(Salt Lake City, UT) — Senator Mike Lee is enjoying a comfortable lead over two Republican challengers ahead of next month’s GOP Senate primary. A new Deseret News-Hinckley Institute of Politics poll shows that Lee has the support of 49-percent of those who plan to vote in the GOP primary. […]
(Washington, DC) — The U.S. Census Bureau says the population of Utah was overcounted during the 2020 Census. The bureau announced yesterday that Utah was one of eight states where population numbers may have been inflated due to an overcount. An analysis by Census officials estimates the overcount at around […]
Early in the afternoon of May 18, authorities responded to a rollover crash just north of Moroni. According to early reports, only one vehicle was involved in the crash and the driver was the sole occupant of the vehicle. The driver suffered minor injuries and was taken by ambulance to […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — State lawmakers are ready to do some land trading with the federal government. The Legislative Management Committee approved a deal yesterday that would swap 161-thousand acres of land inside Bears Ears National Monument for 164-thousand acres of land in other parts of the state. The […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah lawmakers are considering several ideas to help the shrinking Great Salt Lake, including one that would create a pipeline to bring seawater to the lake. A legislative commission decided yesterday to study the idea of building a pipeline that would stretch from Utah to […]
(Ephraim, UT) — A bear is safely back in the mountains of central Utah after an assist from the Ephraim Police Department. Officers were notified yesterday about a bear spotted in a cemetery in the city. Callers worried that the bear might be headed toward U.S. Highway 89, where it […]
Early in the morning of May 15, authorities responded to a house fire in Ephraim. According to reports, a neighbor discovered the fire about 3:00 a.m. Fortunately the residents of the home, Kendon Sorensen, his wife and four children, were out of town at the time so no one was […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released its annual report for humanitarian service last year. The report shows 906-million dollars spent on more than three-thousand projects in 188 countries. Major global initiatives include clean water and sanitation projects, food security and education.
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Another string of deadly crashes is prompting the Utah Highway Patrol to urge drivers to slow down. UHP says a motorcyclist who died on I-15 in Farmington over the weekend was traveling much faster than the speed limit. So far, Utah has seen 111 fatalities […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Republican Party says it will hold party-sponsored debates for its congressional and U.S. Senate candidates. The chairman of the Utah GOP says the party is currently working on scheduling the debates ahead of the June 28th primary. The move comes after the state […]
