PHOENIX (AP) — A lawyer for an Arizona elected official charged in three states with facilitating an illegal international adoption scheme says prosecutors have miscast his client as a human smuggler. Attorney Matt Long said Tuesday Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen cares deeply for the birth mothers from the Marshall […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah health officials say the number of cases of lung damage linked to vaping is up to 83, with 11 more potential cases being investigated. The state Department of Health announced the new tally Tuesday, a rise in the 76 cases reported earlier. Most patients […]
(Information from: The Daily Herald, http://www.heraldextra.com) PROVO, Utah (AP) — Authorities say people may see smoke near the site of several wildfire burn scars over the next few weeks, but it will be coming from a prescribed burn. The Daily Herald reports that the project near Sheep Creek in Spanish Fork […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus of Christ of Latter-day Saints is opposing a proposed ban on conversion therapy in Utah, just months after it said it wouldn’t stand in the way of a similar rule under consideration. The church said in a statement posted Tuesday night […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah trooper is being praised as a hero after saving a man stranded on train tracks. A dashcam video tweeted on Wednesday by the Utah Highway Patrol shows officer Ruben Correa running toward a car that had crashed on the train tracks and pulling […]
The Richfield Ranger District on the Fishlake National Forest plans to conduct a prescribed fire project in late October or early November. This Project would take place near Annabella Reservoir following rifle season. This is a continuation of similar prescribed fires that have been implemented as part of the Monroe […]
Duchesne County schools have an increased presence from law enforcement after an alleged school threat on social media. According to authorities, district officials were made aware of an alleged threat to Union high school early on the morning of Oct. 16 that was made by one of the students […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah health officials are issuing a reminder for people to get the flu vaccine. KUTV in Salt Lake City reported Monday that the Utah Department of Health has found four patients have been hospitalized due to influenza. The agency recommends anyone age 6 months or older get […]
(Information from: The Salt Lake Tribune, http://www.sltrib.com) SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A power outage in Utah is keeping print subscribers of three newspapers from reading the Sunday print editions. Officials with Newspaper Agency Corp. say a blown transformer knocked out power to the print facility in West Valley on Saturday […]
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The family of a missing Utah tech executive has called off a search for her after police reported that a body was found inside a parked car in the San Francisco Bay Area. Police in San Jose said the body was discovered Saturday in an […]
