SPRINGDALE, Utah (AP) — Zion National Park in Utah has reopened popular rock-climbing routes after peregrine falcons finished their nesting season on the cliffs. Park rangers say four juvenile falcons were raised successfully, two on Tunnel Wall and two on Angels Landing. Another nest and breeding pair were detected, but […]
Traffic is flowing again on State Route 12 in Red Canyon after flash flooding Thursday afternoon. A mudslide blocked the road in Garfield County and closed a section west of Bryce Canyon City. Officials say a nearby weather station received over an inch of rain in less than an hour […]
Two kids are recovering from being hit by a truck while driving an OHV near Central Valley on Thursday. According to the Utah Highway Patrol, a 13-year-old boy and 12-year-old girl were crossing SR 118 into Central Valley when they were hit by a pick-up traveling North. Authorities are investigating […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jenny Wilson is throwing down the gauntlet to Mitt Romney on immigration. Wilson said in a news conference Thursday Romney is “out of touch” with Utah voters on the issue. She says Romney’s policies are harsh, including ending so-called chain migration, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Prosecutors have filed manslaughter charges against a Utah driver after a fiery car crash that killed three members of a vacationing North Carolina family. Charges were filed Wednesday against 42-year-old Jennifer Diamond, who is accused of hitting the family’s car head-on after moving into the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Zion National Park officials are calling out two groups of visitors who didn’t heed instructions for a demanding canyoneering route and had to be rescued. Officials with the southern Utah park said in a news release this week that the leader of one group mocked […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Salt Lake City Fire Department is among more than a half-dozen Utah agencies sending firefighters and three engines to help battle wildfires in California. Chief Karl Lieb says his department is proud to join other thousands of firefighters who have been working tirelessly to […]
A total of nine young ladies will be competing Friday evening to become the next representatives of Sanpete County. Four contestants will be vying for the title of Miss Sanpete, and five will be participating in the Sanpete County Outstanding Teen pageant. Contestants for Miss Sanpete include Whitney Dyreng, Manti; […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Utah County commissioners are declaring their opposition to the establishment of any needle exchange program, citing fears of discarded needles and possible legal liability. The Daily Herald newspaper reports the county’s addiction-prevention director Richard Nance said Tuesday many such fears are unfounded, but the resolution opposing a program […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A coalition of lawyers, investigators, volunteers and companies is offering a $3,000 reward for information that solves or leads to convictions in any of the 200 unsolved cases of killings and disappearances in Utah. The founders of Utah Cold Case Coalition announced the reward Tuesday […]
