In the evening of Sep. 21 a new fire began to burn along State Highway 153 about 10 miles east of Beaver. The 3 Creeks Fire began around 5 p.m. on Sep. 21 and crews began to establish a hose lay on the north end of the fire that same […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Mitt Romney is having a homecoming moment. The Utah Republican and 2012 GOP presidential nominee incensed President Donald Trump and Republicans with his impeachment vote. But on Tuesday he cleared the way for his party to replace Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Friday […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Utah Sen. Mitt Romney says he will not oppose a Senate vote on President Donald Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court. In a statement Tuesday, Romney said he intends to follow the Constitution and precedent in considering Trump’s nominee. If the nominee reaches the Senate floor, “I […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A pair of Utah men have been convicted of felony charges stemming from attempts to cheat in a bass fishing tournament. KTVX-TV reports 45-year-old Robert Dennett and 35-year-old Kamron Wootton pleaded guilty to felony bribery or threat to influence a contest and misdemeanor unlawful release […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Body camera footage released Monday from a police shooting that seriously injured a 13-year-old autistic boy in Utah shows that officers shot the boy after his mother asked for help getting him to a hospital and officers agreed to talk to him. The footage shows […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The University of Utah will stop in-person classes for two weeks as the state deals with a coronavirus spike shortly before a planned U.S. vice-presidential debate. Officials said Monday the temporary move to online remote learning comes as Utah during a surge that began after […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities in Utah have discovered the body of a missing hiker on Sunday after he left Idaho a week earlier for a backpacking trip in the Uintas. KUTV-TV reported that the Summit County sheriff’s office said 25-year-old Boise resident Kyle S. Wimpenny was found by […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s wildfire season has broken records for the number of human-caused fires and the costs to taxpayers. KSTU reports that during a presentation of the Utah State Legislature’s powerful Executive Appropriations Committee, the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire & State Lands said it has battled […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A state representative who was found guilty several years ago of leading an illegal ATV protest ride through a southern Utah canyon has been given one month to pay in full the $96,000 in restitution he owes. The arrangement was made after an attorney for […]
On Sep. 17 there was a deadly crash on Interstate 70 in Salina Canyon. Authorities received a call about a small white vehicle driving the wrong way down the freeway and a few minutes later Richfield Communication Center received a call of a head on accident involving the wrong way […]
