(Salt Lake City, UT) — Rocky Mountain Power wants to increase its rates by some 30 percent over the next two years. State lawmakers told the public utility provider in a meeting yesterday that it needs to first make major organizational changes or have its shareholders take up a portion […]
(Grand County, UT) — National Park Service rangers are investigating the death of a 58-year-old woman who was visiting Arches National Park earlier this week. Rangers say the woman required emergency medical care on Tuesday at the park’s popular Delicate Arch Trail. Multiple law enforcement and rescue agencies performed life-saving […]
(Salt lake City, UT) — Utah lawmakers plan to ask voters in November to approve giving legislators the power to revise voter-led ballot initiatives. In a special session yesterday, Republican leaders in the legislature said the proposal is meant to check the power of special interest groups from using ballot […]
(Layton, UT) — New statistics show auto-pedestrian crashes during the traditional school year are on the rise in the state. The Utah Department of Public Safety’s Highway Safety Office says that 990 Utahns were hit by vehicles during the 2023-24 school year which was calculated as running from August 1st […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s Republican leaders launched a legal challenge aimed at wresting control from the U.S. government over much of the federal lands that dominate the state. Utah’s attorney general said yesterday he has asked to file a lawsuit with the U.S. Supreme Court asserting state power […]
Millard County Attorney Patrick Finlinson has announced his resignation, effective Sept. 30. According to the Millard County Chronical Facebook page, “a scramble will likely take place among members of the local bar to fill Finlinson’s position on an interim basis. Commissioners were told there would not be a need for […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The LDS Church has broken ground on three new temples. One is in Austin, Texas, another is in Santiago, Chile, while the third is in Londrina, Brazil. Once the Santiago Temple is completed, Santiago will become the seventh city in the world to have multiple […]
(Cedar City, UT) — Work is officially underway on the new sheriff’s complex and correctional facility in Iron County. Leaders gathered Friday for a ceremonial groundbreaking at the facility being built south of Cedar City Airport. It is taking over for the previous jail that was built nearly four decades […]
The investigation into a Millard County Sergeant regarding a hunt has been completed. According to a post to the Millard County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page, the Division of Wildlife Resources “found that the law was followed by Millard County Sgt. Mike Blad during this hunt.” It also stated that “Sgt. […]
(Cedar City, UT) — A semi-truck driver is dead after a crash with another semi-truck in Iron County. It happened early yesterday morning when both trucks were traveling along Interstate 15 north of Parowan. The truck that rolled over had rear-ended the other truck and caused it to veer off […]
