SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Tribal leaders in Utah are asking lawmakers to turn the state’s small Division of Indian Affairs into a separate department that includes an appointed position on the governor’s cabinet. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the lobbying efforts from tribal leaders come three months after the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah State Bar has apologized after it emailed a photo of a topless woman to all active attorneys in the state. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the state bar had emailed lawyers Monday to advertise its spring convention, but included in that email was […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The former director of Salt Lake City’s 911 dispatch center has been sentenced to three days in jail after pleading guilty to driving under the influence. Scott Freitag, who is now a member of the Layton City Council, also was ordered Monday to pay a […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Police say a juvenile arrested in connection with a suspicious package at a southern Utah high school is also believed to be responsible for an incident involving an Islamic State group’s flag found flying at another area school last month. St. George police say the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Democrats are pushing back on a proposal to rename a scenic highway after President Donald Trump, with one saying he’d suggest naming a frontage road after porn star Stormy Daniels. Republicans want to name the southern Utah road that connects several well-known national parks […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Lawmakers in conservative Utah have rejected a bill to allow police to temporarily confiscate guns of those deemed to be a threat. The so-called “red flag” bill is similar to proposals a number of other states are debating in the wake of a school shooting […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A campus sexual assault bill appears to be dead after advocates raised concerns it could involve police in investigations against victims’ wishes. A panel of Utah lawmakers said Monday they were tabling the idea with Republican sponsor Kim Coleman in another hearing during the busy […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah lawmaker says an app that allows anonymous reporting of school threats has been downloaded thousands of times in the wake of a school shooting in Florida that killed 17 people. KUTV reports that Republican Rep. Steve Eliason of Sandy says the Safe UT […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police say a 50-year-old Colorado woman was killed in a hit-and-run crash near Moab in eastern Utah. KUTV-TV reports an individual found the body of Cheryl Zimmerman of Lakewood, Colorado near a parked white SUV 12 miles (19 kilometers) north of Moab on Friday morning. […]
The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a student at South Sevier High School after fellow students saw something suspicious on his phone. The student reportedly had been looking at homemade bomb instructions. Fellow students saw the search and reported it to the principal. Sevier County Sheriff, Nate Curtis says […]
