SALT LAKE CITY (The Salt Lake Tribune) — The Bureau of Land Management has proposed developing a parking lot and making other changes at a heavily used hiking trail in Bears Ears National Monument in Utah. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that about 8,000 people annually pay a day-use fee […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Prosecutors say a Utah man forced a couple out of their bed at gunpoint, took money and two cellphones, then killed them after he was recognized. Court documents filed Wednesday say Albert E. Johnson broke into the house wearing a mask April 18. But he […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Utah County officials say dozens of workers tested positive for the coronavirus after two businesses instructed employees not to follow quarantine guidelines and required people who tested positive to continuing reporting to work. The Daily Herald reports nearly half the employees at one business were infected. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — For millions of disabled people and their families, the coronavirus crisis has piled on new difficulties and ramped up those that already existed. Needed disinfectants and protective equipment are in short supply, and technological lifelines to the outside world aren’t accessible to everyone. Many are […]
SALT LAKE CITY (Standard-Examiner) — A Utah House candidate from Ogden has sued Republican Gov. Gary Herbert, claiming his stay-home order cost her a place on the upcoming primary ballot. The Standard-Examiner reported that Republican Lorraine Brown filed the lawsuit Friday insisting she would have been able to collect the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two Utah gubernatorial candidates whose campaigns were stymied by the coronavirus crisis have ended legal pushes to get on the primary ballot. The Salt Lake Tribune reports developer Jan Garbett ended her lawsuit over the weekend. The Republican had argued that the state didn’t do […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A Utah Highway Patrol trooper got a pint-sized surprise when he pulled over a 5-year-old driver who was swerving so badly he thought the driver needed medical attention. Trooper Rick Morgan said the boy did not respond to his lights but pulled over when he hit […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two people were hurt when a boiler exploded at at downtown Salt Lake City hotel on Monday. Fire officials said both were hospitalized after the accident that happened mid-morning while they were servicing the boiler at the Little America Hotel. No guests were staying nearby. […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — By the time doctors discovered Mac Rogers had brain cancer, he was already a leukemia survivor. The Hurricane, Utah, boy was 3 years old. He’s seven now, and his prognosis is uncertain. But 10 months ago, parents Brittny and Jeremy Rogers decided to take him […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — A doctor arriving for work has delivered a baby in the parking lot of a Utah hospital before performing emergency breaths to assist the infant, who was not breathing properly after the birth. The Herald Journal reported Dr. Barrett Labrum assisted the woman who was giving […]
