(Springdale, UT) — A popular hiking and climbing trail at Zion National Park is closed off to visitors. Rangers shut down Angels Landing to repair damage on the Chain section, but have not released specific details about what happened. The park just started a reservation system for Angels Landing this […]
(Provo, UT) — Brigham Young University approved plans to construct a new building for the College of Fine Arts and Communications. The new building will be built where the Harris Fine Arts Center is currently located on the Provo campus. When finished, the departments for Art, Design and Theater & […]
(Panguitch, UT) — Deputies with the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office have arrested two men for having eight-thousand fentanyl pills. The drugs are worth about 250-thousand-dollars. They were arrested when they were pushing their car to try to start it in the Thunder Mountain Trailhead off state Route 12 on Sunday. […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Today, the Utah Inland Port Authority is beginning its search for a new executive director. Friday, the authority announced its director for the last three years — Jack Hedge — is stepping down to assume a new post as the organization’s president. Hedge will focus […]
On June 5, the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office received a call for a disturbance on Highway 12 near Mile Marker 2. Upon arrival officers observed one man trying to push a red Cadillac, another man in the drivers seat and a woman and juvenile at the scene. While investigating the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Highway Patrol and law enforcement agencies in other states are out in force to remind drivers to use their seatbelts. The “Border to Board Click It or Ticket” campaign is focused on making sure drivers remember to stay buckled up as they cross […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Changes to how alcohol is regulated in Utah went into effect yesterday. The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control will now be called the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Services to emphasize its contributions to assist the hospitality and tourism industries. DABS will also make nine new […]
(Provo, UT) — A study conducted by Brigham Young University shows that half of Utah residents are watering their lawns too much. Researchers with the civil engineering department found many homeowners are using water to keep their grass green in lieu of fertilizing the lawns properly, or changing the soil […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A majority of Utahns think fireworks restrictions need to be in place due to the ongoing drought, though they differ on how strong the regulations need to be. A new Deseret News-Hinckley Institute of Politics poll shows that 25-percent of those asked feel that fireworks […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. Sen. Mike Lee is scheduled to debate two Republican challengers aiming to unseat him in Utah’s Republican primary election later this month. The two-term Republican is expected to face off against former state lawmaker Becky Edwards and political staffer Ally Isom at a Wednesday […]
