SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Searchers have rescued three kayakers who lost their boats and were forced to swim while being battered by 8-foot (2.4-meter) waves on the Great Salt Lake in northern Utah. Davis County authorities says the last two kayakers were found alive early Friday morning and are […]
OREM, Utah (AP) — Utah County prosecutors will not file criminal charges against the Orem mayor who was accused of misusing his city retirement account. The Daily Herald reports the prosecutors’ office said in a statement Thursday that it appears dates were altered on Mayor Richard Brunst’s withdrawal documents, but there’s no […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah woman has died from injuries suffered in an Aug. 17 crash that killed her 16-year-old daughter. Police say 44-year-old Brandilee Kussee Chacon died Tuesday, one month after Sierra Rosalina Chacon was fatally injured in the wreck in Big Cottonwood Canyon in the mountains […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A private notice sent to the top officials of a Utah school district about an ex-employee threatening to kill people has been publicly shared and caused panic among students. The Salt Lake Tribune reports police had recently alerted Davis School District officials to a former employee who […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A federal court has halted timber activity across tens of thousands of square miles of the American Southwest over a threatened owl. An order issued earlier this month out of the U.S. District Court in Tucson covers 18,750 square miles (48,562 square kilometers) in all five […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Firefighters and paramedics treated about a dozen people after an apparently accidental discharge of pepper spray forced the evacuation of a Salt Lake City restaurant. Fire Battalion Chief Carl Steadman says the discharge in the lobby of a Chuck-A-Rama restaurant led to the evacuation of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A northern Utah wildfire response team has begun preparing for potential post-fire erosion and flooding in the region, officials said. The Davis County fire was 68% contained after a day of rain Tuesday, the U.S. Forest Service said. The response team visited the region Wednesday […]
DURANGO, Colo. (AP) — A national weather agency has announced plans to lower its radar system elevation to better track weather in the Four Corners region including southwest Colorado. The Durango Herald reports that the National Weather Service has proposed adjusting its Grand Junction radar to track areas that were originally blind […]
AMERICAN FORK, Utah (AP) — A judge has rejected a plea deal for a Utah man who acknowledged killing his girlfriend and her toddler. The deal called for him to get a lesser sentence for helping police find their remains, officials said. Christopher Poulson pleaded guilty to murder charges in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah has a new top environmental regulator. Gov. Gary Herbert’s office on Wednesday announced his appointment of Scott Baird as executive director of the Utah Department of Environmental Quality. Baird has served as the department’s interim director since June and has worked for the department […]
