The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources has announced a statewide emergency closure on “shed hunting” on both private and public lands. The gathering restrictions are in effect now through April 30. In the press release from the DWR it was shared these restrictions also apply to looking for horns and […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — State water managers are hoping the ever-increasing Utah snowpack won’t melt too quickly this spring. Another foot of snow fell in some areas thanks to the latest winter storm, and that’s pushed the state snowpack to above-average levels. Officials with the Division of Water Resources […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox is vowing to look into two recent attacks on officers at the new state prison in Salt Lake City. One officer was hospitalized after being assaulted in a maximum-security housing unit Saturday. They’ve since been released. A few days before, another officer […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill that would tweak Utah’s conversion therapy ban is headed to the full House after the measure’s sponsor and LGBTQ advocates reached a compromise on Monday. North Logan Republican Representative Mike Logan said he’d made changes to the bill to address concerns voiced by […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Prices at the pump continue to increase across Utah. Triple-A reports as of last night, the average price for a gallon of regular is three-dollars and 65 cents. That’s nearly a quarter higher than last week and roughly 40 cents higher than a month ago. […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah House is passing a bill allowing expecting mothers to use the high occupancy vehicle lane. Lawmakers approved the bill on Friday, which would count the pregnant woman as two people and wipe a citation with proof of pregnancy. The measure now heads to […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Senate is getting a special visit from a former longtime lawmaker. Retired Senate Minority Leader Karen Mayne stopped by the chamber Friday as legislators discussed a bill she began working on before leaving the Capitol. The bill would provide a scholarship to students […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill that requires children to have parental consent before they can create social media accounts is moving forward in the Utah Legislature. The House Judiciary Committee advanced the bill on Friday. The measure originally included an outright ban on social media for Utah children […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah Governor Spencer Cox is issuing an emergency order to help protect the Great Salt Lake. The order calls for the Great Salt Lake causeway berm to be raised, which will help keep this season’s snowpack from running off. Cox said the state has been […]
The Cedar City Utah Temple has a new President and Matron. John Wallace Yardley and Pamela Riggs Yardley of the Panguitch 1st Ward have been called. President Yardley is a temple sealer and a former Area Seventy, patriarch, Idaho Boise Mission president, stake president and bishop. Sister Yardley is a […]
