(Salt Lake City, UT) — Most Utahns are willing to do more to conserve water to help ease the effect the drought is having on the state. A Deseret News-Hinckley Institute of Politics poll released last week asked Utahns what could be done to help increase conservation efforts. Fifty-percent of […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Cox is urging President Biden to reconsider proposed new rules that would include sexual orientation and gender identity as considerations under Title Nine. The Utah Republican sent a letter to Biden yesterday asking him to keep from enacting new regulations on programs such as […]
(Juab County, UT) — The Juab County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information about a series of suspicious cattle deaths. The Sheriff’s Office is investigating three separate times that livestock was killed in the Levan and Mills areas. A 20-thousand-dollar reward is being offered in connection with the investigation. Anyone with […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Coconino National Forest Supervisor Laura Jo West has retired after 33 years of serving in the U.S. Forest Service. Deputy Forest Supervisor Michelle Paduani will be the acting forest supervisor as the Southwestern Regional Office searches for a replacement for West, who officially retired Saturday. A […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Senator Mitt Romney is more popular with Democrats than he is among members of this own party. That’s the finding of a new Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll that asked registered voters to rate the GOP senator’s job performance. Fifty-percent of those polled approved […]
(Ephraim, UT) — The number of turkeys raised in Utah for food that have tested positive for bird flu is up to over 50-thousand. The latest case in Sanpete County involved nearly 13-thousand commercially raised turkeys. The new case was reported on Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is announcing billions of dollars in infrastructure support for Utah. While in Salt Lake City today, Buttigieg said the over seven-billion dollars the state will get over five years will help protect communities from extreme weather. The program will modernize […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg [[ BOOT-uh-judge ]] is coming to Utah today to talk with state leaders about infrastructure. Buttigieg will meet with Governor Cox to give an update on potential projects funded by an infrastructure bill passed by Congress. He also plans to […]
(Murray, UT) — With blood donations down across the country, the American Red Cross is looking for people to donate to avoid a shortage. Heidi Ruster, Utah’s Red Cross CEO, says they’re working to get ahead of a that by encouraging people to donate now while they have free time […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The U.S. Senate passed a bill yesterday in hopes of saving the Great Salt Lake. The Great Salt Lake Act asks the federal government for ten-million-dollars to study the current historic drought conditions to find solutions to the shrinking lake and others in the Great […]
