(Sandy, UT) — A man is dead following an officer-involved shooting in Sandy. Officers went to a home in the community early yesterday after a report about someone suffering a mental health crisis. The man had already left the area but was found a short time later. Officers said they […]
(Davis County, UT) — A controversy is brewing in Utah’s Davis County School District where the Bible is being reviewed after a parent challenged the book under a state law passed last year. The petition to pull the book from the school library argues that the Bible is pornographic under […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah’s governor is defending the state’s new laws that try to limit kids’ exposure to social media. Governor Cox appeared on NBC’s “Meet the Press” yesterday. Cox said the mental and emotional damage caused by social media is likely to destroy an entire generation of […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says the ongoing renovation work on Temple Square will take an additional year to complete. Church leaders announced yesterday that the renovations won’t be finished until 2026. Construction began in 2019, with crews working carefully around the […]
(Zion National Park, UT) — The latest storms hammering southwestern Utah this week have done a lot of damage to roads in Zion National Park, forcing some roads to close. The park was still open Thursday, but the northern Kolob Canyons section was closed to most activities. Zion Canyon Scenic […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — LGBTQ conversion therapy is officially illegal in the state of Utah. Governor Cox signed a bill yesterday outlawing the practice at a private ceremony attended by advocacy groups across the political spectrum. Utah had originally addressed the issue in a 2020 rule that denied licenses […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox has signed a landmark bill that requires parents to give permission for teenagers to get social media accounts. The first-in-the-nation law Cox signed on Thursday also will impose a digital curfew, blocking sites for minors past 10:30 p.m. It will black out […]
The Bureau of Land Management, American Wild Horse Campaign, Onaqui Catalogue, the National Mustang Association and Red Birds Trust are offering a $22,500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the killing of two wild horses on the Onaqui Mountain Herd Management Area. The […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A man facing felony murder charges for shooting a woman outside a Salt Lake City nightclub is reportedly out on bail. Court documents reveal Dustin Pedersen was initially booked into the county jail without bail, but a judge reduced his bail to 100-thousand-dollars late last […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints spent more than a billion dollars in charitable giving worldwide last year. The church laid out its 2022 giving in an extended report released Wednesday. The money included help for people within and outside the church. The […]
