SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Only one of Utah’s five national parks will be staffed after the new year as the state pulls back funding during the partial U.S. government shutdown. Utah Office of Tourism managing director Vicki Varela said Friday that a nonprofit will pay about $2,000-$2,500 a day […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah woman who prosecutors say was drunk and speeding when her car struck and killed a Taylorsville man in a crosswalk has been sentenced. A judge on Friday ordered Roxanna Molina to serve up to 20 years in prison for killing 19-year-old Robert Harsh […]
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona and Utah are now in sync on what’s needed to fish on Lake Powell, the Colorado River lake that straddles the border between the two states. The Arizona Game and Fish Department and the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources announced Friday that residents of Arizona and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An annual northern Utah event honoring American West railroad history is being canceled due to the government shutdown. The Winter Steam Festival at the Golden Spike National Monument northwest of Ogden was scheduled for Friday and Saturday. A U.S. government webpage for the event shows […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The United States’ lowest DUI threshold takes effect this weekend in Utah. Lawmakers in the state approved the 0.05 percent blood-alcohol limit in 2017, and Gov. Gary Herbert signed it into law. The change goes into effect Sunday. Utah’s old limit was 0.08 percent, the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Film Commission is touting the economic impacts of productions filmed in the state this year. The 16 productions include documentaries, a television pilot and four series. Some were return visitors, including Paramount and Disney. The commission says that translated to $63 million in […]
DENVER (AP) — National Guard soldiers from Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota and Utah are deploying to Fort Meade, Maryland, as part of a cyber protection team supporting U.S. military operations in Afghanistan. The Colorado guard said Thursday Cyber Protection Team 174 will help the Defense Department with network security […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Wildlife officials want to expand and preserve the undeveloped area surrounding Utah’s Tabby Mountain. However, Utah’s School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration, which oversees the nearly 44-square-mile (114-square-kilometer) block of land, has held out for top dollar, rejecting a previous $40 million offer from the […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Officials say the snowpack levels in Utah’s mountains are about double what they were at the same time last year. Last year was a bad year for the snowpack, leaving the state’s reservoirs low in the summer. The Daily Herald in Provo reports that hydrologist Troy Brosten that […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Highway Patrol says two of its patrol vehicles were involved in collisions as winter weather produced slick conditions on highways Wednesday. The Highway Patrol says neither crash involving its vehicles resulted in injury. According to the Highway Patrol, at least one of the […]
