(Salt Lake City, UT) — The leader of Utah’s prison system suddenly announced his retirement Tuesday. Department of Corrections Executive Director Brian Nielson released a statement yesterday announcing he’ll leave his post on May 15th. Tuesday’s announcement came one day after Nielson was named in a civil lawsuit filed by […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Opponents of the new design for the Utah flag are making another attempt to keep it from becoming the state’s official flag. The group has filed paperwork with the state to put an initiative on next year’s ballot. An attempt to get the initiative on […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A judge is blocking a ban of abortion clinics across Utah. The law to ban clinics statewide would have taken effect today before Judge Andrew Stone paused the ban while the court considers a lawsuit by Planned Parenthood. The healthcare organization argued the ban singles […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah is the best state in America. That’s according to U.S. News and World Report’s “Best States” rankings for 2023, released on Tuesday. U.S. News used more than 70 metrics and thousands of data points to rank the 50 states. In addition to Utah’s number-one […]
Around 8:00 p.m. May 2, Richfield City Police responded to a rollover crash about 0.4 miles above the water tank on the CC road west of Richfield. In a post to their Facebook page the RCPD shared “3 juveniles were in the vehicle at the time of the accident. One […]
(Fairbanks, AK) — A Utah soldier has been identified as one of the three men who died in a helicopter crash in Alaska. The U.S. Army says 32-year-old Stewart Wayment of North Logan died Thursday when an Apache helicopter collided with another helicopter south of Fairbanks. Thirty-nine-year-old Christopher Eramo of […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Former Vice President Mike Pence is refusing to say whether he plans to run for President next year. Pence was in Salt Lake City on Friday to have lunch with politicians and other community leaders at an event hosted by former Utah Governor Gary Herbert. […]
(Zion National Park, UT) — A Canadian woman is recovering after being rescued from the Virgin River at Zion National Park. Just after 1 o’clock Friday afternoon a group flagged down a Park Ranger reporting the woman in the river. She was holding onto a log and calling for help, […]
Some Utahns will have a detour this morning. In a post to their twitter page this morning the Utah Highway Patrol announced U.S. 89 will be closed from SR-6 at the Thistle Junction and as far south as Fairview at least through the morning due to flooding. Individuals are being […]
(Orem, UT) — Former Vice President Mike Pence will host a private round table discussion at Utah Valley University on Friday. The private luncheon, involving a select group of community and business leaders, won’t be open to the public. This will be Pence’s second appearance at UVU in seven months. […]
