(Nephi, UT) — Nearly two dozen homeowners have filed a lawsuit claiming serious structural problems in newly built homes in a Nephi community. The 22 families purchased homes in the Winn Ridge Community built between November 2022 and December 2023. The lawsuit names the construction company, the real estate firm […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah Republican Party Chairman Robert Axson says the party has collected more than 200-thousand signatures in an effort to repeal Proposition 4. The GOP needed about 141-thousand signatures, equal to eight-percent of eligible voters, in at least 26 of the state’s 29 Senate districts to […]
(Undated) — Utah Governor Spencer Cox is criticizing a top Trump administration regulator over efforts to block state regulation of prediction markets. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Mike Selig announced yesterday the agency would challenge any state attempt to regulate the markets, saying oversight belongs solely to federal authorities. Cox […]
Heavy snowfall and strong winds are expected to rapidly increase avalanche danger across Utah, beginning Feb. 17 and continuing through the week. According to a press release from the Utah Avalanche Center, “forecasters expect dangerous and complex avalanche conditions to develop on many slopes, with large natural and human-triggered avalanches […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Thousands of Utah voters want their names removed from a petition that seeks to repeal Proposition 4. That’s the proposition that voters passed in 2018 to create an independent redistricting commission. The effort to repeal Prop 4 will only get on the ballot if organizers […]
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced the newest member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Elder Clark G. Gilbert was called on Feb. 11 and ordained on Feb. 12 by President Dallin H. Oaks and other members of the First Presidency and the Quorum of […]
(St. George, UT) — A Brigham Young University football player is facing a first-degree felony rape charge in Washington County. Prosecutors say 21-year-old Parker Kingston was charged Tuesday following an investigation that began last February when a 20-year-old woman reported a sexual assault in St. George. Detectives gathered digital and […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah state legislature is considering a bill that would ban so-called prop bets. They’re called proposition bets, and they let people wager on certain outcomes, like how many three-pointers a basketball player will make or who will win the presidential election. Republican State Representative […]
A Sanpete County man is behind bars after attempting to meet up with an undercover officer posing as a 16-year-old girl. According to the arrest statement, an officer with the Lehi Police Department was undercover as a 16-year-old girl on an online chat platform on Feb. 8. A user, later […]
A Sevier County man has been arrested and booking into the Sevier County Jail on three charges of unlawful sexual activity with a minor. According to court documents, police were first made aware of the alleged offense on Feb. 9, when a 15-year-old male Richfield High School student came forward […]
