SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has declared a state of emergency ahead of expected protests at the state Capitol building. Cox, a Republican, has asked the National Guard, Utah Highway Patrol and local police departments to stand by to intervene and protect the Capitol in case […]
An incident Thursday morning has resulted in an Ephraim man being taken into custody. Officers were dispatched to a home in Ephraim after receiving a report of a man threatening to ignite the home with gas from a stove. When officers arrived on the scene, they discovered the man had […]
Members of the Utah Board of Higher Education, students along with state and community leaders will convene virtually this year for the USHE Student Safety Forum. The forum is scheduled for Friday Jan. 15 with the public portion of the meeting beginning at 10:30 a.m. The USHE Student Safety Forum […]
PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona man is claiming he was sexually abused as a Boy Scout and that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints threatened ex-communication when he tried to report it 45 years ago. Attorneys for the man announced a lawsuit Thursday in Maricopa County Superior Court […]
The Sevier County jail is dealing with a small outbreak of COVID-19 cases. Recent testing at the jail has revealed that 22 inmates currently have the Coronavirus. Sevier County Sheriff Nathan Curtis shared his thoughts on the situation saying, “it was something that was inevitable.” Curtis also shared that the […]
A number of concerned citizens virtually attended a public hearing held by the Sanpete County Planning and Zoning Commission on Wednesday, January 13 to accept comments on a draft ordinance dealing with storage containers. The Planning Commission had been instructed by the Sanpete County Commissioners to draft the ordinance dealing […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah State Capitol will be largely closed to the public when lawmakers begin their work for the year next week amid planned protests following in Utah an insurrection on the U.S. Capitol last week. Lawmakers announced Tuesday that public testimony for and against bills […]
Mt. Pleasant City is getting some new city offices. The old Wells Fargo building across the street from city hall has been acquired and the city plans on expanding what has become a rather crowded city hall. The building is expected to house several new offices and serve as a […]
There has been a slight change of plans with how the COVID-19 vaccine is going to be distributed throughout the Central Utah Health District. Utah’s new Governor Spencer Cox has shared that he wants the vaccine’s distribution to pick up pace and with that came a couple of changes. One […]
A federal judge ruled on Jan. 12 that an exploratory project for helium can proceed in Emery County, rejecting claims by the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance that federal land managers failed to appropriately weigh its potential impacts. Judge Rudolph Contreras stated that because of the supply shortage of helium, the […]
