SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A group of Utah Senators has signed off on a proposal that would require public libraries in Utah to install pornography blocking technology on their wireless networks. The proposal comes from Woods Cross Republican Sen. Todd Weiler. Weiler led an effort last year for Utah […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is updating a long-term plan for monitoring the effects of a 2015 mine waste spill that fouled rivers in three Western states. The state Environment Department released the draft late Tuesday. Public comments will be accepted through March 3. Environment Secretary Butch Tongate says […]
(Undated) – Utah officials are reacting positively to President Trump’s pick of Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court. After last night’s prime time announcement, Senators Orrin Hatch, Mike Lee and Attorney General Sean Reyes all released statements praising the Colorado native as an outstanding […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — An attorney for a Utah mother charged with leaving her severely malnourished son locked in a filthy bathroom for a year says his client’s bail should be lowered because she’s being forced to sleep on a cot and deprived of regular showers. The Spectrum reports […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP)-Tuesday, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints responded to the Boy Scouts of America’s decision to include transgender scouts in the organization, which was announced Monday. The Salt Lake City-based faith, which is the nation’s largest sponsor of the BSA and has 15 million members […]
(St. George, UT) — The state is set to begin taking applications for the spring bear hunt. Utah’s spring bear hunt is still a couple of months away but starting February 6th, the office of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources will take applications. Bear hunters can apply for a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A former Herriman Boy Scout leader has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for molesting a member of his troop. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that 47-year-old Lyle Mackay on Monday was sentenced to three years to life in the Utah State […]
DENVER (AP) — As attendees of the Outdoor Retailer trade show in Salt Lake City grow increasingly concerned about Utah’s push to sell federal public lands, Colorado’s governor says his state would be a good fit for the show. John Hickenlooper tells The Denver Post that competition is healthy, and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — About 100 people — many of them teachers — recently gathered in downtown Salt Lake City to protest President Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of education. Demonstrators said U.S. Secretary of Education nominee Besty DeVos’ lack of public education experience makes her a poor choice […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A 27-year-old high school teacher in Spanish Fork who was arrested for alleged sexual activity with a student has now been charged with rape. Sarah Lewis originally was arrested last week on suspicion of unlawful sexual activity with a minor, a third-degree felony. But The (Provo) […]
