LOGAN, Utah (AP) — An inmate is back in custody after escaping a county jail in northern Utah by scaling two fences. Cache County sheriff’s officials say 37-year-old Cecil Vijil was outside for recreation time when he scaled the yard fence and an outer perimeter fence at the jail Sunday […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican Utah Gov. Spencer Cox says a bill that would mandate pornography filters on every device sold in the state would send an important message about keeping explicit online content away from kids. Cox didn’t say whether he would sign the bill at a Thursday […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah County Sheriff’s Office has said that a SWAT team member hit and killed a BYU student while driving to a standoff. Utah County Sheriff’s Sgt. Spencer Cannon confirmed Thursday that a SWAT employee at the sheriff’s office T-boned and killed 22-year-old Joseph Spencer […]
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Park City High School students wasted no time contacting their principal when they recently discovered that filtering software blocked access to LGBTQ search terms on school-issued computers. School administrators fixed the issue, but the episode raised questions about how it happened and what teachers and […]
Recently, Millard county has been affected by a rash of thefts involving scrap metal, copper wire, automobile catalytic converters and other items. Current pricing of certain metals and materials has increased in the scrap and recycle industry which often results in the increase of theft of these items. According to […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Utah County Commissioner Tanner Ainge has resigned from the county commission after being appointed to work with Republican Gov. Spencer Cox and his administration. The Daily Herald reported that the governor’s office announced Wednesday that Ainge was nominated to serve on the Economic Development Board, a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah adults can begin signing up for a COVID-19 vaccine on March 24 _ one week earlier that previously planned because the state has unallocated doses, Gov. Spencer Cox said Thursday. Cox said Thursday during a televised news conference on PBS-Utah that about 15% of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah highway was shut down midday Wednesday as a SWAT team responded to a man confronting officers with a metal rod. KSL-TV reports officers tried to stop the man because he was driving erratically in a pickup truck that had spray-painted windows, as well […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Republican Party’s chairman has announced that he will not run for a second term. Derek Brown announced Tuesday he would avoid running again in order to spend more time with family and that he is ready to “pass the baton.” The Utah Republican […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Newly confirmed Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland is planning to visit Utah next month before submitting a review on whether to reverse former President Donald Trump’s decision to shrink national monuments in the state, the agency announced Wednesday. Haaland is expected to submit the […]
