SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah Senate committee has approved legislation barring abortions sought because a fetus has been diagnosed with Down syndrome. This is the second year the bill has been introduced, and the committee vote on Wednesday came after the sponsor added language addressing concerns that the […]
Beaver County Search and Rescue crews have recovered the body of a snowmobiler who disappeared in an avalanche Thursday evening on Circleville Mountain. Sergeant Glen Woolsey says three people on snowmobiles were in the bowl area on Circleville Mountain when the avalanche hit. A man riding behind the first two […]
Avalanche Warning issued February 07 at 4:51AM MST by NWS Saltlake THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE FOREST SERVICE UTAH AVALANCHE CENTER. THE FOREST SERVICE UTAH AVALANCHE CENTER IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS CONTINUED A BACKCOUNTRY AVALANCHE WARNING. * AFFECTED AREA…THE WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS AND THE […]
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — West Valley City police investigating the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old boy say they’ve recovered three guns and that one might have been used in the shooting. Police say the owner of one gun found in the home where Marquez Grajeda was shot Tuesday […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah House committee has passed a bill that would ban even holding a cellphone while driving. The Deseret News reports the House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee voted Wednesday to recommend the bill. The bill, sponsored by House Minority Whip Carol Spackman Moss, D-Holladay, makes […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A panel of lawmakers signed off Tuesday on a declaration that Utah doesn’t need new gun-control measures like a so-called red flag law. The vote came after a number of people spoke for and against the resolution from Republican Rep. Cory Maloy, a pro-gun rights […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A proposed amendment that would replace much of the gender-specific terminology in the Utah Constitution has moved through a state Senate panel. The Salt Lake Tribune reports members of the state Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee voted unanimously Tuesday to advance the measure to the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers are being asked to find nearly $20 million more in spending to cover the costs of the state’s worst wildfire season on record. The Deseret News reports the state has already spent $42 million on fire suppression costs and post-fire rehabilitation for the 1,327 wildfires […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A panel of Utah lawmakers has unanimously approved removing a provision in the state constitution that allows slavery as punishment for a crime. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the Tuesday vote came after religious leaders, activists and others spoke up to say slavery doesn’t belong anywhere in […]
You can now get money for killing feral mink in Sevier County Sevier County Commissioners approved the bounty last week. According to commissioner Tooter Ogden, they have been working on controlling the feral population for a while. They’re now hoping this bounty can help stop the feral populations from breeding […]
