SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A former Utah nurse has pleaded guilty to stealing painkillers and infecting several patients with hepatitis C. The Salt Lake Tribune reports 53-year-old Elet Neilson pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to tampering with a consumer product and fraudulently obtaining a controlled substance. Court documents […]
CLEARFIELD, Utah (AP) — An Ogden man has been accused of sexually assaulting three women in Clearfield nearly two decades ago. Clearfield police say 69-year-old Mark Douglas Burns was arrested Wednesday after an investigation using familial matching DNA samples. The Standard-Examiner reports the Davis County Attorney’s Office has filed 17 […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah officials say they have shaved $100 million off the estimated price of a proposed pipeline that would pull water from Lake Powell. The Utah Division of Water Resources said in a news release Wednesday the cost savings come from scrapping plans for two reservoirs […]
Sanpete County, Utah – Sanpete County search and rescue responded to a call for help on Monday when a hunter collapsed while hiking back to his vehicle. The man was hiking with his son-in-law after they had spent the afternoon hunting elk near the Fish Creek recreation area in northern […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — County officials in Utah have agreed to pay $2.6 million to the Navajo Nation following a voting rights case that reconfigured voting districts. The Salt Lake City reported Tuesday that the San Juan County Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to pay plaintiff fees to Navajo Nation attorneys over […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 58-year-old man who killed a Utah Highway Patrol trooper in 1978 has been approved for parole early next year. The state Board of Pardons and Parole website held a hearing Friday on Brian Keith Stack’s latest parole request and the agency’s website says parole […]
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The Trump administration has delayed an Obama-era proposal that could allow the federal government to charge for water drawn from reservoirs it manages. Army Assistant Secretary for Civil Works R.D. James says in a memo Monday that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will delay the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Thousands of people in Utah will be able to clear their old criminal records after a mass reduction of criminal charges by the top prosecutor in its largest county, a step that’s among the first of its kind in the country. Salt Lake County District […]
TREMONTON, Utah (AP) — Authorities report a minor earthquake shook parts of Box Elder County in northern Utah on Tuesday. County spokesman Mitch Zundel said there were many reports of people feeling the quake of magnitude 3.9 at 10:15 a.m. MDT but that there was no immediate report of damage […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah-based coal company has announced an old coal mine is expected to resume production in eastern Utah bringing hundreds of jobs to the region. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Utah’s largest coal producer Wolverine Fuels is expected to reactivate the former Trail Mountain coal mine […]
