SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake County Councilwoman Aimee Winder Newton is entering the Utah governor’s race. Winder Newton announced her candidacy Wednesday, joining current Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox and businessman Jeff Burningham in the race for the Republican nomination. Other possible candidates reportedly include former Utah House Speaker […]
An Ephraim man riding a motorcycle up Ephraim Canyon Monday evening died after hitting a vehicle coming the other direction head-on. According to a report from the Utah Highway Patrol 46-year-old Jody Brown was riding his Suzuki motorcycle up Ephraim Canyon Road just past 5:30 pm. He was going at […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Several Utah vape shops are suing the state’s Department of Health over its emergency rule restricting the sale of flavored e-cigarettes. The retailers claim in a lawsuit filed Monday in Utah state court that there is no evidence to suggest flavored e-cigarettes are causing lung […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has died in the central African county of Congo. The Utah-based church said in a news release Tuesday that 21-year-old Hermann Keredjim Mwanken died Monday after a brief illness. Church officials didn’t provide any […]
A rancher in Mayfield is offering a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for shooting and killing his family’s livestock. Mark Mecham of Mayfield said in a Facebook post that his family returned from a happy family occasion Wednesday, October 16 […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal judge has rejected an increase in restitution payments by a former county commissioner for an illegal ATV protest ride in a Utah canyon. The Deseret News reported Monday that the judge blocked the federal government’s attempt to force Phil Lyman to increase his monthly payment […]
Three Sevier County residents have been arrested after allegedly burglarizing a home in Central Valley. According to a report from Sevier County Sheriff Nate Curtis deputies were called to a house at 80 N. Main Street in Central Valley on Sunday, October 13. Deputies met with the daughter and son-in-law […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — University of Utah students have walked out of class the day before the one-year anniversary of a student’s death, marking the latest sign of continuing fallout over the slaying of Lauren McCluskey by her ex-boyfriend. More than 100 students gathered Monday to share their own […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah health officials say the number of cases of lung damage linked to vaping is up to 98, with 15 more potential cases being investigated. The new tally announced Monday by the state Department of Health is a rise from 83 cases reported last week. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A week after The Church of Jesus of Christ of Latter-day Saints came out against a ban on so-called conversion therapy in Utah, the state regulatory agency considering the proposal is refusing to release a final tally of how many of the nearly 2,500 public […]
