(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah Senator Mitt Romney is defending his support of an infrastructure package passed in Congress last week. Romney was one of 19 Republicans who supported the package during an August vote on the measure. Romney tells KSTU-TV that the bipartisan bill will bring billions of […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The speaker of the Utah House says he’s confident the state’s new political maps will stand up to any legal challenges. Speaker Brad Wilson says opponents of the new maps could sue the state seeking to overturn the legislature’s decisions. But Wilson feels the state […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A Utah doctor is accused of lying about ill patients in his climbing party to get a helicopter rescue off Denali last spring. The U.S. attorney’s office in Alaska has charged Dr. Jason Lance of Ogden, Utah, with interfering with and violating the order of a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Dixie State University in Utah is poised to change a name often associated with the Deep South and slavery after the state Legislature approved a new name Wednesday despite local backlash. The school will be renamed Utah Tech University. The GOP-controlled Legislature approved the idea […]
(Millard County, UT) — The Utah Highway Patrol is investigating a woman found dead along I-15 in Millard County. Troopers say the victim was found a distance from her car that was parked off the highway between Holden and Fillmore. Troopers initially responded to a report of a single vehicle […]
(Undated) — A new study shows Utah is the most charitable state in the country. WalletHub compared several key indicators between the states to measure charitable behavior, including donated income, percentage of the population who donates time or money and the number of volunteer hours per capita. Maryland, Minnesota, Oregon […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill that would keep Utah employers from firing workers who refuse to get a COVID-19 vaccination may not get a vote during the current special session. The bill sponsored by State Senator Kirk Cullimore was sent to the Senate floor after a committee hearing […]
(Provo, UT) — A Utah company says employers nationwide should expect to lose even more workers next year. Provo-based Qualtrics has issued its third annual Employee Experience Trends report. The study looked at the experiences of 14-thousand employees across 27 countries to determine how the pandemic has affected the work […]
(Milford, UT) — Fire officials in Milford are investigating a structure fire. Beaver County Firefighters say they responded to the area of five-hundred West for reports of blaze coming from a detached garage. No injuries were reported but three vehicles were destroyed in the fire. Investigators say they are working […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Republican-controlled Utah House approved new congressional maps Tuesday that set aside the work of a voter-approved independent redistricting commission in favor of boundaries that further carve up the Democratic-leaning Salt Lake County. GOP lawmakers say their maps better reflect the state as a whole […]
