GUNNISON, Utah — On Sept. 9-10, the Gunnison Gut Check presented by United We March and sponsored by Mountain America Credit Union, in partnership with other community entities, unfolded in Central Utah with hundreds of people in attendance to help raise funds for men and women in uniform. “My love […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Elizabeth Smart Foundation has launched a series of self-defense classes at Southern Utah University in Cedar City. Smart said she founded the class to teach women and girls self-defense techniques in several disciplines, including Brazilian jiu-jitsu. The classes start this fall and are already […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Protesters gathered in Salt Lake City last night to call for a halt to attacks along the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. About 50 demonstrators gathered at the Wallace F. Bennett Federal Building downtown to ask Congress to take action. Armenian activists say U-S military aid to Azerbaijan […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A partnership between the state and a physicians group — plus some federal funding — will soon provide air purifiers to every K-through-12 school in Utah. The group — Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment — and the Utah Department of Health and Human Services […]
(St. George, UT) — Utah’s winter is forecast to be warm and dry due to a third consecutive year of La Nina conditions. Scientists who presented at a Tuesday meeting say a normal La Nina winter brings unusually dry weather to most of the southern part of the U.S. along […]
In the early morning hours of Sept. 13, an inmate incarcerated at the Millard County Jail was found alone and unresponsive in his cell. Life-saving efforts were initiated and the inmate was transported to the Fillmore Hospital where he was later pronounced deceased. The Iron-Garfield-Beaver’s Critical Incident Task Force was […]
(Washington, DC) — A group of Republican governors, including Utah’s Spencer Cox, is urging the President to rescind his student loan forgiveness plan. Twenty-two state leaders penned a letter to President Biden arguing it isn’t fair to American taxpayers to pay off the debt of “an elite few.” They claimed […]
(St. George, UT) — Rock climbers are welcomed back to Zion National park after some areas of the sheer cliffs were closed because of peregrine falcons’ nests. The peregrine falcons’ nests are sensitive to disturbances from any predator. The area had closed March first before reopening recently. Though they’re no […]
SALT LAKE CITY – On Sept. 9, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Sydnee Dickson named Chad Warnick, an agriculture, biology, leadership, and communications teacher at the Delta Technical Center in the Millard School District, as 2023 Utah Teacher of the Year. Warnick was presented with a check for $10,000 and […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Salt Lake City will have to wait a bit longer to find out if it will be hosting a future Winter Olympics. The International Olympic Committee announced yesterday that it was postponing a meeting where members would have voted on the host for the 2030 […]
