(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Cox is encouraging Utahns to participate in this weekend’s Feed Utah food drive. Cox said yesterday that the state has put money toward helping families in need, but says government can’t do the job alone. Donors can leave a bag of non-perishable food items […]
(Washington, DC) — Senator Mike Lee is unhappy with President Biden’s executive order to help reduce gun violence. The Utah Republican tweeted yesterday that the “constitutional right to bear arms in public for self-defense is not a second-class right.” That was a follow-up to his statement saying Biden had overstepped […]
(Nephi, UT) — A pregnant teenager is facing a lot of charges after swerving at a Highway Patrol trooper who tried to stop her for driving faster than 120 miles an hour. The Utah Highway Patrol says a trooper who clocked 19-year-old Emily Marie Schantz going 95 miles an hour […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is doing its part to try and help save the Great Salt Lake. The church is donating the equivalent of more than 20-thousand acre feet of water. Governor Spencer Cox said the move “will make a real […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox has signed a controversial abortion bill. On Wednesday, Cox signed off on legislation that will ban all clinics from providing abortions in Utah starting as early as May 3rd. The bill will also impose other abortion restrictions if the state’s trigger ban […]
Three young women will compete for the title of Miss Fountain Green on Saturday. Contestants include McKinlee Roach, daughter of Darren and Jennifer Roach; Paeton Johnson, daughter of Ryan and Cassie Johnson; and Maylee Yorgason, the daughter of Ryan and Kristiena Yorgason. The pageant will take place at 7 p.m. […]
(St. George, UT) — A flood watch is out for Washington, Iron, and Kane counties as rain falls on deep snowpack in the headwaters of the Virgin River. The alert includes Springdale and specifically covers “flows in the Subway, the Narrows, and other drainages in Zion National Park. The flood […]
(Gunnison, UT) — A man serving time in a central Utah prison is now being charged with killing his cellmate. Cleo Kyle Cheney was charged with manslaughter on Monday. Investigators say Cheney killed 62-year-old Ted Davey last August at the Central Utah Correctional Facility in Gunnison. Though details of the […]
(Kane County, UT) — One hiker has been found dead, one has been rescued, and another is still missing in a Kane County slot canyon where floodwaters swept through. A helicopter crew lifted a man out of Buckskin Gulch, an hour east of Kanab on Monday and searched for two […]
(Emery County, UT) — A state road in Emery County will be closed for the next few days as crews clean up after several avalanches. The Utah Department of Transportation has closed State Route 31 through Huntington Canyon until Thursday. The road will be closed between milepost 18 and milepost […]
