ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Public land managers in southwestern Utah are imposing new fire restrictions due to high temperatures and drought conditions adding up to a potential for dangerous wildfires. Nick Howell with the federal Bureau of Land Management’s Color Country District says projections indicate that June is probably […]
SANDY, Utah (AP) — Corey Baird headed home the game-winning goal and Real Salt Lake continued its season-long mastery of Seattle with 2-0 victory on Saturday night. Danilo Acosta’s shot from just outside the goal box caromed high off Seattle keeper Stefan Frei and a wide-open Baird jumped and headed […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A candidate for Utah County sheriff has filed a complaint with election officials after seeing video he claims shows a police officer hanging a campaign sign for his opponent. The complaint filed by retired U.S. Marshal Jim Phelps last week says a uniformed Pleasant Grove […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Fire officials say one person died and another person was injured in a fire in Provo. Provo Fire and Rescue said in a Facebook post that the fire was reported early Friday morning. Provo Fire and Rescue says one person made it out of the fire […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Navajo Nation judge is refusing to dismiss lawsuits claiming Native American children were sexually abused while enrolled in a Mormon church foster program. Judge Carol Perry said in the ruling released Thursday the cases should be heard in Navajo court. The allegations were said […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah has filed a lawsuit accusing manufacturers of the opioid OxyContin of creating a drug abuse epidemic in the state. Attorney General Sean Reyes said Thursday that drugmaker Purdue Pharma misrepresented the risk opioids posed and the likelihood of addiction, amounting to fraud, negligence and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A utility company is seeking proposals for the construction of new alternative energy projects in Utah. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Rocky Mountain Power said Tuesday it is looking for bids for projects generating a total of 308,000 megawatt hours of power — enough for about 34,000 […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mitt Romney says he voted for his wife for president in 2016. Romney, a candidate for a U.S. Senate seat in Utah, told the Deseret News on Wednesday that he cast a write-in vote for Ann Romney even though he knew the choice wouldn’t go anywhere. Still, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah authorities are investigating concerns that a butcher shop inhumanely killed two pigs. Tooele County Attorney Scott Broadhead said Thursday his office is looking into Tooele Valley Meats after receiving word of a U.S. Department of Agriculture report referred by animal welfare activists People for […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Deeply conservative Utah has become a focal point for an effort to reduce the number of people on probation and parole. State corrections leaders and the chief prosecutor of Utah’s most populous county signed on to a national push this month encouraging officials to use […]
