Listen Live

 
 

Local News

Mormon president: Don’t use ‘Mormon’ or ‘LDS’ as church name

Mormon president: Don’t use ‘Mormon’ or ‘LDS’ as church name

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The faith has the famous Mormon Tabernacle Choir, recently made a documentary about its members called “Meet the Mormons” and uses “Mormon” in its official website addresses. But on Thursday church President Russell M. Nelson said he wants people to stop using “Mormon,” or “LDS” […]

Read More

Mom donates toys secretly ordered by Utah girl online

Mom donates toys secretly ordered by Utah girl online

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah mother decided to donate nearly $400 worth of toys that her 6-year-old daughter secretly ordered from Amazon to a Salt Lake City children’s hospital. Catherine Lunt didn’t learn about her daughter’s secret shopping spree until it was too late to stop most of […]

Read More

Convictions, life sentence upheld in killing of Utah deputy

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld a man’s convictions and life sentence in the 2010 killing of a Utah sheriff’s deputy who was gunned down during a traffic stop. The court denied Roberto Miramontes Roman’s appeal of his 2017 federal convictions […]

Read More

Fire restrictions loosen slightly in Fishlake National Forest

Fire restrictions loosen slightly in Fishlake National Forest

The US Forest Service is lifting some fire restrictions in Fishlake National Forest. The restrictions now include prohibiting using a fire outside a designated area. Smoking is also prohibited except inside a vehicle or building, or a developed recreation site. The Forest Service is crediting recent precipitation for helping lower […]

Read More

Body of firefighter killed in California returns to Utah

Body of firefighter killed in California returns to Utah

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The body of a Utah firefighter who died battling the largest recorded blaze in California history returned to his home state Wednesday. Cal Fire officials escorted Matthew Burchett’s casket Wednesday to an airport in the Northern California city of Ukiah. Burchett’s wife, brother and a […]

Read More

Parents of LGBT kids appeal to panel on gender-change rules

Parents of LGBT kids appeal to panel on gender-change rules

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Parents of transgender and intersex children in Utah are asking state lawmakers not to bar their kids from officially changing their gender on birth certificates. Amie Schofield said Wednesday she fears her 4-year-old daughter could be bullied or ostracized if school records reveal her birth […]

Read More

Federal agency issues proposals for downsized Utah monuments

Federal agency issues proposals for downsized Utah monuments

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The U.S. government on Wednesday issued proposals for managing two national monuments in Utah that were significantly downsized by President Donald Trump last year, saying its preference for one of the sites would be the “least restrictive to energy and mining development.” The Bureau of […]

Read More

Hiker’s body found on Zion National Park trail

Hiker’s body found on Zion National Park trail

SPRINGDALE, Utah (AP) — Authorities at Zion National Park say they’ve found the body of a missing hiker and are working to recover it. Park rangers said in a statement Wednesday that 47-year-old Maurice Harris was found at the dead end of Deertrap Mountain trail, an offshoot of the larger […]

Read More

Design flaw in state-issued IDs may cause issues at airport

Design flaw in state-issued IDs may cause issues at airport

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah residents without a star on their state-issued driver’s licenses may soon be turned away by airport security. The Department of Homeland Security requires Utah drivers’ licenses to have a little gold star on the top right corner, the Deseret News reported. The missing star threatens […]

Read More

Monroe City moving forward to increase taxes after public hearing

Monroe City moving forward to increase taxes after public hearing

The Monroe City Council is moving forward with a plan to increase city property taxes by 100 percent. The money will be used to update and improve the streets. The property tax increase will only affect the city’s portion of property taxes according to City Councilman, Michael Mathie. Mathie says […]

Read More