SEATTLE (AP) — Six Western states and several national industry groups have lined up against Washington state in a legal battle over its decision to reject permits for a massive proposed coal-export terminal on the Columbia River. Utah-based Lighthouse Resources, which operates coal mines in Montana and Wyoming, sued Washington […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Officials say a vandal turned himself in after receiving backlash on social media for defacing a rock at a popular hiking spot in Zion National Park. Authorities say the visitor wrote his Instagram username on a rock at Angels Landing in the southwestern Utah park. […]
RICHFIELD, Utah-Per an official press release, Mid-Utah Radio’s own Joe Gentry is going into the Utah Broadcasters Hall of Fame. Thursday evening at Richfield, “Uncle Joe,” as he is known throughout the greater Richfield area, will be honored with induction into this elite club. Gentry, who turns 101 on July […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The girlfriend of a man accused of killing a teenage couple has taken a plea deal on drug and weapon charges that stem from an arrest that led her to finally acknowledge she knew of the whereabouts of the bodies. Utah online court records show […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Supreme Court has heard arguments in a lawsuit against a former federal judge accused of sexually assaulting a teenage witness when he was a prosecutor handling a white supremacist serial-killer trial. The case heard Monday is a key test of a law aimed […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Salt Lake Tribune is laying off one-third of its staff in a major reduction that comes two years after a wealthy Utah family purchased the newspaper. The Tribune reports that 34 of the newsroom’s 90 employees were informed Monday they were being let go. Owner and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — State election officials are investigating reports of unauthorized changes to some voters’ political parties on their voter registrations. The Deseret News reports members of the United Utah Party including the young party’s first congressional candidate Jim Bennett reported that their voter registrations were changed to unaffiliated or […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Utah’s higher education governing body will make interviews for university presidents public in an effort to make the search processes more transparent. The Herald Journal reports Utah System of Higher Education Communications Director Melanie Heath said Friday the Utah Board of Regents “intends to make open meetings with […]
Jena Bailey was chosen Saturday evening from a field of seven young ladies to represent Ephraim City for the next year at the Miss Ephraim scholarship pageant. Jena is the daughter of Tom and Michelle Bailey. Joining Jena will be 1st attendant Alyssa Ogden, daughter of Craig and Jana Ogden; […]
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — The Colorado River’s peak flows are arriving early this spring and at one of the lowest levels recorded. The Daily Sentinel reports that peak flows are expected Sunday on the Colorado and Gunnison rivers, at about 8,500 cubic feet per second near the Utah line. Only the […]
