(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah is celebrating the most snow seen in the state in several decades. The Utah Department of Natural Resources announced yesterday that snowfall totals in the state have reached 201-percent of normal. That measurement could rise as even more snow is expected to fall due […]
Sanpete County Search and Rescue hosted their annual Jeep Posse Day on KMTI on Apr. 3. This is the 42nd annual Jeep Posse day and the fundraiser is used to help buy equipment and pay for training for Sanpete County Search and Rescue. In total $41,845 was raised this year […]
(Emery County, UT) — Rocky Mountain Power is shutting down its last two coal plants in Utah. The utility announced Friday the Huntington and Hunter plants will be closed by 2032, speeding up the timeline for both facilities to stop burning coal by 2036 and 2042, respectively. Rocky Mountain’s parent […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Department of Transportation says the ongoing winter storm will make it very difficult to drive in some areas over the next two days. UDOT announced the overnight closure of Big and Little Cottonwood Canyon yesterday to conduct avalanche mitigation due to the storm. […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is planning to build 15 new temples in cities around the world. The Church concluded its spring General Conference yesterday by announcing the location of the new temples. Among the nine international locations are temples in Guatemala, […]
(Park City, UT) — A jury has determined Gwyneth Paltrow was not at fault for crashing into a man on a ski slope in 2016. After a two-week trial, an eight-person jury deliberated for less than three hours yesterday before clearing Paltrow of any wrongdoing. Utah retiree Terry Sanderson sued […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — State and local law enforcement agencies are investigating more than a dozen bogus threats called into Utah schools on Wednesday. The Utah Department of Public Safety said on Thursday that all the calls came from the same man who spoke with a “foreign accent.” DPS […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — For the first time in three years, none of Utah’s 29 counties are categorized with ‘extreme’ or ‘exceptional’ drought conditions. The constant snow storms are beginning to have a noticeable effect on water levels in the Beehive State. Now just 20 percent of the state […]
The BLM, Richfield Field Office is taking advantage of some winter storms with a controlled burn. In a news release it was shared that 40 acres of mechanical slash piles would be burned on Mar. 30 on the Lone Cedar project, located approximately seven miles west of Gunnison in Sanpete […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Department of Public Safety says hoax phone calls threatening violence at several schools all came from the same IP address. The agency says 13 schools were involved in yesterday’s series of active shooter calls. Each call used the same script and all of […]
