SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah police shot a man they say had a crowbar and was breaking windows near Salt Lake City. The West Valley City Police Department say they got a call around 1:30 a.m. Monday that a man had a metal object and was possibly trying to […]
SPRINGDALE, Utah (AP) — The small crowd cheered as local leaders smashed gold-tipped sledgehammers into the old wood door of a home on Zion Park Boulevard Thursday. A former motel built with wood from Zion National Park will be rebuilt as the Springdale History Center, a museum dedicated to the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The card millions of people have used to prove their identity to everyone from police officers to liquor store owners may soon be a thing of the past as a growing number of states develop digital driver’s licenses. With the advent of digital wallets and […]
COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS, Utah (AP) — The family of a teenager shot to death in 2018 by Cottonwood Heights police has filed a federal lawsuit against the city, its police department, and some officers after violent clashes occurred at a protest in August. KUTV reports in the lawsuit filed this week […]
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Attorneys for a Utah man who pleaded guilty to murder in the beating death of his wife on an Alaska cruise say he had brain abnormalities that a defense expert deemed consistent with injuries caused by playing contact sports. Attorneys for Kenneth Manzanares say that, along […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 16-year-old Utah boy has been charged as an adult with stabbing a woman to death after she told him to stop using racial slurs. Court documents say Izaak Joseph Vijil was charged Thursday in the death of 34-year-old Melissa Wood in Murray on April […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The family of a Utah man who was shot and killed by a police officer are suing the police department for his death. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the family of Bryan Peña-Valencia is claiming that Omar Flores, an officer with the Unified Police Department […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s governor says the state has no plans to renew a mask order for K-12 schools next fall. The decision comes after months of mounting pressure from parents calling for the mandate’s end. Republican Gov. Spencer Cox has previously defended his administration’s decision to mandate […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Supreme Court has affirmed the right of transgender people to change their sex designation on birth certificates. Thursday’s ruling came as a bright spot for advocates amid a wave of legislation targeting transgender people around the country. Several states have passed bills banning […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A mask uproar at a Salt Lake City area school district meeting prompted officials to call in the police. KUTV-TV reports parents were incensed that children would still have to wear masks in schools even though face coverings are no longer required elsewhere. A spokesperson […]
