MIDVALE, Utah (AP) — A school in a Salt Lake City suburb was evacuated Thursday because of a chemical leak. The Unified Fire Authority said approximately 100 special needs students were evacuated from Jordan Valley School in Midvale after a janitor reported a chemical spill near a therapy swimming pool. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Protesters interrupted the board meeting of the Utah Inland Port Authority, resulting in state troopers ejecting dozens of environmental activists and arresting one. The activists with the group Civil Riot started shouting a few seconds into the meeting Wednesday at the Utah Capitol. The meeting […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Potential marijuana growers raised concerns about the limitations of growing regulations at a public meeting in Salt Lake City held by agriculture officials about Utah’s medical marijuana program. More than 50 people attended the meeting held Wednesday by state agriculture officials to discuss proposed rules. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Prosecutors have filed new sexual assault charges against a Utah man accused in the death of his 5-year-old niece. Authorities say additional evidence from the state crime lab led to the counts of child rape and sodomy filed Wednesday against 21-year-old Alex Whipple. Police say […]
SPRINGVILLE, Utah (AP) — A veteran police officer in Orem has been named the new police chief in Springville. The Daily Herald in Provo reports that Craig Martinez was sworn in Tuesday night before a city council meeting in Springville. The city put up blue, black and gold balloons and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man who authorities say stabbed his girlfriend multiple times and left her to die in front of her 5-year-old son has been sentenced to a minimum of 15 years in prison for murder. The Deseret News reports a judge sentenced 50-year-old Darren Byrd […]
PHOENIX (AP) — Grand Canyon National Park has been recognized for its work in reducing light pollution of the night sky. The Arizona Republic reported Wednesday that the International Dark-Sky Association has named the Grand Canyon an International Dark Sky Park. The park and the Grand Canyon Conservancy started retrofitting more than […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — A 5-year-old girl who was killed last month has been remembered as a kind, patient child who loved walking barefoot through tall grass. Elizabeth Shelley was laid to rest Tuesday in a small white coffin covered with rainbow butterflies and the words “Live like Lizzy.” Her […]
PLEASANT GROVE, Utah (AP) — Chlorine gas has sickened dozens of swimmers at a Utah public pool in what police called a freak accident on Tuesday. A pump malfunctioned and forced too much chlorine out of a jet at Pleasant Grove Veterans Memorial Pool about 36 miles (58 kilometers) south […]
DENVER (AP) — Denver voters have resoundingly approved a ballot measure requiring the city to seek their consent before spending public funds on any future Olympics bid. Colorado Politics reports that 79% of voters OK’d the measure, according to unofficial results from Tuesday’s municipal election. Organizers put Initiative 302 on the ballot […]
