The FAA is allowing military style aircraft to fly through Southwestern Utah for training purposes. The Iron County Sheriff’s Office reported Friday that after several calls from people, they learned of a low flying flight route through Utah from the Nellis Air Force base. The route starts at the Black […]
(Iron County, UT) — For the first time in more than a decade and a half this fall, Iron County will have a new sheriff. Mark Gower announced on his Facebook page yesterday that he would not be seeking reelection for the position this fall. Gower said in a letter […]
BOUNTIFUL, Utah (AP) — Two Utah men are being accused of causing a wildfire that broke out at an illegal shooting range on national forest land on the edge of Bountiful last summer. Federal prosecutors filed criminal charges in district court in Salt Lake City last week against 48-year-old Jayson […]
PAYSON, Utah (AP) — Utah prosecutors say a Payson man was under the influence of alcohol and methamphetamine when he sparked a confrontation that led to a shootout in a neighborhood south of Provo last week. The Desert News reports 38-year-old Travis Frkovich was charged Monday with two counts each […]
The Zions Bank Utah Consumer Attitude Index (CAI) dipped slightly heading into the new year. After a record-setting month in December, the Utah Present Situation Index, a measure of confidence in current statewide economic conditions, also decreased to 125.2 points in January from a level of 132.1 in December. Reduced […]
As the flu season continues in Utah, pharmacists are working hard to keep up with the demand of Tamiflu prescriptions. According to Lenny Fitzgerald, the owner of Lenny’s Richfield Family Pharmacy in Richfield, all major wholesalers of Tamiflu are out of the antiviral drug. “The Tamiflu is going off the […]
A Panguitch man has been sentenced to two years of probation after he buried his 90-year-old mother’s body in a coal bin in her home after she died. Pete Marker pleaded guilty in his initial court appearance in the case on Thursday. A sentence of up to five years in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Portable classrooms used by hundreds of Utah students every day could be risky without a set of uniform standards, engineering experts said. Leaders of state civil and structural engineering groups issued a statement on Jan. 17, urging officials to adapt new standards on the modular […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A regional planning group told local leaders that Utah’s rapidly growing population could double commute times, ramp up housing costs and amplify air quality problems in the coming decades without careful planning along the Wasatch Front urban core. Executive Director of the Wasatch Front Regional […]
FARMINGTON, Utah (AP) — Hunters in Farmington’s Shepard Canyon have found what is believed to be the remains of a 26-year-old Utah woman who has been missing for three months. Davis County Sheriff’s officials say the hunters came across the remains on Friday. No details have been announced, but the […]
