SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The mayor of Salt Lake City is attending a California summit dedicated to continuing the path to clean energy despite President Donald Trump’s withdrawal of the United States from the Paris climate agreement. Mayor Jackie Biskupski will be among business leaders, mayors, governors and activists […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s governor says there’s a statewide shortage of teachers and he’s pushing for better salaries to retain the ones in the classrooms and bring back those who have left. At a news conference Wednesday in Salt Lake City, Gov. Gary Herbert says the state needs […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A panel of federal regulators has lifted the strict government oversight it had imposed on Zions, a big regional bank. The Financial Stability Oversight Council announced Wednesday it had decided to grant the request by Zions allowing it to escape the more strict oversight upon completion of […]
A Mt. Pleasant man will spend 45 days in the Sanpete County Jail for his role in enticing a minor through text messages. Bradford Bentley was a teacher at North Sanpete High School when he sent sexually explicit messages to a 16-year old student in March. He was fired by […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An ex-convict charged with gunning down a University of Utah student from China, using a stolen gun from a previous killing, has pleaded guilty to murder and kidnapping charges. Austin Boutain entered the pleas Wednesday in an agreement with prosecutors that allows him to avoid […]
COVE FORT, Utah (AP) — A small earthquake hit the southwestern Utah desert overnight. The University of Utah’s seismograph stations recorded the 3.8 magnitude earthquake just before midnight Tuesday. The epicenter was 15 miles northwest of Cove Fort, a historical site in Millard County. The university says four aftershocks occurred […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Weber County voters will be asked next year if they want to move forward with a study that will look into the idea of changing the county’s three-commissioner form of government that some critics have called insufficiently representative. The Standard-Examiner reports Weber County commissioners unanimously approved a resolution […]
A fire at the Country Auto Salvage has left behind several damaged cars and tires Tuesday afternoon in Sevier County. According tp the Sevier County Sheriff Nate Curtis, the fire began around 2:30 near Aurora. Investigators believe the fire started as a worker was cutting on a car when a […]
Ephraim City has experienced a broken water line, and the City is requesting residents to suspend outside watering until tomorrow. The break should be repaired by then, and residents can follow the regular watering schedule after today.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A woman convicted of helping a former street preacher kidnap Elizabeth Smart in 2002 will be freed from prison more than five years earlier than expected, a surprise decision that Smart called “incomprehensible” on Tuesday. Wanda Barzee, 72, will be released Sept. 19 after the […]
