According to the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office, wind on Saturday has helped reignite a fire in Elsinore from Wednesday. A residence was threatened and neighbors have been evacuated. Several fences and other sheds also caught on fire. The smoke from the fire temporarily closed highway 89 and slowed traffic on […]
FISHLAKE NATIONAL FOREST, Utah-Per a report from the official Twitter account of Utah Fire Info, a controlled burn on the Fishlake National Forest went well Friday. On Thursday, after a successful burn removed 100 acres of dead trees, the success continued on Friday. Friday’s blaze saw 50-100 acres of dead […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Democrats in deep-red Utah are looking to Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams to flip one of the state’s four Republican-controlled congressional districts and help take control of the U.S. House. But first he has to win the party’s nomination against four challengers at the […]
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Federal land managers are again seeking congressional backing to sterilize, euthanize or sell for slaughter tens of thousands of wild horses roaming public lands across the West. But the Bureau of Land Management has added a new idea for culling overpopulated herds: $1,000 paychecks for those […]
GARFIELD COUNTY, Utah-Per the official Twitter account of UDOT Traffic, an accident occurred Friday near Hatch. The incident occurred at 11:42 am MDT Friday morning on U.S. Highway 89 at milepost 123, 7 miles north of Hatch, one mile south of the Bryce Canyon Junction. Clearance time was estimated at […]
MIDVALE, Utah (AP) — Officials say as many as six people were injured in a multi-vehicle wreck involving Utah Transit Authority paratransit bus that ended up on its side on Interstate 15 in the Salt Lake City area. Authority spokesman Carl Arky tells the Deseret News the driver was the only person […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Family members of two Utah teenagers whose bound bodies were found down an abandoned mine shaft say they’re preparing for long criminal case for the man accused in their deaths. Prosecutors and defense attorneys asked for more time Thursday to prepare in the case of 41-year-old […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah militia group leader pleaded guilty Thursday to trying to blow up a federally owned cabin in Arizona in what prosecutors call a case of domestic terrorism. William Keebler, 59, was angry about federal management of public lands and wanted to retaliate against the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Mormon church says a man supervising young missionaries in Puerto Rico was removed from the post and kicked out of the religion after female missionaries reported behavior that was “immoral and sinful.” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ spokesman Eric Hawkins said […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert says he will oppose ballot initiatives allowing medical marijuana and expanding Medicaid in his state, but is okay with two other potential measures in November. Herbert said Thursday during his monthly televised news conference on KUED-TV that the medical marijuana measure […]
