PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say they’ve recovered a body at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Page and it is believed to be a person reported missing from Buckeye. The name, age and gender of the missing person weren’t immediately available Monday. Coconino County Sheriff’s officials say the body […]
SEVIER COUNTY (UDOT)-Per the official Twitter account of UDOT, a crash occurred Tuesday morning in eastern Sevier County. UDOT reports the incident happened at 8:53 am MDT Tuesday 18 miles west of Loa on S.R. 24 at milepost 33. Authorities estimate a clearance time of 9:52 am MDT. If in […]
ESCALANTE, Utah (AP) — Southern Utah officials say a bomb squad has destroyed two mortars found in a remote area near the town of Escalante. Garfield County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Denise Dastrup said a resident found the mortars near a camping area and emailed the sheriff’s office Friday to let them […]
Two fire crews are battling a wildfire in Emery County near the Crandall Canyon Mine, Northwest of Huntington. Officials with the Forest Service believe the fire was started over a week ago by a warming fire used by people recreating in the area. It wasn’t reported until 2 p.m. Friday. […]
Recent showers temporarily relieved drought conditions in parts of the southwestern United States, but dry weather will persist through the summer. Forecasters said Monday a months-long drought is considered “extreme” from southern California to central Kansas. Conditions are even worse in the Four Corners region and the Oklahoma and Texas […]
SCIPIO, Utah (AP) — Officials say five people were injured in a single-vehicle rollover crash that caused the closure of a Utah highway. KSL-TV reports Utah Highway Patrol personnel say the crash happened around 6:20 p.m. Sunday on the southbound lanes of I-15 near milepost 196, approximately 8 miles (12.9 kilometers) north […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City is looking to spend $27 million to rebuild roads, repair walls and make other upgrades to its 170-year-old bucolic city cemetery. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the 150-acre cemetery nestled in the city’s Avenues neighborhood is the largest burial ground run by any city […]
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) — Police in Provo say a man is dead after allegedly shooting his wife three times. They say 48-year-old Michael Skinner was found dead inside the house early Sunday, but they didn’t immediately say how he died. The Deseret News reports officers responded to a […]
Cedar City, Utah — In support of the Administration’s priority to promote America’s energy independence, the Bureau of Land Management Cedar City Field Office released a draft environmental assessment for proposed parcels within the Milford Flats South Solar Energy Zone in Beaver County, Utah. This draft environmental assessment analyzes the environmental […]
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — Mitt Romney was forced Saturday into a Republican primary for a U.S. Senate seat in Utah as he looks to restart his political career by replacing long-serving Sen. Orrin Hatch. Romney remains the heavy favorite overall to win the Senate seat in November. But […]
