SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A state regulatory appeals board says Utah may have erred in choosing only eight growers for a medical marijuana program set to launch next year. A three-person panel consisting of two state employees and a private attorney made the comment in a written decision made […]
The Meadow Creek Fire in Millard County is now 90% contained following rain showers. The fire has grown to 4,231 acres and the rain Wednesday made travel difficult for firefighters, but they were able to build new containment lines and reinforce existing lines. Firefighters began repairing fences and other activities […]
PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say husband and wife fugitives on the run for over two weeks in the killing of an Arizona man have been captured. The U.S. Marshals Service announced Wednesday night that 56-year-old Blane Barksdale and 59-year-old Susan Barksdale are in custody. The Barksdales escaped Aug. 26 while […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Recyclable materials in a southern Utah county are instead going to a landfill. The Spectrum newspaper reports that the contents of residential recycling bins in Washington County have been going to the trash since mid-July because of contractual issues and a fluctuating recycling market. The county had contracted […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The widow of a Utah firefighter who was killed when a supertanker dropped nearly 20,000 gallons of fire retardant near his position fighting a Northern California fire is suing Cal Fire and the aircraft company for alleged negligence. State investigators found 42-year-old battalion chief Matthew Burchett […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A former Utah high school English teacher has been released from prison after spending the last four years behind bars for sexually abusing three students. Utah Board of Pardons and Parole spokesman Dennis Moxon said Wednesday that 40-year-old Brianne Altice was released Tuesday as planned. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man who pleaded guilty to lying about buying the firearm used to kill college athlete Lauren McCluskey has been sentenced to three years of supervised release. The 22-year-old Nathan Daniel Vogel said Wednesday during a hearing in Salt Lake City that he accepts responsibility […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — A harmful algae bloom is closing the North Beach at Mantua Reservoir in northern Utah. The Herald Journal reports the reservoir east of Brigham City has been under a “warning advisory” since mid-August, and on Monday health department officials increased the warning level on the north […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Businessman Jeff Burningham is throwing his hat into the ring for Utah governor in 2020, becoming the second Republican candidate to officially enter what could become a crowded field. Burningham said Tuesday that he’s a political outsider who would bring his business skills to the […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Police have identified the body that was found in a northern Utah storage unit last week. Ogden police said the human remains have been identified as 41-year-old Alice Ann Valdez. Court records show Valdez had previously pleaded guilty to several drug and trespassing crimes in Utah. […]
