PHOENIX (AP) — A lawyer for an Arizona elected official charged in three states with facilitating an illegal international adoption scheme says prosecutors have miscast his client as a human smuggler. Attorney Matt Long said Tuesday Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen cares deeply for the birth mothers from the Marshall […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah health officials say the number of cases of lung damage linked to vaping is up to 83, with 11 more potential cases being investigated. The state Department of Health announced the new tally Tuesday, a rise in the 76 cases reported earlier. Most patients […]
(Information from: The Daily Herald, http://www.heraldextra.com) PROVO, Utah (AP) — Authorities say people may see smoke near the site of several wildfire burn scars over the next few weeks, but it will be coming from a prescribed burn. The Daily Herald reports that the project near Sheep Creek in Spanish Fork […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus of Christ of Latter-day Saints is opposing a proposed ban on conversion therapy in Utah, just months after it said it wouldn’t stand in the way of a similar rule under consideration. The church said in a statement posted Tuesday night […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah trooper is being praised as a hero after saving a man stranded on train tracks. A dashcam video tweeted on Wednesday by the Utah Highway Patrol shows officer Ruben Correa running toward a car that had crashed on the train tracks and pulling […]
The Richfield Ranger District on the Fishlake National Forest plans to conduct a prescribed fire project in late October or early November. This Project would take place near Annabella Reservoir following rifle season. This is a continuation of similar prescribed fires that have been implemented as part of the Monroe […]
Duchesne County schools have an increased presence from law enforcement after an alleged school threat on social media. According to authorities, district officials were made aware of an alleged threat to Union high school early on the morning of Oct. 16 that was made by one of the students […]
Volleyball Region 14 NEPHI, Utah-The Delta Rabbits surged past the Juab Wasps 3-1 Tuesday in Region 14 volleyball action. The Rabbits downed the Wasps 19-25, 25-15, 25-17 and 25-22. MANTI, Utah-The Manti Templars pounded Maeser 3-0 in Region 14 volleyball action Tuesday. The Templars bested the Lions 25-13, 25-16 ad […]
HELPER, Utah-Tuesday, Richfield’s girls won the Region 12 cross country championship meet title at the Carbon Country Club golf course, with Carbon High School serving as the host school. The Wildcats’ girls posted a score of 59 points to best second-place Carbon, as the Dinos posted a score of 66. […]
WICHITA FALLS, Texas-Tuesday, former Beaver High School multi-sport star athlete Davis Heslington, competing for Dixie State men’s golf, tied for 55th as the Midwestern State Invitational hosted by the Wichita Falls Country Club of Wichita, Texas drew to a close. Heslington shot 226 for the tournament, giving him an overall […]
