(Information from: Deseret News, http://www.deseretnews.com) SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff has accepted a $600,000 settlement from the state to pay for legal fees accrued during an abandoned criminal case against him. The Deseret News reported Wednesday that Shurtleff faced multiple charges including bribery before a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Statewide enrollment in Utah’s higher education system has increased by 3% or more than 5,400 students. The Utah System of Higher Education released enrollment numbers Wednesday saying there are more than 189,000 students enrolled in public colleges for the fall of 2019. State education officials […]
CORTEZ, Colo. (AP) — Finland has agreed to return to Native American tribes ancestral remains and artifacts taken more than a century ago from what is now Mesa Verde National Park in the Southwest United States. The White House announced the agreement during a news conference in Washington on Wednesday. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah is issuing a new emergency rule restricting the sale of flavored e-cigarettes and requiring warnings about unregulated THC products amid an outbreak of lung illness related to vaping. The Utah Department of Health said in a statement Wednesday that all tobacco sellers will be […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Department of Health has confirmed this year’s first human death from West Nile virus. Authorities said Saturday that a central Utah resident at least 65 years old died from the disease carried by mosquitoes sometime between Sept. 21 and 28. Information about the […]
SHIPROCK, N.M. (AP) — The oldest of several Navajo Nation fairs starts this week in Shiprock. The Northern Navajo Nation Fair features traditional dances and ceremony, art displays, livestock sales, a rodeo, parade and royalty pageants. The exhibit hall, Indian Market and carnival open Thursday on youth and elder day, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff has accepted a $600,000 settlement from the state to pay for legal fees accrued during an abandoned criminal case against him. The Deseret News reported Wednesday that Shurtleff faced multiple charges including bribery before a jury found him not […]
A woman was arrested after stealing a family’s jeep, crashing it, returning the jeep, and taking a nap on the homeowner’s bed. Kyle Martin, age 31 of Joseph, was reportedly driving to Joseph when she got into an argument with her boyfriend near Koosharem on SR 24. After the couple […]
A Richfield resident was arrested for suspicion of DUI of a controlled substance after being pulled over due to a burned out tail light. Cameron Holdaway, age 33 from Richfield, was pulled over for a dead tail light on September 17 around 8:30 p.m. by a Sevier County Deputy. The […]
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints announces that women and children are now allowed to act as witnesses to baptisms ahead of October General Conference. General Authorities and General Officers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints came together October 2, 2019, to hear from the […]
