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 […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Federal wildlife managers under the Trump administration are loosening contentious endangered-species protections for Utah prairie dogs, which worries animal advocates but relieves people in southern Utah who say their town was overrun by the burrowing creatures. The new U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rules finalized […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A state audit has found that Utah public schools collected $71 million in fees from students last year, increasing by 29 percent over the last five years. The Deseret News reports the State Board of Education audit released Thursday found that academic fees ranged from a few […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Utah officials say they have repaired computer glitches that could have potentially allowed residents restricted from gun ownership to buy firearms. They say it’s not possible to know how many restricted people purchased guns. The Standard-Examiner reports the first glitch occurred in February 2017 and prevented court records […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Interior Department is increasing fees at the most popular national parks to $35 per vehicle, backing down from an earlier plan that would have forced visitors to pay $70 per vehicle to visit the Grand Canyon, Yosemite and other iconic parks. A plan announced Thursday would […]
