PROVO, Utah (AP) — Authorities in Utah say a teenager was arrested and booked on multiple charges stemming from an alleged sledgehammer attack in Payson. The Daily Herald reported that the Payson Police Department responded to a report Friday that a person was witnessed hitting a man in the head […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Every day, packed shuttles chug through Zion National Park carrying thousands of hikers, bikers, tourists and locals into the country’s third most visited National Park. The Spectrum newspaper reports nearly 40 buses they have on hand have carried passengers since 2000, and haven’t been replaced […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Six-year-old Rosie Tapia was abducted through a window of her family’s Salt Lake City home in August 1995. She was later found sexually assaulted and drowned in a canal, a murder that’s never been solved. On the 25th anniversary of the girl’s death, her family […]
MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Many members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are deeply uncomfortable with President Donald Trump’s penchant for foul language, his tendency to pick on his enemies and his isolationist foreign policy. That could make a difference in Arizona, a potentially pivotal state in […]
The Central Utah Public Health Department (CUPHD) was notified on Friday, August 14, 2020 of the death of a Sanpete County resident due to COVID-19. The individual who passed away was a male, over the age of 85, and was a contact of a confirmed case. “We are saddened to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Sen. Mitt Romney says politicians attacking the vote by mail system are threatening global democracy. He stopped short of criticizing President Donald Trump, who has been openly against an expected surge of mail-in ballots. Romney said Friday that the United States must stand as an […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man who was credited with helping to save a woman’s life following a car crash was shot and killed the following day in Utah by police in what authorities suspect was a case of suicide by cop. Aaron Michael Griffin died in a shootout […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Gov. Gary Herbert has urged people to continue wearing masks and social distancing even as Utah’s coronavirus case counts decline. As schools reopen with a mix of in-person and online learning, Herbert said Thursday they will need to be flexible because there’s no way to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah homeowners association apologized after asking residents to take down their Black Lives Matter signs. One of those residents was Dan Carlson, a professor at the University of Utah. He posted a photo on social media Tuesday of the notice that the Daybreak homeowners […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah television station has conducted a survey suggesting that most of the state’s students could return to school in-person this fall. KUTV-TV queried five districts about how many of their students planned on taking online courses. The numbers reported are not final because thousands […]
