RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court is weighing a challenge to a Virginia law that allows police to arrest “habitual drunkards” and send them to jail for up to a year for possessing alcohol. A survey conducted by the Legal Aid Justice Center shows that Virginia and Utah […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A new audit found drug use is widespread inside an overcrowded Salt Lake City homeless shelter that’s been marked for closure after a spate of violence nearby. Lax enforcement of rules and procedures meant to deter drug use is endangering people seeking shelter at the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah is planning to file a lawsuit against manufacturers of the opioid OxyContin, claiming the company is responsible for high rates of overdoses and deaths. State chief criminal deputy Spencer Austin told lawmakers Wednesday that the attorney’s general office will take action against drugmaker Purdue […]
Joseph Gentry, who is the oldest continuing on-air broadcaster in America, will be inducted into the Utah Broadcasters Hall of Fame Thursday, May 17, 2018 in Richfield, UT. Known in Richfield and surrounding areas as “Uncle Joe,” Gentry will be 101 years old , July 21. He was born in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Mormon church has asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit accusing leaders of brushing aside rape allegations against a former missionary training center director dating from 1984. Many people who could have testified about what happened in the 1980s have died or have only […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The former head of Utah Valley University’s anti-discrimination office has filed a lawsuit accusing the school of unfairly firing her after she raised concerns about potential discrimination against women and non-Mormons. Melissa Frost said Tuesday that she faced retaliation for whistleblowing about the university’s hiring […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Authorities say the body of a Utah man who went missing last year has been found. The Daily Herald reports investigators with the Utah County Sheriff’s Office recovered the body of Steven Reed Terry from a farm near Spanish Fork on Monday. Sgt. Spencer Cannon says Terry went […]
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A federal judge says U.S. wildlife officials acted illegally in 2015 when they denied Endangered Species Act protection for a distinct population of “bi-state” sage grouse in California and Nevada. U.S. District Judge Joseph Spero ruled in San Francisco Tuesday the Fish and Wildlife Service ignored […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah family has video from a baby cam of an intruder who entered their home, exposed himself and masturbated in a bedroom where a mother and infant child were sleeping. Layton police released a clip of the footage Tuesday in which the unidentified man is partially […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge in California on Tuesday struck down the city of Oakland’s ban on coal shipments at a proposed cargo terminal, siding with a developer who wants to use the site to transport Utah coal to Asia. In a scathing ruling, U.S. District Judge Vince […]
