(Salt Lake City, UT) — State lawmakers are considering a bill that would create an earned income tax credit for lower-income Utahns. State Representative Mike Winder has introduced the bill in the House, where it received a first reading on Wednesday. Winder says a family of four making 35-thousand dollars […]
An update has been provided on the missing woman in Ephraim. In a post to their Facebook page just after 2:00 p.m. on Feb. 3 the Sanpete County Sheriff’s Office shared that, unfortunately Shirlene Peterson was found deceased. She suffered form dementia and had wandered from her residence sometime between […]
(Logan, UT) – Utah State University will pay 140-thousand dollars in a lawsuit settlement after a student committed suicide over alleged racist bullying by her classmates. Twenty-four-year-old Jerusha Sanjeevi was a doctorate student from Malaysia studying psychology. According to the family’s lawsuit, classmates of Sanjeevi singled her out in 2016 […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – Utah health officials are confirming they detected a different strain of the COVID-19 Omicron variant. The so-called “stealth variant” was identified from tests last month. Evidence from Europe suggests the sub-variant may not be more severe than the original Omicron strain, but is more transmissible. […]
(Moab, UT) — The Bureau of Land Management is stopping work at a site near Moab after accusations about damage to ancient dinosaur tracks. The agency released a statement yesterday saying it will stop construction work at the Mill Canyon Dinosaur Tracksite to allow paleontologists to conduct an assessment. A […]
(Provo, UT) — A popular destination in Utah County is closer to becoming a state monument. The Utah County Commission approved a resolution that would grant that status to Bridal Veil Falls. The county would continue managing the area around the falls and would work to secure funding to improve […]
(Salt Lake County, UT) – Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill is renewing his plea to Utah gun owners to properly store their firearms. The plea comes as part of National Gun Violence Survivors Week, which runs between February 1st through the 7th. Last year, Gill and other law […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — State lawmakers are making it clear that government workers cannot be punished by their employers just because they have medical cannabis cards. The House passed Senate Bill 46 yesterday on 68-to-4 vote. The bill came after several local governments tried to act against first responders […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox is putting the brakes on a program that allowed COVID-19 testing to help keep kids in school. Governor Cox signed House Bill 183 into law yesterday. The measure pauses the state’s “Test to Stay” program, which required a certain threshold of positive […]
The Sanpete County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the publics help in locating a missing person. In a press release sent out the morning of Feb. 3, it was shared that 86 year old Shirlene Peterson wandered from her residence at 55 South 200 East in Ephraim sometime between 2:30 and […]
