LAYTON, Utah (AP) — Police are seeking information about an Asian food truck in Utah that was damaged with racist graffiti over the weekend. Layton police Sgt. Tracy Hokum said Monday it’s too early to know if it will be investigated as a hate crime. KTVS reports the World Famous […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A committee created to consider a name change for a university in Utah voted Monday against weighing options that include the word Dixie. Dixie State University has been studying the impact of changing its name for nearly a year following a national outcry against racial […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A session that used to be reserved for men only at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ twice-annual conference has been scrapped. Church leaders said Monday that the decision was made because the session is now available online for anyone to watch. The […]
SPRINGDALE, Utah (AP) — Officials at a national park in Utah say a 26-year-old woman has died after falling in a canyon. Zion National Park officials say in a news release Sunday that visitors reported the woman was canyoneering alone and had fallen 50 to 80 feet Saturday afternoon. Crews […]
KAYSVILLE, Utah (AP) — Police in Utah are investigating a possible hate crime after a rainbow pride flag was burned and a note targeting the LGBTQ community was left behind. KSL News Radio reports a homeowner in Kaysville told police early Thursday morning that a flag was cut from a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has made her recommendation about whether to reverse former President Donald Trump’s decision to downsize two sprawling national monuments in Utah. But details on her decision have not been released. A court filing Thursday in a legal battle that began more […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Since Utah lawmakers passed legislation earlier this year allowing immigrants to become police for the first time, the Ogden Police Department has received a number of applicants. Chief Eric Young tells the Standard-Examiner sees the change as a means to help with recruitment of new officers, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Conservation groups have sued the federal government over the Trump administration’s decision to allow construction of new four-lane highway through a national conservation area in southern Utah that includes protected habitat for the Mojave desert tortoise. The group Conserve Southwest Utah sued Friday, arguing that […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s board of education has passed new rules around how race can be taught in K-12 schools. The Deseret News reports the board on Thursday confirmed new rules that would ensure that children in K-12 schools aren’t taught that any race, gender or religion is […]
SALT LAKE (AP) — Police are investigating an overnight shooting in Salt Lake City that left a 20-year-old man dead and four other people with injuries. The shooting occurred at about 1:40 a.m. Sunday in front of a home where people were gathered in a residential area near Salt Lake […]
