ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — The St. George area along the border between Utah and Arizona was inundated with flash floods after a torrential downpour. A large thunderstorm rained down more than an inch of water throughout the area. St. George Police Officer Tiffany Atkin told residents to stay inside […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Republican former football player who is challenging Utah’s lone Congressional Democrat will speak at the Republican National Convention this week. Burgess Owens tells the Deseret News he plans to speak about the hope that sustained him growing up Black in the segregated South in […]
Around 1:00 p.m. on Aug 23, officials learned of a shooting in Roosevelt. 911 operators learned that the suspect, who in addition to shooting another person, may have accidentally shot himself in the arm during the incident, had stolen a vehicle and fled the scene. Wasatch County deputies searched the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah has become the fifth state to overhaul crisis guidelines that could have deprived people with disabilities of doctors’ care if hospitals become overwhelmed during the coronavirus pandemic. Roger Severino with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says the changes settle a complaint […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah lawmaker says some teachers haven’t received any personal protective equipment as students return to school. Riebe, who represents Cottonwood Heights, says teachers in her district were “nervous” about the lack of supplies. Education officials say the necessary PPE is in stock and that […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — The family of Jovany Mercado of Ogden held a vigil recently to mark the one-year anniversary of when he was shot and killed by police outside his parents’ home. Police say Mercado disregarded their commands to drop a knife in his hand as he walked toward […]
Red Flag Warning issued August 22 at 2:37PM MDT until August 23 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Saltlake …RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 479…480…481…482…483…484…488…489…494 AND 495… The National Weather Service in Salt […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The University of Utah says it paid extortionists almost half a million dollars after a ransomware attack on some of its computer servers. The college is telling students, staff and faculty to change their university passwords. The university says in a statement it paid $457,000 […]
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The federal Bureau of Land Management has approved construction of three corrals to hold more than 8,000 wild horses captured on federal rangeland. The pens are the next step in plans announced last year by the administration of President Donald Trump to speed up the capture […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah officials attribute this year’s increased number in man made wildfires to the coronavirus pandemic, which has pushed summer recreation outdoors at higher rates. Utah State Forester Brian Cottam says many traditional forms of summer leisure are restricted or banned, meaning record numbers of people […]
