SPANISH FORK, Utah (AP) — Local officials say two Utah wildfires could keep evacuees out of their homes for weeks. The Utah County Sheriff’s Office and the mayor of Elk Ridge warned Monday that 6,000 residents could be ordered to stay away for at least two weeks. Firefighters say the […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Saratoga Springs officials say they were able to thwart a social media threat related to Westlake High School that was discovered by the FBI. Principal Gary Twitchell said in a letter sent to parents on Saturday afternoon that the Saratoga Springs Police Department was alerted to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mormon church leaders are calling for Utah lawmakers to pass medical-marijuana legislation by the end of the year even as they urge people to vote against an insurgent ballot measure that would legalize it. The Deseret News reported Sunday that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Mormon man who led a campaign criticizing the church’s practice of allowing closed-door, one-on-one interviews of youth by lay leaders has been kicked out of the faith. Sam Young read a verdict letter for the first time Sunday that had been delivered to him […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities have arrested a juvenile for allegedly starting a brush fire in Herriman that burned two homes and prompted neighborhoods to be evacuated. Unified Fire Authority officials say the juvenile sparked the blaze while allegedly playing with a smoke bomb. The name and age of […]
HOOPER, Utah (AP) — A northern Utah city worker has died after he fell headfirst into a pipe in the city’s sewer system and drowned. The Weber County Sheriff’s Office said Saturday that the worker with the city of Hooper was stuck after he fell in the pipe. A co-worker […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The political signs sprouting up across the Salt Lake City area on overpasses, pedestrian bridges and highway boundary fences are technically illegal but the law isn’t really enforced. Utah Department of Transportation spokesman John Gleason tells the Salt Lake Tribune that it is illegal to place campaign […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A new report says a firefighter battling the largest wildfire in California history was killed last month when thousands of gallons of flame-suppressing liquid were dropped from a Boeing 747 flying only 100 feet (30 meters) above treetops. The retardant struck with such force it uprooted […]
SPANISH FORK, Utah (AP) — The Latest on a Utah wildfire that has forced the evacuation of hundreds of homes (all times local): 10:45 a.m. A fast-moving Utah wildfire fanned by high-winds has more than doubled in size as it burns through dry terrain and forces evacuations of hundreds of […]
SPANISH FORK, Utah (AP) — A fast-growing wildfire roaring through dry terrain in Utah has forced the evacuation of hundreds of homes. People were told to leave three communities near the city of Spanish Fork on Thursday after the lightning-sparked blaze exploded in size to 31 square miles (80 square […]
