SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The University of Utah says it has closed the Papa John’s in the campus food court as it joins a long list of institutions cutting ties with the pizza company after the founder used a racial slur. The university said Wednesday in a statement that […]
SPRINGDALE, Utah (AP) — Zion National Park in Utah has reopened popular rock-climbing routes after peregrine falcons finished their nesting season on the cliffs. Park rangers say four juvenile falcons were raised successfully, two on Tunnel Wall and two on Angels Landing. Another nest and breeding pair were detected, but […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The University of Utah says it has closed the Papa John’s in the campus food court as it joins a long list of institutions cutting ties with the pizza company after the founder used a racial slur. The university said Wednesday in a statement that […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jenny Wilson is throwing down the gauntlet to Mitt Romney on immigration. Wilson said in a news conference Thursday Romney is “out of touch” with Utah voters on the issue. She says Romney’s policies are harsh, including ending so-called chain migration, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Prosecutors have filed manslaughter charges against a Utah driver after a fiery car crash that killed three members of a vacationing North Carolina family. Charges were filed Wednesday against 42-year-old Jennifer Diamond, who is accused of hitting the family’s car head-on after moving into the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Zion National Park officials are calling out two groups of visitors who didn’t heed instructions for a demanding canyoneering route and had to be rescued. Officials with the southern Utah park said in a news release this week that the leader of one group mocked […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Salt Lake City Fire Department is among more than a half-dozen Utah agencies sending firefighters and three engines to help battle wildfires in California. Chief Karl Lieb says his department is proud to join other thousands of firefighters who have been working tirelessly to […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Utah County commissioners are declaring their opposition to the establishment of any needle exchange program, citing fears of discarded needles and possible legal liability. The Daily Herald newspaper reports the county’s addiction-prevention director Richard Nance said Tuesday many such fears are unfounded, but the resolution opposing a program […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A coalition of lawyers, investigators, volunteers and companies is offering a $3,000 reward for information that solves or leads to convictions in any of the 200 unsolved cases of killings and disappearances in Utah. The founders of Utah Cold Case Coalition announced the reward Tuesday […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — The police chief of the southern Utah city of St. George is retiring after an 18-year tenure where he saw the city’s population nearly double. The Spectrum newspaper reports Chief Marlon Stratton says he is looking forward to spending more time with family after a total of […]
