(Springdale, UT) — A man from California has died after collapsing on a trail at Zion National Park. Park rangers were called to the West Rim Trail near Scout Lookout on Friday after the man was found. They spent nearly 90 minutes trying to save him before he was pronounced […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – Utah lawmakers are finally in accord about university diversity programs. On Friday lawmakers passed a bill that offers an overhaul of diversity, equity and inclusion programming at the state’s public universities. It took a week and a half of debate but the Utah House on […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – A compromise by Utah lawmakers is behind the passage announced of a controversial transgender bathroom bill. The bill now heads to Governor Spencer Cox. House members had initially said no to changes the Senate was offering to House Bill 257. The bill was batted back […]
(Washington, DC) — Senator Mike Lee is hoping Taylor Swift might throw her support behind a bill he’s introducing in Congress. The Utah Republican made a post on social media on Saturday asking Swift and her publicist to learn more about a bill called the PROTECT Act. Lee said the […]
A missing teen from Elsinore has been located. Around noon on Jan. 28, the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office posted to their Facebook page asking for the public’s help in locating a 14 year old that had left their home the night before and not returned. They also had not given […]
(St. George, UT) — A new federal initiative would update how management works with old-growth forests. President Biden issued the proposal and in it new plans on vegetation management. It would bring an end to economic reasoning when deciding to tend, harvest or regenerate trees. The first ever nationwide inventory […]
(St. George, UT) — The Mojave Desert tortoise is in grave danger. Since 1990, efforts have been made to save the threatened species but since then have declined by more than 50-percent according to the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. New concerns are being made about the Trump era federal […]
(Oakland, CA) — After an Alameda Superior Court Judge ruling, Utah may still be able to ship its coal through Oakland to Asia. A judge earlier this week ruled that Oakland violated the rights of leaseholder Phil Tagami after the city cancelled his lease due to environmental concerns and extended […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – A Utah legislative committee is considering a bill that would offer residents and businesses a 160-million dollar income tax cut. The Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee on Wednesday took public comment on Senate Bill 69 which would lower Utah’s individual and corporate income tax rate […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — People who experience sexual harassment or assault at work, and have previously signed an NDA, may soon be able to speak out. The Employment Confidentiality Amendments would keep Utah businesses from being able to have employees sign a nondisclosure agreement or a non-disparagement clause. Republican […]
