PROVO, Utah (AP) — The Utah Supreme Court says recent law school graduates can become practicing lawyers without taking the typical bar exam under new temporary rules forced by the coronavirus pandemic. The Daily Herald says the process requires the graduates to perform 360 hours of supervised legal service under […]
On Apr. 23 a horse died at the horse track in Panguitch after stepping into a prairie dog hole. According to reports, a fifteen year old female was trotting her horse around the racetrack when she fell off just prior to the accident, receiving no injuries. According to the Garfield […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Unemployment slowed somewhat again in Utah last week, but jobless claims remained crushingly high during the coronavirus pandemic that’s dealt a body blow to the economy. State officials said Thursday that about 19,800 people filed for unemployment last week, down from more than 24,000 the […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A non-refundable tax credit would be established in Utah for people and businesses wanting to donate to a Special Needs Opportunity Scholarship Program for private school students under a bill vetoed by Republican Gov. Gary Herbert earlier this month. The Daily Herald reported that state lawmakers […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah launched a new cell phone app Wednesday to track coronavirus symptoms and identify people who may have been exposed, known as contact tracing. The state has contract worth up to a $2.75 million with the social-media company Twenty, which built an app called “Healthy […]
A Cedar City man was recently charged in connection with the illegal killing of a buck deer in 2018. Michael Grant, 25, was charged in Iron County’s 5th District Court with wanton destruction of protected wildlife, a class A misdemeanor; two counts of taking, transporting, selling or purchasing protected wildlife, […]
WEST JORDAN, Utah (AP) — Police say a man suspected of forcing his way into the Utah home of a couple he knew and killing them both in was arrested Wednesday morning in the Sacramento, California area. Police believe 30-year-old Katherine Butterfield and 31-year-old Tony Butterfield were sleeping when 31-year-old […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A former Nevada judge who was banned from the bench is working as a city attorney in Utah. The Deseret News reported Conrad Hafen became a Saratoga Springs assistant city attorney in January. The Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline censured Hafen following confrontations in his […]
SALT LAKE CITY (The Salt Lake Tribune) — Utah search and rescue crews have found the body of a 44-year-old Colorado camper who was missing for several weeks. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that Daggett County Sheriff Erik Bailey said Leonard Corby “Corb” Fisher was found Monday about 2.5 miles […]
