DRAPER, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a worker died after a tunnel he was installing at a Geneva Rock operation in Draper fell on him. The Deseret News reports Draper police say Lee MacKay died of his injuries Wednesday afternoon. Draper Police Sgt. Chad Carpenter says the 57-year-old man was […]
WEST JORDAN, Utah (AP) — Police in West Jordan say a teen has been arrested over a threat of violence against a middle school. West Jordan police Sgt. J.C. Holt tells the Salt Lake Tribune the teen was arrested Tuesday night after authorities received a tip about social media posts. […]
The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office wants to remind those who are planning controlled burns on their property to notify dispatch. Two controlled burns in Sevier County on Tuesday got out of control and required the fire department to help get them out. The state requires any burns to have to […]
Following a public hearing in Richfield Wednesday, the Sevier County planning and zoning county plan is moving on to the County Commission. The hearing concerning the plan was the first held in the County since 1989. Another public hearing will be held before the Commission can approve it. The full […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — State health officials say Utah pharmacies dispensed thousands of doses of the rescue medication used to reverse the effects of opioid overdoses. The Deseret News reports about 4,275 doses of naloxone were distributed last year after the Utah Department of Health issued a standing order, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Thousands of Utah students at least 30 schools participated in walkouts to protest gun violence and demand change as part of national demonstrations one month after the deadly shooting inside a high school in Parkland, Florida. At West High School in Salt Lake City, about […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Senate President Wayne Niederhauser says he’s not running for re-election this year. He said in a statement Wednesday that he recently decided not to seek re-election because he thinks it’s time for “a new face with fresh energy and ideas.” Niederhauser is a Republican […]
SANDY, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a 30-year-old man wanted in a federal investigation was shot by officers near a Sandy light-rail stop. Sandy police Lt. Dean Carriger says authorities found the man in a vehicle near the TRAX station on Tuesday as they were attempting to serve an arrest […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal appeals court says a police officer in Utah searching for a boy acted reasonably when he entered a fenced yard and fatally shot a dog running toward him. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit on […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Utah State University faculty members are debating what kind of statement to make about a $25 million donation from the billionaire Koch brothers. The Herald Journal reports the school’s faculty senate is creating task force to look at how the donation will affect the school and […]
