Utah County has voted to increase property taxes for the first time in more than two decades. The Daily Herald reports that dozens of people spoke against the plan during a six-hour meeting this week, but the commissioners said it was necessary to balance the budget and keep the county […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah authorities have released an internal police review outlining areas of improvement but found no signs of excessive use of force during a protest that turned physical. The Salt Lake Police Department has released their incident review Thursday saying police officers showed restraint in their […]
A Utah woman has been arrested on suspicion of possessing a biological agent of mass destruction, though police say she had only enough of it to affect one person. Authorities say 50-year-old Janie Lynn Ridd bought the unspecified biological agent online and gave misleading statements before her arrest on Wednesday. […]
Utah’s unemployment rate dropped to 2.4% in November, a level the state Department of Workforce Services says is the lowest since early 2007. Nonfarm payroll employment of just under 1.6 million jobs had 51,600 more positions in November than a year earlier, the department said.Chief Economist Mark Knoll said job […]
Cameron Oluyitan scored a career-high 27 points, shooting 6-for-8 from behind the 3-point arc and Southern Utah rolled past Long Beach State 84-63. Oluyitan scored four of his 3s in the second half when the Thunderbirds broke the game open with a 20-4 run. Harrison Butler had 12 points and […]
Donovan Mitchell scored two of his 30 points on a tricky baseline drive that put Utah ahead for good and the Jazz beat the Atlanta Hawks 111-106. Mitchell faked a pass from under the basket before slamming the breaks and connecting from beneath the backboard with 3:47 left. That made […]
An Arizona county won’t decide before Christmas whether to reinstate an elected official who was suspended when he was accused of directing an international human smuggling scheme. A spokesman said Thursday that the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors is waiting for a final investigative report into Assessor Paul Petersen’s handling […]
A federal jury has convicted a Utah man of illegally importing and selling devices to convert semi-automatic handguns into fully automatic weapons. Gary Hill was accused of importing from China and selling conversion devices for Glock handguns in Utah without having paid a special occupation tax or registering as required […]
Hill Air Force Base officials say the delivery of a 78th F-35A to the northern Utah base completes its planned roster. With Tuesday’s delivery of the final F-35A assigned to Hill, each of the 388th Fighter Wing’s three squadrons now has 24 of the fighters and the wing also has […]
Timmy Allen hit a tiebreaking floater with 1:14 left and Utah dodged a rousing comeback try by No. 6 Kentucky for a 69-66 upset. The Wildcats used a 27-10 run to tie it at 68 on Ashton Hagans’ dunk with 1:43 remaining, but Allen put the Utes back ahead with […]
