SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say 41 people were arrested in Salt Lake City during a volatile Saturday of protests over the death of George Floyd that led to one police car being burned, one officer being seriously injured and the implementation of a curfew. Salt Lake City Police […]
GRANTSVILLE, Utah (AP) — Tooele County has issued an order to close a local amphitheater in northern Utah, blocking a planned concert sponsored by activists opposed to coronavirus-related restrictions. The Tooele County Board of Health, the County Commission and the county health officer all issued a closure order Wednesday to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say a police officer was killed and another officer injured in a shootout with man whose wife called police to report he had threatened to kill her. Ogden Police Chief Randy Watt said Thursday the gunman was also killed when officers returned fire. Children […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — More people have now applied for unemployment in Utah during the coronavirus pandemic than the previous three years combined, though the number of new claims are decreasing as the state economy reopens. State officials said Thursday that nearly 5,500 more people applied for unemployment last […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police say three teenage boys were severely injured in a vehicle crash at the Bonneville Salt Flats in northwestern Utah. KUTV-TV reported that the Wendover Police Department said a car was traveling about 100 mph on the flats Tuesday around 10 p.m. when it collided […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former Republican congresswoman Mia Love is endorsing a state lawmaker who is one of four candidates hoping to win back the seat for the GOP. Love said Wednesday that Rep. Kim Coleman has been a tenacious contender against three other Republicans also competing for the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Prosecutors have filed murder charges against a Utah man accused of choking and stabbing a woman he met on the popular dating app Tinder. Authorities said Wednesday that Ethan Hunsaker called 911 to report the slaying early Sunday morning and told police to shoot him. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (The Salt Lake Tribune) — Two major universities in Utah have announced that students will return to campus this fall for in-person classes with preventive measures to curtail the spread of the coronavirus. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that the announcement came Tuesday from the University of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A shipwreck can be seen protruding from the Great Salt Lake and it could be more than 100 years old. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that Utah State Parks posted a photo of a tangle of brown beams Monday on Facebook after a recent storm […]
