WASHINGTON (AP) — Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch is backtracking after saying that he wasn’t concerned that prosecutors implicated President Donald Trump in a crime. The Republican in a statement said he spoke “imprudently” in a CNN interview Tuesday. During the interview, he dismissed federal prosecutors who said Trump directed his […]
Prosecutors in Sanpete County are charging five people with trying to smuggle drugs into a state prison facility in Gunnison. Talon Hamann, Kelcy Roberts, Patrick Sullivan, Colton Olsen and Brian Olsen were all charged with attempted drug distribution Tuesday. Investigators say the five created a plan to place drugs in […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Hope4Utah’s idea that it takes a village to raise a child — and to save one — may expand to college and university campuses. Hope4Utah’s Hope Squad programs, which trains students to recognize the warning signs of depressed or suicidal peers and report the signs to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Chicago native who has been on death row in Utah for more than three decades for the death of a Provo woman is seeking a new trial. Douglas Stewart Carter, 63, is asking the state Supreme Court to order a new hearing based on […]
Law enforcement officers across Utah are investigating at least 50 bomb threats in the state that may be part of a nationwide hoax. Sevier County Sheriff Nate Curtis says a trucking company in Aurora in Sevier County received a threat Thursday. Authorities say the threats have targeted a range of […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Calls from jail suggest two Utah men are blaming each other for fatally shooting a homeless man. The Standard-Examiner reports Weber County residents Cory Michael Fitzwater and Dalton James Aiken each are charged with one count of murder and possession of a firearm by a restricted person. The […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A recently unsealed search warrant says a Utah teen secretly gave birth to a baby at her home, and then, after it died, hid the body in a drawer in her closet. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that when the 17-year-old girl’s father found the dead newborn […]
Ephraim Middle School held their 68th annual Candlelight ceremony on Wednesday evening, and two local people were presented with the Candlelight award. Carol Nelson of Ephraim and Vaun Mickelsen of Manti were both honored for their service to the community. Carol was born and raised in Ephraim and worked for […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — City council members in Utah’s largest city have voted to raise their own salaries by nearly $10,000 in a move they argue will allow more people from all economic backgrounds to consider serving in the future. Members of the Salt Lake City Council voted unanimously […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Outgoing U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah bemoaned the disappearance of political civility, kinship and cross-party collaboration during a farewell speech where he called the Senate a legislative body in “crisis.” The 84-year-old Hatch spoke Wednesday on the Senate floor in Washington. He will step […]
