SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah lawmaker wants to get rid of low-alcohol 3.2-percent beer in grocery stores as a growing number of states shed the restriction. Republican Sen. Jerry Stevenson said Friday he’s putting the finishing touches on a proposal to increase the alcohol limit to 4.8 percent […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An investigation reveals no evidence that a former Utah lawmaker sought to reduce the size of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument for personal gain. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Mike Noel, the recently retired legislator from Kanab, owns a ranch in Johnson Canyon, where 0.06 square miles […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah House has passed a plan to allow candidates running for office to pay for child care with campaign funds. The Thursday vote of 72-1 comes as a number of states weigh the question following a record-setting year for women running for office. It […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — National parks across the U.S. are scrambling to clean up and repair damage that visitors and storms caused during the recent government shutdown. A full accounting of damage across more than 400 National Park Service locations isn’t known. The agency says damage is isolated and […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Friday, the newly-organized Alliance of American Football confirmed all games during the regular season will be nationally broadcast. This includes all the games for the Salt Lake City franchise in the league, the Stallions. The broadcasters for the Alliance of American Football include the NFL Network, TNT, CBS, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say a 16-year-old boy suffered a gunshot wound to an ankle in a shooting at the Midvale Middle School parking lot. Police from Midvale and Unified say they received calls of shots fired before 1 a.m. Thursday. A witness reported a man was seen […]
February is the best time of the year to see one of the country’s most iconic birds. Bald eagles fly to Utah in the winter to find food and escape colder conditions farther north. By the time February arrives, hundreds of eagles are in the state. You can see the […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Brandon Clarke scored 23 points and Rui Hachimura added 20 to lead No. 4 Gonzaga to a 93-63 win over BYU on Thursday night. Clarke and Hachimura each grabbed nine rebounds as well. Corey Kispert had 16 points and Josh Perkins dished out 10 assists for […]
The group that has the final say about hunting, fishing and how wildlife is managed in Utah has three openings it needs to fill. In August, Kirk Woodward, Calvin Crandall and Steve Dalton—three members of the Utah Wildlife Board—will leave the board after six years of service. Gov. Gary Herbert […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Deante Strickland nailed a deep 3-pointerto give Portland State the lead with 24 seconds left and the Vikings held on to beat Weber State 76-75 on Thursday night. Derek Brown added a pair of free throws with four seconds left to make it a four-point lead for […]
