(Washington, DC) — Senator Mitt Romney says he enjoyed meeting with Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson in his office in Washington, D.C. yesterday. The Utah Republican released a statement after the meeting saying he had a wide-ranging discussion with Jackson about her experience and qualifications. Romney later told CNN […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – Governor Spencer Cox nominated a new judge to fill a vacancy on the Utah Supreme Court. Judge Diana Hagen has served on the Utah Court of Appeals for nearly five years. Before then, she worked as the president of the Women Lawyers of Utah. The […]
The U.S. Forest Service is seeking the public’s help in finding who is responsible for vandalism found at Fishlake National Forest. Words and images were found spray painted on rocks near Lost Creek in the Richfield Ranger District. Authorities believe this happened in November or December of 2021. Anyone with […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Utah police have arrested a couple accused of using electric shocks to discipline two children. Arrest records allege a mother and her boyfriend used what police described as an “electronic shocking device” to discipline the woman’s five-year-old son and six-year-old daughter. Authorities in the city of […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee says it will continue to back Utah’s bid to host the Winter Olympics. The committee’s CEO said yesterday that the effort to bring the Olympics to Utah will go on, despite questions about the state’s recent adoption of […]
(St. George, UT) — Renovation of the St. George Utah Temple has hit the two-year mark. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says the project has included the tearing down and rebuilding the northern entrance and the western part of the temple to rebuild it to match the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — State-operated COVID-19 testing sites across Utah will permanently close throughout this week. The Utah Department of Health says the move comes as the state implements its Steady State response due to declining rates of hospitalizations and new infections. UDOH also notes the availability of at-home […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Senator Mike Lee is comfortably leading his Republican opponents with three months to go before the statewide GOP primary. A new Deseret News-Hinckley Institute of Politics poll shows the two-term senator is favored by 67-percent of Republicans who plan to vote in the June primary. […]
(Utah County, UT) — Utah fire officials are urging caution as the open burning season gets started later this week. Mountain Green Fire Protection District Chief Briann Brendel says it’s important for Utahns to get a burn permit before attempting any type of agricultural or controlled burning. Brendel says the […]
(Nephi, UT) — A Nephi man faces charges after investigators say he was planning to kill his coworkers. According to the Juab County Sheriff’s Office, the unnamed 56-year-old man left a hit list sitting on his desk, which was later found by his boss. The list had the names of […]
