SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Motorists and truckers aren’t the only ones to benefit from the recently signed $1.2 trillion infrastructure law, which includes the largest investment in road and bridges in a generation. The Deseret News reports wildlife will experience a lifesaving benefit if states tap into some $350 […]
SALT LAKE (AP) — Utah man has been released from the hospital and booked into jail following a November shootout with police that left an officer seriously wounded. The 29-year-old suspect was shot multiple times after he allegedly opened fire at officers, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. He was booked […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — State leaders released their plan to combine the Utah Department of Health and the Human Services Department into a single agency. The proposal from Governor Spencer Cox calls for the new Utah Department of Health and Human Services, or DHHS, to begin work on July […]
(Santaquin, UT) — A man who exposed himself at a Utah gas station is in custody after leading state troopers on a high-speed chase. The unidentified man reportedly ran naked through a gas station in Scipio yesterday before stealing something from the business and leaving the scene. Later, the same […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — State health officials are testing for signs of the COVID-19 variant known as omicron [[ahm-ih-cron]] as it begins to spread across the country. The first case in the United States was confirmed in California Wednesday and it has now been found in New York and […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A state hospital that treats the most severe cases of mental illness is facing a staffing crisis. Officials at Utah State Hospital say they lost 20-percent of their workforce over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic and have been unable to fill currently open positions. […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — One of the longtime state lawmakers who led efforts in Utah’s redistricting — Republican State Representative Paul Ray — says he’s resigning to take a job with the state. Ray had decided not to run for reelection when a post became available at the Utah […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Zion National Park will soon require reservations to hike a famous southern Utah trail perched on the edge of a red-rock cliff. Park officials said Friday that anyone who wants to hike the narrow Angels Landing hike will need to get a permit through a […]
Officials are warning of a scam currently targeting residents in Sevier County. According to reports, several individuals have received notices saying they owe $98 to the Sevier County Recorder’s office in recording fees, however the return address is in Norco, California. It appears this scam is targeting older individuals, especially […]
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — Utah police say a man wanted by police was fatally shot and two officers were wounded in a shootout in a suburban Salt Lake City convenience store parking lot. West Valley City police say Anei Joker was wanted in a robbery and rape investigation. […]
