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Provo’s first female mayor will be Huntsman’s running mate

Provo’s first female mayor will be Huntsman’s running mate

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah governor candidate Jon Huntsman, Jr. has named Provo’s first female mayor as his running mate. The Republican and ex-U.S. ambassador to Russia said in a statement Friday that Michelle Kaufusi would bring “an important local perspective” as lieutenant governor. She was elected mayor in […]

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Salina City Police seeking help in robbery case

Salina City Police are asking for the public’s help. According to a post on their Facebook page a woman with her kids entered the Scenic Quickstop in Salina on Dec. 22 and stole multiple items from the store. According to the post “she has been seen in Salina and Richfield […]

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Romney returns to Utah to explain his impeachment decision

Romney returns to Utah to explain his impeachment decision

U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney was back in Utah explaining his vote to convict President Donald Trump amid pushes by some angry GOP state legislators to create a way to recall the senator.  Romney did not speak publicly in the state and his meetings Thursday with legislative leaders were held behind […]

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Elizabeth Smart says she was sexually assaulted on flight

Elizabeth Smart says she was sexually assaulted on flight

Utah kidnapping and rape survivor Elizabeth Smart says she was sexually assaulted on an airplane last year. Smart said on “CBS This Morning” Thursday that she was sleeping when she felt someone’s hand rubbing her inner thigh. She says the last time someone touched her without permission was when she was […]

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Final plans done for 2 Utah national monuments Trump shrunk

Final plans done for 2 Utah national monuments Trump shrunk

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 the Interior said Thursday on […]

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Church to remove missionaries from China amid virus outbreak

Church to remove missionaries from China amid virus outbreak

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced it will transfer or release all of its missionaries out of two Chinese cities amid concerns over a new virus that originated in the country. The Deseret News reported Tuesday that there are 125 missionaries […]

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Polygamist testifies against former partner in fraud scheme

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah polygamist who pleaded guilty to money fraud in a nearly $500 million biodiesel fraud scheme is testifying against a California businessman who prosecutors allege helped him expand the operation. Jacob Kingston began testifying Wednesday for the U.S. government in its case against gas station […]

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Romney impeachment vote heartens some, angers others in Utah

Romney impeachment vote heartens some, angers others in Utah

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 […]

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Utah woman pleads guilty to attempted murder, animal cruelty

LOGAN, Utah (AP) — A Utah woman accused of aiding in two suicide attempts and killing the victim’s dogs has pleaded guilty. The Herald-Journal reported 38-year-old Teresa Renae Clark of Salt Lake City pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree aggravated attempted murder. The charges were reduced from first-degree felonies […]

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Sen. Romney breaks with GOP, will vote to convict Trump

Sen. Romney breaks with GOP, will vote to convict Trump

Utah Sen. Mitt Romney says he will vote to convict President Donald Trump. That makes him the first and likely only Republican in the Senate’s impeachment trial who will break ranks and favor removing him from office. Romney was his party’s 2012 presidential nominee, and he’s clashed often with Trump. Romney […]

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