(Salt Lake City, UT) – Governor Spencer Cox and Utah health officials discussed reasons behind the controversial decision to pause the Test-to-Stay program in Utah schools. Speaking with reporters Friday, Governor Cox said the decision was made in part due to a lack of COVID-19 testing supplies available. Both Cox […]
The Millard County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the publics help in locating a lost horse. In a post to the Millard Sheriff’s Facebook page on Jan. 15, they shared the horse is named River and he is presumed stolen. River is a mare, bay quarter horse with a white blaze […]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Authorities say a Rhode Island child welfare advocate believed to have faked his death and fled the U.S. to evade prosecution in Utah and other states has been apprehended in Scotland after being hospitalized with COVID-19. Rhode Island State Police say Nicholas Alahverdian was discovered after […]
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Prosecutors say a Utah man has been sentenced to five years in prison for his part in a nationwide investment fraud scheme that targeted elderly victims and led to losses of nearly $30 million. According to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the […]
(West Valley City, UT) — Investigators say two teens are dead and another is in critical condition following a shooting in West Valley City. Fourteen-year-old Tivani Lopati and 15-year-old Paul Tahi died yesterday after a fight between high school students on a sidewalk along 41st South near the Mountain View […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — State officials are giving Utah school districts more flexibility to move to virtual learning during the current surge in COVID-19 cases. Governor Cox and other state leaders announced yesterday that they were suspending the state’s Test-to-Stay protocols. Lawmakers were worried that the surge in cases […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox has issued his first part of “Utah’s Coordinated Action Plan for Water” due to the extreme drought this past summer. He says it showed everyone the importance of water planning and conservation and says the state has benefited from water storage decisions […]
One of the major topics facing the Utah State Legislature this session will center around Utah’s largest power generating facility, the Intermountain Power Plant in Millard County. Senator Derrin Owens and Representatives Carl Albrecht and Steve Lund are concerned about the ramifications of past legislative actions dealing with the power […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two teenagers are dead and a third is critically injured after a shooting on a sidewalk in suburban Salt Lake City. Police say the shooting in West Valley City stemmed from a dispute between two groups of students associated with different schools. More than one […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – A bill that would remove the death penalty as a form of punishment in Utah is now ready for state lawmakers to consider. HB 147 from Republicans Lowry Snow and Dan McCay would change the possible sentence for aggravated murder to 45 years to life […]
