SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Prosecutors say a Salt Lake City police officer has been charged with aggravated assault a second time for ordering a dog to attack someone who complied with officers’ orders. K9 Officer Nickolas Pearce was charged Tuesday with lifting up his K9 Tuco so the dog […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah will terminate its participation in the federal government’s pandemic-related unemployment assistance program. Utah is the latest of several states ending the $300 federal benefit paid on top of state benefits. Gov. Spencer Cox said Wednesday that those extra federal benefits will end in Utah […]
ROY, Utah (AP) — A resident in Utah has said a hacker stole her personal information and swapped out her banking information to steal about $400 of weekly unemployment benefits. Roy resident Heidi Howell told KUTV-TV that she lost her job in March and never received her unemployment check. Howell […]
Six young ladies from Ephraim will be competing to represent the city at the Miss Ephraim Scholarship pageant on Saturday. Participants include Madison Worthington, Karlie Strickland, Cali Alder, Peyton Tapp, Romney Andreasen and Maitlyn Mathews. Each of the girls has developed a platform and will present a talent. The pageant […]
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration says it is considering a ban on new mining on large expanses of public lands in Western states to protect a struggling bird species, the greater sage grouse. The Interior Department review announced Tuesday will cover millions of acres of land and comes […]
On Apr. 30, authorities with the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office along with Richfield City Police arrested two individuals in connection to a number of vehicle thefts throughout Sevier County. On May 5, authorities recovered a large number of items, including multiple firearms, the two had stolen. Cody Wright and Shyanna […]
Around 5:00 a.m. on May 8, authorities responded to a report of an individual passed out in a vehicle on the side of the road near Joseph. The individual, Collin Campbell, gave police false information when asked for his name and information. He also did not recall how he came […]
On May 4, officials with the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office and the Attorney Generals Office raided a home in Koosharem. The raid was in response to a warrant on Roger Jackman Jr., age 54, who was suspected of downloading and distributing child pornography. The Attorney Generals Office provided a mobile […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah police shot a man they say had a crowbar and was breaking windows near Salt Lake City. The West Valley City Police Department say they got a call around 1:30 a.m. Monday that a man had a metal object and was possibly trying to […]
SPRINGDALE, Utah (AP) — The small crowd cheered as local leaders smashed gold-tipped sledgehammers into the old wood door of a home on Zion Park Boulevard Thursday. A former motel built with wood from Zion National Park will be rebuilt as the Springdale History Center, a museum dedicated to the […]
