SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A new audit found drug use is widespread inside an overcrowded Salt Lake City homeless shelter that’s been marked for closure after a spate of violence nearby. Lax enforcement of rules and procedures meant to deter drug use is endangering people seeking shelter at the […]
Joseph Gentry, who is the oldest continuing on-air broadcaster in America, will be inducted into the Utah Broadcasters Hall of Fame Thursday, May 17, 2018 in Richfield, UT. Known in Richfield and surrounding areas as “Uncle Joe,” Gentry will be 101 years old , July 21. He was born in […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Utah Republican Rep. Rob Bishop wants to turn northern Utah’s Golden Spike National Historic Site into a national park. Bishop told The Standard-Examiner in Ogden that he’s introducing legislation Thursday that would elevate the status of the site at Promontory Summit where the first transcontinental railroad in country […]
Customers of Dominion Energy in Utah may see a confusing letter in their mailbox. The utility company says a third-party service provider who doesn’t work with them is using their letterhead to try and sell insurance. The state Division of Public Utilities is asking anyone who has received one of these […]
There are no injuries after three separate car accidents Wednesday morning near Beaver. Utah Department of Transportation officials report all three accidents took place on Southbound I-15 at mile post 101, with another at 105. Traffic cameras of the area show snow. None of the accidents forced any road or […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A new moderate political party in Utah is gearing up for its first full election despite tough odds in the overwhelmingly Republican state. The United Utah Party nominated 19 candidates for races to the U.S. House and state Legislature at a suburban Salt Lake City […]
According to the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office, wind on Saturday has helped reignite a fire in Elsinore from Wednesday. A residence was threatened and neighbors have been evacuated. Several fences and other sheds also caught on fire. The smoke from the fire temporarily closed highway 89 and slowed traffic on […]
MIDVALE, Utah (AP) — Officials say as many as six people were injured in a multi-vehicle wreck involving Utah Transit Authority paratransit bus that ended up on its side on Interstate 15 in the Salt Lake City area. Authority spokesman Carl Arky tells the Deseret News the driver was the only person […]
Elsinore and Monroe City Fire Departments battled a fire in Elsinore Wednesday. The fire was burning an old shed and an abandoned single wide mobile home that ready for dismantling. According to the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office, a subject had been burning the canal banks in the area earlier in […]
Two fire crews are battling a wildfire in Emery County near the Crandall Canyon Mine, Northwest of Huntington. Officials with the Forest Service believe the fire was started over a week ago by a warming fire used by people recreating in the area. It wasn’t reported until 2 p.m. Friday. […]
