CARLSBAD, Calif. (AP) — A pioneer in marketing CBD as a health product has acknowledged selling large quantities of synthetic marijuana which was secretly added to vapes, sickening dozens of people. Janell Thompson helped popularize CBD, the cannabis extract that isn’t supposed to get users high. CBD products from a […]
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A longtime government range specialist who claimed he was fired in retaliation for repeatedly reporting illegal livestock grazing on federal land in eastern Nevada has been reinstated as part of a settlement of his whistleblower complaint against the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. An administrative judge […]
OREM, Utah (AP) — Police in Orem say a Utah Valley University basketball recruit has been accused of sexually abusing a woman at a house party and punching a man who confronted him. They say 20-year-old Zachary Mogbo was booked into the Utah County Jail on Saturday on suspicion of […]
FARMINGTON, Utah (AP) — Authorities say two people are dead after a head-on collision in Farmington involving a vehicle travelling in the wrong direction. Utah Highway Patrol officials say the crash occurred on Legacy Parkway around 11:30 a.m. Saturday. They say the driver of the vehicle going the wrong way […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A project that started as a way for one transgender person to pay for gender-confirmation surgery has grown into a Utah-based nonprofit helping others who can’t afford the procedure. The Daily Herald reports that Ian Giles founded the organization Genderbands, which provides free chest binders and awards grants […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal judge has ruled a Utah county violated the constitutional rights of two Ogden men charged under a gang injunction. The Ogden Standard-Examiner reports U.S. District Judge Clark Waddoups recently ruled Weber County’s injunction process lacked adequate due process to get a hearing before charges and […]
CENTERFIELD, Utah (AP) — Utah pumpkin suppliers have announced a shortage of pumpkins after cold temperatures were reported statewide. KSL-TV reported Thursday that a freeze last week left Beck Family Farms short of pumpkins and is believed to have affected other suppliers. Suppliers at the Centerfield farm say they usually grow about […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate has improved slightly to 2.7%. The Utah Department of Workforce Solutions released the latest monthly employment figures Friday. About 43,365 Utahns actively were looking for work in September. Unemployment was at 2.8% in August. The department’s report also shows non-farm […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Food trucks. Wi-Fi. Hot showers. Those campground upgrades could be coming to a national park near you. The Interior Department is considering recommendations to modernize campgrounds within the National Park Service. The recommendations posted this week come from an advisory committee created under former Interior Secretary […]
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to ease some rules on mining, drilling and grazing across millions of acres in seven U.S. Western states. Judge B. Lynn Winmill said changes adopted by the administration in March likely would cause further declines in […]
