SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah is known for its high birth rate, but an ongoing lag has researchers wondering if the state is in a new era of lower fertility. The state’s demographers expected people to start having more children as they recovered from the Great Recession, but new […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s juvenile judges will soon begin taking on cases in adult court, a move to help relieve crowded courtrooms in the state’s most populated judicial district. The Deseret News reports the judges next year will preside over an adult’s first court date and decide whether […]
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says a 66-year-old man who was serving a mission was killed in a Christmas day car crash in Iowa. Church spokesman Daniel Woodruff said in a statement.Friday that Craig L. Meyocks died Thursday. The crash occurred in a rural part of the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man who authorities say vandalized a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple because he was upset no women from the faith would date him has been charged with burglary and criminal mischief. Online court records show that charges were filed Thursday against […]
SOUTH OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Authorities in northern Utah say a stabbing was followed by a police pursuit and a shooting in South Ogden. KUTV-TV reports that a confrontation involving a shooting occurred after a police pursuit that ended early Friday morning. Few details have been released but police say […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — State officials in Utah have announced plans to launch a road-user fee program expected to raise money for highways that could someday replace gas taxes. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Utah would implement the program Jan. 1 where volunteer drivers would pay a 1.5 […]
The light rail line that goes through the suburb of South Salt Lake has fueled a residential housing boom over the last four years. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that more than 2,800 apartments, town houses and other homes have been built near TRAX lines and stations since 2015 in the […]
The Utah County Commission followed the governor’s lead by unanimously passing a resolution to clarify the county welcomes refugees. The Daily Herald reports the commission signed a consent letter to accept refugees into Utah County Dec. 17. Gov. Gary Herbert wrote a letter to President Donald Trump saying the state would […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah firefighters are among the U.S. federal and state personnel who have traveled to Australia to help stop brush fires that have prompted a national emergency. The Deseret News reported Tuesday that five federal agencies and 10 states including Utah have sent 21 firefighters to […]
FRISCO, Colo. (AP) — Colorado remains the country’s most dangerous state for avalanches. The Colorado Avalanche Information Center says the number of avalanche deaths in Colorado since 1950 has far surpassed that of any other state, and last winter was no different. Colorado has had 287 avalanche deaths since the […]
