The Utah Highway Patrol is warning drivers of bad road conditions today. Snow has already been reported as far south as Gunnison and there is a possibility of snow moving into the Sevier Valley as the day goes on. UHP has already responded to multiple slide offs and conditions are […]
(Wayne County, UT) – The man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a Snow College student is remaining behind bars. A judge denied bail for 39-year-old Brent Brown earlier today, ordering him to remain in jail until his next hearing on January 10th. Investigators say Brown met the 19-year-old woman […]
A Utah family is dealing with hardship after their 10-year-old boy drowned. The boy, Brigg Leavitt, and his father fell through the ice into Gunnison Bend Reservoir Monday Dec. 20. Brigg was transported by helicopter to Primary Children’s hospital where he passed away later that day. According to a Facebook […]
(Undated) — Utah colleges say a majority of their students are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Eight Utah colleges are reporting a vaccination rate of 60-percent or higher, according to KSTU-TV. Westminster College is reporting the highest vaccination rate in the state at 93-percent, while Dixie State is at the bottom […]
(Springdale, UT) — Utah seismologists say an earthquake detected near Zion National Park is the largest recorded in the area in nearly 60 years. The quake happened around 3:30 yesterday afternoon and was centered about five miles east of the park. Scientists said the earthquake had a magnitude of three-point-six, […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes is joining a lawsuit with 23 other states against the Biden administration’s mask and vaccine mandate for Head Start programs. Reyes says the mandate will result in job loss for teachers against the COVID-19 vaccine and says “forcing masks on […]
(Washington, DC) – Republican Senator Mitt Romney is pushing Congress to pass a bipartisan bill to keep the Child Tax Credit in place. On Twitter, Senator Romney said that Republicans and Democrats need to work on a long-term policy to reduce child poverty now that the Build Back Better plan […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An advertising-technology billionaire has formally resigned his membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and rebuked the faith over social issues and LGBTQ rights in an unusual public move. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Jeff T. Green has pledged to donate 90% […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The University of Utah says its racist-incident team is investigating separate reports of men dressed like the KKK in dorms and excrement smeared on a door of a Black student’s room. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the incidents were reported in the fall but drew […]
A registered sex offender was arrested in Richfield on Dec. 20, accused of confronting a girl after cheerleading practice, asking to buy her underwear. Christopher Todd Peck, age 42 of Richfield, was booked into the Sevier County Jail for investigation of dealing in harmful materials to a minor, attempting to […]
