PROVO, Utah (AP) — A Utah woman is under arrest after police say a senior center was robbed at gunpoint. The Daily Herald newspaper reports the woman was a recently fired employee who came to the door of the Elk Ridge Assisted Living Center dressed all in black early Wednesday […]
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — If the U.S. Olympic Committee is going to bid for the Winter Games soon, it will be a bid for 2030, not 2026. USOC Chairman Larry Probst ruled out the possibility of bringing the Olympics to Salt Lake City, Denver or Reno two years before […]
Records from Utah’s House of Representatives show taxpayer funds were used to pay for at least two hotel stays that a lawmaker is alleged to have used to meet up with a prostitute. British newspaper the Daily Mail reported Thursday that text messages provided by the prostitute were from former […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is scheduled to be in Utah Friday to make an announcement during a conservation and hunting expo in Salt Lake City. Interior officials didn’t provide details about the announcement in a news release Thursday, saying only he will make a […]
(Iron County, UT) — One of the men accused of kidnapping his children to join a doomsday cult may have also plotted to kill his son. According to newly-released court records in Iron County, John Coltharp told authorities he believed his son was possessed by an “evil spirit” and planned […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah House of Representatives is investigating whether a lawmaker who abruptly resigned used a state-issued cellphone and hotel room paid for with taxpayer money to arrange trysts with a prostitute. House Speaker Greg Hughes declined to comment on a Thursday report in British newspaper […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A proposed bill would eliminate primaries in special elections in Utah — allowing only a general election. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Republican State Rep. Dan McCay unveiled the bill Wednesday. In most cases, the bill would give parties 30 days to determine their nominees […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A pair of lawsuits by former state prosecutors alleging they were retaliated against and forced out of their jobs at the Utah Attorney General’s Office for reporting wrongdoing and harassment raises new questions about an office that is only four years removed from a major […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A woman has filed a lawsuit claiming a state trooper tried to turn a professional relationship into a sexual one and used his position to harass and stalk her. The Salt Lake Tribune reported Wednesday that Heather Leyva says the harassment occurred during the first […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A proposal aimed at adding safeguards for the practice of “free-range parenting” has now been passed by both the Utah House and Senate. The Deseret News reports that representatives in the House unanimously passed a bill Wednesday that ensures parents are not accused of neglect […]
