WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — One of the longest-serving senators in U.S. history bid farewell to Utah Republican Party delegates Saturday, offering a solemn goodbye to the state that sent him to the Senate for 41 years. Orrin Hatch’s remarks to the state GOP convention were brief but emotional. […]
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — Mitt Romney may have one of the best-known names in national politics, but he’s still going to have to face down nearly a dozen Republican contenders in Utah on Saturday in his bid to restart his political career with a U.S. Senate seat. Romney […]
Despite receiving more than 70% of the votes on Thursday night at the Sanpete County Republican convention, Ed Sunderland will face Justin Atkinson in a primary election for the open Sanpete County Commission seat. Sunderland received slightly more than the required 70% of the votes cast by almost 250 county […]
Two men and one teen girl are in jail in Sevier County after a robbery in Elsinore on Tuesday. Deputies and the Major Crimes Unit from the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office responded to an aggravated assault and robbery. The two suspects acted like they were just visiting, but they then […]
A man is dead in Garfield County after he fell from a ledge while trying to surprise his wife on her birthday. 51-year-old Dee Jessop fell about 50 or 60 feet when he slipped in Circleville Canyon on Saturday. He was celebrating his wife’s birthday by attempting to climb up […]
The Governor’s Office of Economic Development has appointed Delta businessman Roger Killpack to its board of directors. Killpack has run Service Drug in Delta since 1985, growing it from five employees to more than 40. The board assists the office in building economic diversity in the state. Killpack replaces former […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A former teacher who is accused of sexually abusing five girls when they were in elementary school in southwest Utah has pleaded not guilty to the charges. The Spectrum reports 59-year-old Curtis William Payne on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to 15 counts of aggravated child sexual abuse. […]
MOAB, Utah (AP) — Utah authorities have identified a 15-year-old boy who died in a dirt bike accident in Kane Creek in Moab. The Deseret News reports San Juan County Sheriff Rick Eldridge identified the teen as Truette Rhoda of Idaho Falls, Idaho. Eldridge says Rhoda had been visiting eastern Utah with […]
Five members of the Sanpete Juab Major Crimes Task Force were recognized for their recent work on the case of two missing teens. The five, two from Juab County and three from Sanpete County, received the Lux et Veritas award for spending over 2,500 man hours on the case since […]
Two 12-year-olds are in the hospital after an ATV accident at the monkey trail riding area east of Salina on Saturday. According to the Salina City Police Department, neither were wearing protective gear or helmets. The Large ATV reportedly rolled on top of both kids. One child was flown to […]
