit. Crowds converged on the steps of the Utah State Capitol to denounce […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — New population estimates show Utah is continuing to grow, but demographers say the state’s well-known high birth rate isn’t the only factor driving the increase. The state’s population increased by 59,045 people from 2016 to 2017, according to the Utah Population Committee estimates made public […]
MANTI, Utah-Sunday afternoon, an accident occurred at 400 North and Main Street in Manti, per a report from the official Twitter of UDOT. This accident happened at 3:09 pm MST and closed both directions of U.S. 89. Thankfully, there are alternate routes nearby you can use. These include 100 East […]
*Boys Basketball* RICHFIELD, Utah-Brady Arbon posted 15 points and the Grantsville Cowboys shot 58 percent from the field in a 65-48 win over Manti Saturday at the Central Utah preview at the Sevier Valley Center. Kole Brailsford had a game-high 16 points in defeat for the Templars. RICHFIELD, Utah-Cade Russell […]
(Washington, DC) — Utah Congresswoman Mia Love is pushing legislation to end the use of taxpayer money to settle sexual harassment lawsuits involving members of Congress. While introducing her proposal, the three-term congresswoman said lawmakers settling any kind of harassment or discrimination lawsuit should be paying from their own pockets. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah authorities say a man in his 80s fearing a doomsday collapse of society spent more than 30 years creating stockpiles of guns, grenades and food in bunkers and cabins he built in the wilderness. Iron County Sheriff’s spokesman Lt. Del Schlosser said Friday that […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A southern Utah county is suing for control of a canyon road that’s been a longtime flashpoint in the debate over federal control of public lands. San Juan County argues in the Wednesday lawsuit that longtime use of Recapture Canyon road gives them legal title […]
(Provo, UT) — A new study led by researchers from Brigham Young University may lead to an eventual treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. The study uses information from the Utah Population Database to find people who are more than 80-years-old who have not developed Alzheimer’s despite carrying a gene that is […]
