Update: The semi-truck driver involved in the incident has died from his injuries according to authorities. The driver is 35-year-old Clifford S. Taylor. ________________________________________________________________________________ One semi-truck driver is in extremely critical condition after an accident on I-70 Tuesday. According to officers on scene following the accident, the truck was driving […]
CEDAR CITY, Utah (AP) — A self-styled Utah prophet accused of secretly marrying young girls because of his beliefs in polygamy and doomsday will serve at least 26 years in prison after pleading guilty to child rape and abuse charges. The Spectrum newspaper reports Samuel Shaffer was sentenced Tuesday in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Five animal rights activists are facing more than 60 years in prison over allegations they took piglets from a farm in southern Utah. The Utah Attorney’s General office filed charges against members of California-based Direct Action Everywhere Monday accusing them of stealing a pair of […]
Snow College President Gary L. Carlston will soon retire from his position at the school. According to a press announcement, Carlston and his wife, Janet, have led the two-year college since January 2014. The Utah State Board of Regents will appoint a search committee and conduct a nation-wide search […]
MOAB, Utah (AP) — Heightened wildfire conditions have prompted the National Park Service to impose fire restrictions at Arches and Canyonlands national parks and two national monuments in southeastern Utah. The restrictions imposed Friday also apply to Natural Bridges and Hovenweep national monuments. Officials say fires will be permitted only […]
Rocky Mountain Power is working on a power line between Mt. Pleasant and Spring City in Sanpete County. A diesel generator is being used to supply energy to the area according to the utility provider. According to a tip from Dave Robinson of Mt. Pleasant, the generator is supplying more […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Senate Majority Leader Ralph Okerlund is in good health after receiving a heart and kidney transplant last week. State lawmakers say they visited Okerlund earlier this week, and saw him up and walking around. Okerlund missed much of the 2018 legislative session due to his […]
KANARRAVILLE, Utah (AP) — A community in southwest Utah has begun charging visitors to hike a popular slot canyon. Hikers at Kanarraville Falls began paying $8 for an individual permit this month. The Salt Lake Tribune reports about 40,000 people travel to the town of Kanarraville every year to hike the scenic […]
Joseph Gentry, who is the oldest continuing on-air broadcaster in America, will be inducted into the Utah Broadcasters Hall of Fame Thursday, May 17, 2018 in Richfield, UT. Known in Richfield and surrounding areas as “Uncle Joe,” Gentry will be 101 years old , July 21. He was born in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Officials say a vandal turned himself in after receiving backlash on social media for defacing a rock at a popular hiking spot in Zion National Park. Authorities say the visitor wrote his Instagram username on a rock at Angels Landing in the southwestern Utah park. […]
