DRAPER, Utah (AP) — Officials say nearly 200 of the 540 positions at Utah State Prison are vacant. KUTV reports the staffing shortage has forced Utah Department of Corrections officials to bus eight corrections officer more than 100 miles from the prison in Gunnison to the state prison in Draper […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Officials have re-opened the only road in and out of a Utah ski area east of Salt Lake City that was closed for days after multiple avalanches. Alta Ski Area visitors and employees were required to stay indoors until Little Cottonwood Canyon reopened Saturday. The […]
HONOLULU (AP) — A U.S. judge recently sided with three American Samoans in Utah wanting to be recognized as citizens. The American Samoa government is expected to appeal, and has until Monday to do so. Many in the U.S. territory are perfectly happy being U.S. nationals who can’t vote in most […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah is paying public employees to travel to Mexico to fill their prescription medications in a program aimed at reducing the high cost of prescription drugs. State officials say about 10 people have participated in the program, saving Utah about $225,000 in the year since […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police in Salt Lake City say a woman was found dead inside an apartment after an officer was wounded in a shootout with a man inside the unit. Officers responded to the apartment in a downtown complex at around 3:30 a.m. on Monday. Police say […]
Construction has officially begun for the solar power plant in Sigurd. According to Sevier County economic development director, Malcolm Nash, the project will cover 600 acres on either side of Interstate 70 and will provide 80 megawatt. Up to 300 workers are expected to help with the construction phase of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A new report has detailed how pipes in some Utah homes were flooded with water tainted by excess fluoride. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the analysis released Thursday outlined how a fluoridation pump malfunction occurred in Sandy in February 2019. The investigative review was mandated […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mitt Romney’s status as one of few Republicans willing to publicly criticize President Donald Trump is well known is his adopted home of Utah, but many were still surprised by his impeachment vote against him and unequivocal speech Wednesday. Reactions were at odds in a state […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The U.S. government is implementing final management plans for two national monuments in Utah that President Donald Trump downsized. The plans ensure lands previously off-limits to energy development will be open to mining and drilling despite pending lawsuits. Casey Hammond of the U. S. Department of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah polygamist who pleaded guilty for his role in a nearly $500 million biodiesel fraud scheme says a California businessmen who helped him carry out the plan offered protection from prosecution from law enforcement. Jacob Kingston said Thursday during a trial that he and Lev […]
