MOAB, Utah (AP) — A Utah-based nonprofit founded to help build community among the Native population in Moab has now turned its efforts toward keeping Native elders safe during the coronavirus pandemic. Full Circle Intertribal Center has raised $150,000 and delivered over 600 bags of food and cleaning supplies since […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah National Guard will send about 350 service members to Washington, D.C. to support law enforcement at President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration ceremony next week. The guards will be there to “protect lives, preserve property, protect critical infrastructure, and the right to peacefully assemble.” The […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A park ranger has saved the life of an 80-year-old man who was drowning in a submerged vehicle by smashing through the truck’s window and pulling the fisherman out to safety. KUTV-TV reported that Utah State Parks spokesperson Devan Chavez said Dylan Urban was called […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say a Utah activist who filmed the fatal shooting of a Trump supporter during the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last week has been arrested. John Sullivan, a self-described journalist and liberal activist, released footage to the FBI that showed him entering the Capitol […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has declared a state of emergency ahead of expected protests at the state Capitol building. Cox, a Republican, has asked the National Guard, Utah Highway Patrol and local police departments to stand by to intervene and protect the Capitol in case […]
An incident Thursday morning has resulted in an Ephraim man being taken into custody. Officers were dispatched to a home in Ephraim after receiving a report of a man threatening to ignite the home with gas from a stove. When officers arrived on the scene, they discovered the man had […]
Members of the Utah Board of Higher Education, students along with state and community leaders will convene virtually this year for the USHE Student Safety Forum. The forum is scheduled for Friday Jan. 15 with the public portion of the meeting beginning at 10:30 a.m. The USHE Student Safety Forum […]
PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona man is claiming he was sexually abused as a Boy Scout and that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints threatened ex-communication when he tried to report it 45 years ago. Attorneys for the man announced a lawsuit Thursday in Maricopa County Superior Court […]
The Sevier County jail is dealing with a small outbreak of COVID-19 cases. Recent testing at the jail has revealed that 22 inmates currently have the Coronavirus. Sevier County Sheriff Nathan Curtis shared his thoughts on the situation saying, “it was something that was inevitable.” Curtis also shared that the […]
A number of concerned citizens virtually attended a public hearing held by the Sanpete County Planning and Zoning Commission on Wednesday, January 13 to accept comments on a draft ordinance dealing with storage containers. The Planning Commission had been instructed by the Sanpete County Commissioners to draft the ordinance dealing […]
