(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill that would create more oversight of proposed dredging at Utah Lake is on its way to a vote in the Utah House. The House Natural Resources Committee approved House Bill 240 yesterday. The bill would modify the Utah Lake Restoration Act of 2018, […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – Governor Spencer Cox spent some time in a middle school classroom yesterday. Cox says he is taught three periods of eighth grade history, serving as a substitute teacher. This comes after the governor eased restrictions for substitute teachers statewide due to an ongoing staff shortage. […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — New legislation could allow Utah parents to direct the state funds designated for their child’s education to private schools. HB331 would create so-called Hope Scholarships, giving families the chance to receive financial assistance to pay for the costs, depending on their income. The Utah Education […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A leader for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints issues an apology after comments he made about race went viral on social media. The comments captured on a Zoom recording during a youth fireside showed Young Men General Presidency second counselor Brad Wilcox. […]
Just after noon on Feb. 8, authorities responded to a structure fire in Mt. Pleasant near the corner of 400 South and State Street. When they arrived they discovered that an enclosed porch on the back of a residence was in flames. The Mt. Pleasant Fire Department worked alongside the […]
(Undated) – Three national parks in Utah are receiving recognition for their ability to create buzz on social media. Photo printing company Printique put together a rankings list by evaluating Instagram hashtags and the size of each national park. Zion National Park placed second in the list, garnering nearly nine […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Some types of hard seltzer currently being sold in Utah could become harder to find under a bill being considered by the state legislature. Senate Bill 176 would take about half of the brands of hard seltzer currently sold in grocery and convenience stores and […]
(Garfield County, UT) – An inmate in the Garfield County Jail was found dead in his cell. The Sheriff’s Office says the unidentified man was unresponsive when guards found him over the weekend. Details about how the man died have not been released, but a task force has been called […]
(Panguitch, UT) — Garfield Memorial Hospital is welcoming its first baby of 2022. The hospital says that Madilyn Meisenbach was born early Saturday. She is the third child of Dani and Shane Meisenbach of Escalante. The hospital said yesterday that the baby and her mother were both doing well.
(Salt Lake City, UT) – The top leaders in the Utah House are revealing today they are opposed to the effort to repeal and replace the state’s death penalty. House Speaker Brad Wilson and Majority Leader Mike Schultz told reporters Friday they would not back HB147, which would remove death […]
