Late in the evening on Oct. 16 Park Service Rangers at Zion National park encountered a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed. When officers attempted to stop the vehicle, the driver fled Eastbound out of the park. During the chase an officer was forced off the road when […]
On Oct. 20, water was shut off at Red Hills Middle School. Richfield City was installing a new water line to a home being built in the area, when an old water line was struck and ruptured. Due to this, there was no running water at the school. A message […]
(Fillmore, UT) — A wanted man from Oregon is in custody after Millard County Sheriff’s deputies say they caught him trafficking drugs. Arrest records show 43-year-old James Crabtree and a woman were spotted driving on I-15 Sunday night. According to deputies, Crabtree’s vehicle matched a description put out on a […]
(Beaver, UT) — A Beaver woman faces charges for causing the death of her infant son. Arrest records show Beaver County Sheriff’s deputies were called out to the home of 32-year-old Tawna Steed last month on a report that her 23-day-old boy had stopped breathing. The child was later pronounced […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Earthquake researchers say Utah is not prepared for a major earthquake that could leave thousands dead and injured. A Utah State University professor warned state lawmakers yesterday that earthquakes with a magnitude of seven or greater have happened along the Wasatch Front before and could […]
PHOENIX (AP) — The Biden administration is threatening to revoke the authority for three Republican-controlled states to handle their own workplace safety regulations because they have refused to adopt rules to protect health care workers from COVID-19. The threats were sent to Arizona, South Carolina and Utah as the U.S. […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms says a Utah laboratory will examine DNA evidence from a string of killings committed during the 1970s and 1980s. Bottoms tweeted that city investigators were traveling to Salt Lake City to provide the evidence to a private lab. At least 29 Black […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Flags in Utah will be lowered to half-staff to honor former Secretary of State Colin Powell. Governor Cox ordered flags on all state facilities to be lowered through sunset on Friday. It also encouraged private citizens and businesses to join in the salute to Powell. […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — More than seven-hundred refugees from Afghanistan are expected to arrive in Utah in the coming months. Governor Spencer Cox’s Office says Utah will take in 765 refugees and most of them have been granted humanitarian parole due to threats to their safety. Officials added that […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Office of the Legislative Auditor General is accusing the Department of Health of being “strongly influenced” by the federal government. The audit was conducted at the request of the state Legislature. The report says that the review of the department suggests that it has […]
