SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The longtime executive director of the Utah Department of Natural Resources is retiring. Gov. Gary Herbert announced Mike Styler is stepping down from his post at the agency after more than 14 years. His retirement is effective June 1. Herbert is expected to name his […]
WELLSVILLE, Utah (AP) — A former police chief in Utah has pleaded guilty to impaired driving after troopers say he drove erratically and failed a sobriety test. The Deseret News reported Thursday that court records show former Box Elder County police chief Shane Jacob Zilles pleaded guilty April 19 in Wellsville Justice […]
ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah (AP) — A highway that is a main access route for Zion National Park is reopening following weeks of repairs following damage from heavy rain. Park officials announced Friday that the Zion-Mount Carmel Highway, also known as the State Route 9 Connector, will reopen Saturday, with […]
WEST JORDAN, Utah (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert says he is undergoing treatment for skin cancer. Herbert said Wednesday that doctors believe they got it all. Herbert was sporting a bandage under his right eye because of an infection in the wound that set back his healing a couple […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — One day in the not-too-distant future, drones ferrying medical supplies, packages and even pizza could be crisscrossing the skies. But how to prevent those unmanned fliers from creating atmospheric traffic jams? Student developers at the University of Utah have been working with the Utah Department […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A new state report projects Utah will be significantly more diverse in 2065. The Deseret News reports that figures released Wednesday from the University of Utah’s Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute show that slightly more than 1 in 3 Utah residents will be racial and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah organization dedicated to closing unsolved crime cases plans to launch what it says is the first DNA testing lab operated by a nonprofit. The Salt Lake Tribune reports The Utah Cold Case Coalition announced Thursday it has leased space in Salt Lake City […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A teenager who authorities accused of trying to blow up a homemade backpack bomb at a southern Utah high school after watching Islamic State propaganda been sentenced to four years of probation. The Spectrum newspaper in St. George reports that that the 17-year-old boy was […]
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Animal welfare groups have reached a milestone agreement with ranching interests that they say would save wild mustangs from slaughter but the compromise has opened a nasty split among horse protection advocates. The Humane Society of the United States and the American Society for the Prevention […]
OREM, Utah (AP) — A Utah city is proposing to reduce a home grass requirement to help residents deal with higher water bills. The Daily Herald reports that Orem will consider lowering the mandated amount of grass in front yards from 70% to 50%. The planning division manager in the […]
