SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A recent report says Medicaid spending per capita in Utah is the lowest in the nation. The Deseret News reports a study by Utah Foundation, a nonpartisan policy research nonprofit in Salt Lake City, says $703 in combined state and federal Medicaid dollars were spent per capita […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Highway Patrol is seizing more marijuana on state highways and interstates since the drug has been legalized in a number of Western states. John Huber, the U.S. Attorney for Utah, says drug busts within the state’s borders historically yielded only a few pounds […]
RIVERDALE, Utah (AP) — Recent rains have raised the threat that an expanding landslide will send multiple homes tumbling down a hillside in northern Utah. A state geologist monitoring the Spring Creek Road Landslide in Riverdale south of Ogden says a sharp drop-off has moved closer to the homes over […]
SANDY, Utah (AP) — Kyle Beckerman scored his 41st career MLS goal in the 82nd minute, and Real Salt Lake beat the Houston Dynamo 2-1 on Wednesday night. Salt Lake (6-6-1) has won 10 of its last 11 home games, conceding just 12 goals. Houston (5-4-3) lost for the first […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Facebook will build a nearly 1 million-square-foot data center in Utah that officials say will bring millions of dollars to the region. Gov. Gary Herbert and other state officials unveiled plans for the project Wednesday, after days of speculation about a mysterious company interested in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — More than 30,000 people crowded to Zion National Park in a single day over Memorial Day weekend as the iconic red-rock landscape at the already crowded park remains highly popular. The Deseret News reports that some visitors waited an hour and a half to ride the shuttle […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An initiative to reform Utah’s nominating system failed to make the ballot after opponents convinced nearly 3,000 people to withdraw their name from a petition in support of the measure, election officials said Tuesday. Initiatives on medical marijuana, redistricting and Medicaid expansion did make the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The coach of a minor league soccer team in Utah is facing multiple charges of domestic assault and attempting to tamper with a witness. Prosecutors in Draper filed four misdemeanor charges against 36-year-old Mark Briggs last Wednesday. Briggs coaches the Real Monarchs, a Herriman-based team […]
VERNAL, Utah (AP) — Officials say they expect full containment of wildfire in northeastern Utah by Thursday night. The Deseret News reports the wildfire began Saturday afternoon about 20 miles (32.2 kilometers) north of Vernal and wildlife officials say it has consumed 0.81 square miles (2.1 square kilometers). Bureau of Land Management […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Opponents of a plan to make it easier for Utah politicians to bypass state party conventions are suing the state’s lieutenant governor and calling for him to be blocked from overseeing the ballot initiative process. The Keep My Voice campaign filed suit Friday calling Spencer […]
