SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The U.S. government’s final management plan for lands in and around a Utah national monument that President Donald Trump downsized doesn’t include many new protections for the cliffs, canyons, waterfalls and arches found there, but it does include a few more safeguards than were in […]
PAYSON, Utah (AP) — The Latest on a Utah wildfire (all times local): 11:35 a.m. A wildfire burning near Payson in Utah County in north-central Utah has grown to 10 square miles (26 square. kilometers). Fire officials said Thursday that the fire started late Wednesday and that crews overnight used […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah state lawmaker is the latest Republican to announce a challenge to Democratic Congressman Ben McAdams, who won a razor-thin race last year. Utah Senate Majority Whip Dan Hemmert on Wednesday said he wants to represent conservative, free-market values against a growing interest in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert is calling for increased discussions about mental health and violent video games in response to recent mass shootings, and lamenting that President Donald Trump’s messaging sometimes distracts from the administration’s strong policy. The Republican governor made his comments Wednesday during his […]
Fire officials are battling a fire in Beaver County burning near I-15 that has caused road closures and heavy delays in the area. The Mile Marker 122 fire is estimated 350 acres, burning ten miles North of Beaver. Officials believe the blaze is human caused. There is no containment as […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah legislators are drafting a proposal to scrap a planned state-run medical cannabis dispensary system after facing pressure from county attorneys who said the system put public employees at risk of being prosecuted under federal drug laws. Republican Senate Majority Leader Evan Vickers says medical […]
A Sanpete County man is in custody after he was accused of trying to kill his step-father and brother. Oscar Manuel Garcia was allegedly involved in an altercation with the two in July at which time they both received stab wounds. Deputies wernt to a trailer in Chester on Monday, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal judge has tossed a lawsuit by a Utah filmmaker who claimed the makers of the movie “Nightcrawler” stole the idea from his movie about a freelance videographer selling footage of wrecks and homicides. The Salt Lake Tribune reported Tuesday that U.S. District Judge Dee Benson […]
Red Flag Warning issued August 21 at 12:00PM MDT until August 22 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Saltlake …RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 479…481… 482…483…484…488…489…493 AND 494… The National Weather Service in […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Utah man who serves as a local leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is accused of illegally photographing a woman in Tennessee in a mall dressing room. According to an affidavit filed in criminal court in Nashville, the incident began last […]
