Due to the action of the Sanpete County Commission before the end of 2017, the county will save a significant amount of money over the next 17 years. By refinancing and changing the financial structure of bonds used to construct the Sanpete County Sheriff’s Complex, the county is looking at […]
The Division of Wildlife Resources will not be holding one of Utah’s most popular fishing events this year. The Fish Lake Perch Tournament, which was scheduled to begin on Feb 24, has been canceled because of unsafe ice conditions. Officials are predicting that the ice thickness won’t be improving in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two Utah measures that would allow terminally ill people to use certain forms of marijuana and farmers to grow it for research purposes passed their first legislative hurdle Wednesday despite criticism from medical marijuana advocates that the piecemeal approach doesn’t go far enough. The proposals […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A state Senate committee has approved a bill that would penalize doctors in Utah who do not show an informational video to women seeking an abortion. The Deseret News reports the committee unanimously passed the bill Wednesday. Sen. Todd Weiler says doctors who are “willfully […]
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) — The U.S. Army is warning about the dangers of vaping synthetic cannabinoid oil after about 60 soldiers and Marines in North Carolina and 33 troops in Utah experienced serious medical problems in January. In a Monday public health alert, the U.S. Army Public Health Center said […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A mother and her two daughters have taken sanctuary in a converted classroom at a Utah church rather than move to Honduras on a federal deportation order. Unidad Inmigrante activist Amy Dominguez told The Salt Lake Tribune on Tuesday that Vicky Chavez fears for her […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Ruth Watkins, who will become the first female president of the University of Utah, has earned a reputation of being personable, collaborative and determined and is hoping to take advantage of being a relative newcomer to the state to improve the university. The Salt Lake […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A bill offering IUDs and other family planning assistance through Medicaid has passed through the state House and is headed to the state Senate. The Deseret News reports Republican Rep. Ray Ward, who is sponsoring the bill passed Tuesday, says while reversible and long-term birth […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Aides say U.S. Sen. Mike Lee escaped injury and was the only member of Utah’s Republican congressional delegation on a train carrying dozens of GOP lawmakers that collided with a truck on tracks in central Virginia. Lee spokesman Conn Carroll said in an email that […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Thanks in part to a spike in international travel, Salt Lake City International Airport is reporting record passenger growth for the second year in a row. Bill Wyatt, executive director of the city’s Department of Airports, says passenger counts grew 4.5 percent from January through […]
