(Salt Lake City, UT) — A state lawmaker is trying to persuade Governor Cox to sign a bill banning transgender athletes from youth sports. State Senator Dan McKay met with the governor yesterday to lay out his position on House Bill 11. The bill originally proposed a commission that would […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Attendance at Utah state parks jumped almost ten-percent in 2021. The Utah Division of State Parks says nearly eleven-point-64-million people went to a state park, which was over a million more than 2020. Park attendance grew 33-percent from 2019 to 2020. Sand Hollow in Washington […]
On Mar. 14 the winners of the 2022 Sterling Scholar awards were announced along with their runners up. This included many students representing our central Utah area high schools. The winners and runners up are listed below. Ag Science Winner – Jessi Allred (Richfield) Runner Up – Cody Stephenson (Delta) […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A new method for treating pneumonia in emergency rooms tested by Intermountain Healthcare shows great promise in reducing deaths. In the study, clinicians use a real-time electronic decision support system called an ePNa to help treat patients. Researchers found that use of the ePNa reduced […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Researchers who track snowfall and water levels in Utah are struggling to find a positive message in the numbers they’re seeing this winter. Hydrologists announced yesterday that Utah’s snowpack is around 88-percent of average and would not climb much higher before the end of the […]
(Nephi, UT) — Authorities are charging a 60-year-old Nephi man with a dozen felonies, accusing him of having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a teenage employee. Randy Goode was charged yesterday with three counts of rape, attempted rape, and object rape. Court documents say he had sex with a 16-year-old […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints donated four-million dollars to help Ukrainian refugees displaced by Russia’s ongoing invasion of their country. Church officials gave two-million dollars to both the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the World Food Program. The donation is […]
(Springdale, UT) — A popular trail at Zion National Park is closed for maintenance. The park announced Saturday that the trail from Scout Lookout to Angels Landing was being closed to re-install a chain support rod. Visitors are being told to check the park’s social media and website for updates […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Highway Patrol says three drivers have been killed in wrong-way crashes over the weekend. A crash Saturday morning on Interstate 15 near 600 South killed both drivers. The other driver was killed in a Saturday night crash on Mountain View Corridor in West […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah’s snowpack is improving, but still has a long way to go before it can refill the state’s reservoirs this spring. The Utah Department of Natural Resources says the snowpack is still below average despite recent storms. But DNR officials add that soil moisture is […]
