The Trump administration will allow Medicaid expansion with a work requirement in Utah. The decision came Monday despite courts taking a dim view of the requirement in other states. Republican lawmakers in Utah contend that work requirements make people healthier and more financially stable. Critics say the mandate jeopardizes healthcare […]
An Arizona man has been arrested in Utah on suspicion of stabbing a woman who picked him up while he was hitchhiking. Fernando Ray White was charged with attempted murder Friday in the attack that police say left the woman with wounds on her face, hands, neck and teeth. Authorities say […]
A saxophonist who played with the likes of Nat King Cole and Ray Charles has been remembered as a pioneer who broke down racial barriers in Utah music clubs. Hundreds of people filled the The Monarch in Ogden on Saturday to sing the praises of Joe McQueen. The musician died […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man accused of killing a Utah college student has been ordered to stand trial on charges he sexually assaulted another woman he met on a dating site more than a year before the slaying. The 31-year-old man pleaded not guilty Friday to felony kidnapping and […]
HYRUM, Utah (AP) — A historic grain elevator in a small Utah town is getting a new life as part of a modern bank building. The Herald Journal reports the Cache Valley Bank is dismantling and rebuilding the century-old tower in Hyrum. It will be incorporated into the design of […]
OREM, Utah (AP) — The parents of a man fatally shot when a passerby intervened to stop an attack on a woman says they’re at peace with prosecutors’ decision to not criminally charge the man who killed their son. Kathleen and Paul Sorensen of Orem told KSL that 26-year-old Jeremy […]
REXBURG, Idaho (AP) — Authorities are searching for two children tied to a suspicious death case in Idaho. The Rexburg police department said 7-year-old Joshua Vallow and 17-year-old Tylee Ryan have not been seen since September. Rexburg police said the parents never reported the kids missing, have repeatedly lied about […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Federal officials are considering whether to allow a highway through habitat for a protected tortoise in southern Utah. The proposed four-lane road has drawn criticism from conservationists. The Spectrum newspaper reports it would pass through the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area to connect traffic from Washington […]
ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — As competition among ski companies heats up, information about what they pay to use public land is diminishing. The Aspen Times reports that the U.S. Forest Service reversed its policy on releasing permit fees paid by individual ski areas after Vail Resorts objected. Vail and others […]
An Arizona man has been arrested in Utah on suspicion of stabbing a woman who picked him up while he was hitchhiking. Fernando Ray White was charged with attempted murder Friday in the attack that police say left the woman with wounds on her face, hands, neck and teeth. Authorities say […]
