SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah highway was shut down midday Wednesday as a SWAT team responded to a man confronting officers with a metal rod. KSL-TV reports officers tried to stop the man because he was driving erratically in a pickup truck that had spray-painted windows, as well […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Republican Party’s chairman has announced that he will not run for a second term. Derek Brown announced Tuesday he would avoid running again in order to spend more time with family and that he is ready to “pass the baton.” The Utah Republican […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Newly confirmed Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland is planning to visit Utah next month before submitting a review on whether to reverse former President Donald Trump’s decision to shrink national monuments in the state, the agency announced Wednesday. Haaland is expected to submit the […]
Former NBA player Shawn Bradley has revealed he was paralyzed when struck from behind by a vehicle while riding a bike near his Utah home. Bradley says in a statement nearly two months after the accident he intends to bring awareness to bicycle safety. The incident involving the 48-year-old occurred […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Four years after two classmates shot her in the head and left her for dead in a canal in Utah, the family of Deserae Turner said the teen received a robotic arm to help in her recovery. KSL-TV reported that 18-year-old Turner expressed excitement over gaining […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers have voted to require every cellphone and tablet sold in the state automatically block pornography. The proposal is the conservative state’s most recent move targeting online porn. Critics call it an intrusion on free speech. Supporters argue it’s a critical step to help […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s vote to cut taxes this year could mean it has to return $100 million in aid given under the federal pandemic relief bill. KUER-FM reports there’s a provision in the latest federal coronavirus relief package aimed at preventing states from directly or indirectly using […]
ALPINE, Utah (AP) — Authorities have rescued four men who were caught in an avalanche while skiing in the mountains of north-central Utah over the weekend. No one was buried. Utah County Sgt. Spencer Cannon said two of the men had leg injuries that required medical attention, including one man […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A top leader with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says political donations made in his name to several Democratic candidates including President Joe Biden, that violate the faith’s political neutrality rules were done by his family. Dieter Uchtdorf said in a statement […]
