FILLMORE, Utah — On Easter weekend the Bureau of Land Management welcomes over 20,000 visitors to the Little Sahara Recreation Area for off-highway vehicle recreation and camping fun. Due to a large influx of visitors, Juab County Sherriff’s Office, Millard County Sherriff’s Office, Utah Highway Patrol, Utah State Parks, University […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah judge has ruled that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints did not interfere in a death row inmate’s 2015 trial when it laid out ground rules for what local church leaders could say before they testified as character witnesses for the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — New investigative documents reveal that a tour bus that crashed and killed four Chinese tourists near a national park in Utah in 2019 had problems earlier that day with the engine starting. Documents released Wednesday by the National Transportation Safety Board show the driver of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Jazz player Donovan Mitchell will give the keynote address for the University of Utah’s 2021 commencement. The university made the announcement Tuesday. The university said in a statement that Mitchell “is known as a team player and community builder who is passionate about education […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Two members of “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” reality television show have been arrested on federal fraud charges related to a telemarketing scheme. Authorities announced that Jennifer Shah and Stuart Smith were arrested Tuesday in Utah on charges unsealed in New York City. Manhattan […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A sledding gold medalist at the 2002 Winter Olympics has been charged with sexual abuse of a child in Utah. Court documents show James “Jimmy” Shea made his first court appearance Monday. Shea’s attorney, Rudy Bautista, said Tuesday that the charges are a result of […]
The Manti temple is set to reopen further next month. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints posted the latest news on temple reopenings to their website on Mar. 29, which included the next reopening steps for the Manti temple. The Manti temple is set to enter phase […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Vicky Chavez and her daughters have taken sanctuary for three years in a church in Salt Lake City, worried that if they leave the building immigration authorities might apprehend them and send them back to Honduras. Chavez tells the Deseret News she’s hopeful that will […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Republican official in Utah has resigned after dismissing complaints from women who said a party official harassed them. Salt Lake County GOP Chairman Scott Miller apologized and resigned in an email Sunday to the county party’s executive committee. More than half a dozen Republican […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Salt Lake Tribune has announced that it will start taking requests from people who want their names or images removed from previous coverage. The move comes as newsrooms across the country are reckoning with the potential long-term consequences of their reporting, especially for people […]
