(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Transit Authority says “Free Fare February” brought more riders onto UTA buses and trains. Final numbers for the month-long free fare event were announced yesterday. The UTA says ridership increased 16-percent on weekdays, 58-percent on Saturdays and 33-percent on Sundays. A spokesman says […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Hundreds of students at Salt Lake City’s West High School were marked absent from second hour yesterday as they held a walkout and rally with transgender students. The exit from class follows the legislative override of Governor Cox’s veto of a bill preventing transgender girls […]
(Provo, UT) — Utah County prosecutors rested their case in the high-profile double-murder trial of Jerrod Baum. Investigators say Baum stabbed Riley Powell and Breezy Otteson to death in December 2017 before he threw their bodies down a mine shaft outside of Eureka. The suspect’s former girlfriend, Morgan Henderson, testified […]
(St. George, UT) — Zion National Park has closed The Narrows indefinitely due to high water from the snow run-off. That is in the Virgin River in the park with walls one-thousand-feet high and in some places only 20 feet wide. The Riverside Walk remains open. Visitors are also warned […]
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a Utah woman has died after a fall at the Grand Canyon. Park officials say 34-year-old Margaret Osswald of Salt Lake City was near Ledges Camp along the Colorado River on Monday evening when she fell about 20 feet and sustained […]
The Juab County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in locating a person of interest in an ongoing investigation. In a post to their Facebook page, they shared a picture of the individual and asked anyone with information on their identity to contact the Sheriff’s Office at 435-623-1344, or […]
(Beaver, UT) — Beaver County Sheriff’s deputies alerted parents about a student with a gun outside Beaver High School. In a safety warning, deputies said a witness reported seeing a teen point a handgun at another teen Monday before they both went inside the school building. Deputies found the two […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — University of Utah police are investigating after a campus symbol was vandalized last week. The LGBT Resource Center announced yesterday that duct tape containing hateful messages was placed on the “Block U” on March 31st, which was also Transgender Day of Visibility. The Block U […]
(Washington, DC) — Republican Senator Mike Lee plans to vote against advancing the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the full Senate. Senator Lee cited lowered sentences given by Judge Jackson in child pornography cases and a child rape case. Jackson’s nomination is expected to advance to […]
(Washington, DC) — Republican Senator Mitt Romney will vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination. Alaska Republican Lisa Murkowski also announced that she will be supporting Jackson. That means three GOP senators have now stated they will back Jackson becoming the first Black woman to sit on […]
