SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah officials say the state’s five national parks will still be accessible if the federal government shuts down after failing to reach a budget deal by midnight Friday. Utah Office of Tourism managing director Vicki Varela says her office and the superintendents of Utah’s parks […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Supreme Court’s newest member is now on the bench. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Justice Paige Petersen was sworn in Friday to fill a vacancy created by the retirement of Christine Durnam, the state high court’s first female justice. Petersen was a […]
BERYL, Utah (AP) — Authorities in Utah’s Iron County say a 50-year-old man is dead after his pickup truck was hit by a train. County Sheriff’s officials say they were called to the scene about 8:30 a.m. Saturday. They say the train’s conductor is cooperating with the investigation and authorities […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The 273 deaths on Utah roadways in 2017 marked a slight decrease from the year before but it was still higher than the yearly average of 239 fatalities between 2009 and 2014. A preliminary report released on Wednesday by the Utah Department of Transportation and […]
PLEASANT GROVE, Utah (AP) — Police say two hikers are safe after crews plucked them from the mountains above Pleasant Grove. The Utah County Sheriff’s Office says the man and woman got lost after beginning a hike hear the Battle Creek Falls on Sunday. Sgt. Spencer Cannon says the pair […]
SOUTH JORDAN, Utah (AP) — South Jordan police say a teen is in hospital after jumping onto the hood of a car in a carjacking attempt. According to South Jordan police, the teen jumped onto a woman’s car on Sunday as she was driving away. KUTV-TV reports the teen gripped […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers are expected to dig in on tax reform, Medicaid and more starting Monday when the state Legislature meets for a whirlwind annual session that wraps up the second week of March. Chief among lawmakers’ priorities will be setting a budget that sends significant […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s unemployment rate remains at historic lows. The state Department of Workforce Services said Friday unemployment dropped one-tenth of a percent from November to a December rate of 3.1 percent. Meanwhile, Utah’s nonfarm payroll employment for December grew by an estimated 2.7 percent from the […]
By Jaden Kitchen The Trump administration is considering changes to the medicaid program. The new plan includes adding work requirements for people with Medicaid. Stacy Stanford with the Utah Health Policy Project disagrees with the plan. She says that the common refrain that poor people just don’t want to work […]
CEDAR CITY, Utah (AP) — Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty against a 28-year-old Utah man charged with killing a man who was in bed with his ex-girlfriend in a Cedar City trailer park. The Spectrum newspaper in St. George reports that Mark Mair’s attorney, Douglas Terry, called […]
