SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Republican-led Utah Senate has chosen not to host a hearing for one of outgoing Gov. Gary Herbert’s judicial nominations. Margaret Plane was nominated to the state Court of Appeals in November after serving as special counsel for Park City since 2019. Five of Herbert’s […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Federal prosecutors in Utah have sued a pharmacy after claiming employees allegedly filled hundreds of opioid prescriptions for members of the same family in the small city of Morgan. The Standard-Examiner reports that the state U.S. attorney’s office filed a civil enforcement action Friday against Ridley’s […]
Around 11:30 a.m. on Dec. 7, authorities were notified of a broken gas line in Ephraim city. A construction company was digging near 500 east 480 south when they struck the line. According to the Ephraim City Police Department, Dominion Energy was quick to respond and promptly dug to and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Tiny shrimp eggs have been showing in such huge numbers in Utah’s Great Salt Lake that some parts of the water looked covered with an oil slick. Cold weather in fall or winter causes the lake’s small brine shrimp to produce the eggs, or cysts. […]
SUMMIT PARK, Utah (AP) — A novice pilot from Idaho safely landed his small airplane on a Utah interstate after its engine failed midflight. Jackson Walker of Idaho Falls was flying with a friend to Provo when the oil pressure dropped about an hour-and-a-half into the Saturday night flight. The […]
In a post shared on the Garfield County Sheriff’s Facebook page, it was shared that an individual has been convicted for a Hate Crime in Garfield County. Joseph Taft Dawson from Sandy Utah was convicted in Garfield County Sixth District Court on Dec. 4 on a Class A Misdemeanor on […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s population swelled by an estimated 52,820 people during the fiscal year that ended July 1, 2020 as a yearslong economic boom ended and the pandemic and its recession began. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the hotbed of growth in the state was Utah County. […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — An iconic bird species known for dramatically puffing up “bulbous yellow air sacs” on its chest is now puffing up controversy on the political landscape as the focus of a series of amendments to its management plan published recently that open up 51 million acres […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Prosecutors say a Salt Lake City police officer who shoved and knocked over a man who was walking with a cane during a protest will not face criminal charges to respect the victim’s wishes. Officer Val Brown was captured on video pushing a man to […]
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) — Allyson Gamble, the longtime executive director of the Utah state Capitol, has died. She was 52. Gov. Gary Herbert said Saturday in a statement mourning her death that Gamble was beloved by all, regardless of political party, because of her warmth, talent and enthusiasm. […]
