SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Hundreds of new Utah laws are going into effect governing alcohol signs, medical marijuana and first-in-the-nation protections for hands-off parenting. Tuesday is the trigger for most of the more than 500 laws passed by the Utah Legislature this year, 60 days after the end of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Bureau of Land Management has authorized one of Utah’s largest coal mines to receive a fee discount of up to about $19 million. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the federal agency granted the royalty reduction to Sufco Mine in March, lowering the 8 percent royalty rate […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A company seeking to mine for uranium in South Dakota is merging with another uranium exploration and development company with properties in Wyoming, Utah and Colorado. The Rapid City Journal reports ., through a subsidiary, is working for regulatory approval to mine at the southwest edge of […]
A man is dead after his pickup truck rolled down an embankment along State Route 6 at the turnoff to Thistle in Spanish Fork Canyon on Tuesday afternoon. According to the Highway Patrol, the single occupant crash occurred sometime before 1:20 p.m. There were no witnesses to the crash, and […]
A Hideaway Valley home is a complete loss after a fire Tuesday afternoon. The homeowner had been working with gasoline in his garage and left to go outside. When he returned to the garage, he found smoke and flames had filled the space, which quickly spread to the entire house. […]
PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a man has accidentally fallen about 800 feet (243 meters) to his death at the Glen Canyon National Recreational Area in northern Arizona. Sheriff’s officials say no foul play is suspected in the death of 33-year-old Zachary Wallace of Phoenix. Wallace’s brother told National […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Visitors at a Utah state park have been dislodging dinosaur tracks imprinted in sandstone and throwing the pieces into a nearby lake, officials said. The site lined with hundreds of the prehistoric raptor tracks has been heavily damaged in the past six months, Red Fleet […]
DENVER (AP) — The outlook for the most important river in the Southwestern U.S. remains grim this summer after April storms failed to produce much snow in the mountains that feed the waterway, forecasters said Monday. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the Colorado River is expected to carry […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A Provo-based nonprofit plans to offer an alternative solution to the housing crisis ex-offenders face across Utah. The Daily Herald reports Fresh Start Ventures is building tiny homes, or places ex-offenders can live with all the amenities found in a normal-sized home compacted into a small space, in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Bureau of Indian Affairs and the FBI are working with police to find a suspect involved in an eastern Utah shooting. Bureau of Indian Affairs officials said in a Facebook post that as of Sunday evening, police were still searching for Bradley James Moore. […]
