SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — State officials say Utah residents who are self-employed or work in the gig industry can file for unemployment benefits. Kevin Burt of the Department of Workforce Services said Wednesday that the filing opportunity for people who work in jobs such as hair stylists or ride-hail […]
PRICE — The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources is seeking information from the public after two doe deer were illegally killed in Carbon County. DWR conservation officers received reports of two dead, discarded doe deer in Carbon County. One of the deer was located in Spring Canyon near Helper and […]
The Utah State Legislature is schedule to meet in their first ever online special session on Thursday, April 16, beginning at 9 a.m. This session is history making in several ways. It will be the first-time legislators have met remotely, and it is the first time they have called themselves […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two former middle school students have sued the Ogden School District for $300,000 in damages. They claim administrators failed to take action against a teacher accused of sexual misconduct. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that the lawsuit filed Monday alleges 31-year-old Mound Fort Junior High […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — The stars of the “Diesel Brothers” reality TV show are appealing a federal court ruling requiring them to pay $848,000 to the U.S. government and a Utah county over pollution law violations. The Standard-Examiner reported Monday that a judge ruled in March that David “Heavy D” […]
Officials say some Utah residents felt the largest aftershock yet since the 5.7 magnitude quake hit in March. The University of Utah Seismograph Stations reports Tuesday night’s “light” earthquake of magnitude 4.2 was in the northwester Salt Lake Valley near the town of Magna. Officials say the aftershock was felt […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah is joining more than 20 other states in canceling classes at public schools for the rest of the school year to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Gov. Gary Herbert said Tuesday that students will finish the year doing mostly online assignments. Public schools […]
Rick L Robins, superintendent of Juab School District, has been named the next superintendent of the 34,000-student Canyons School District. The district school board voted unanimously to appoint Robins during a meeting on Tuesday. Robins will succeed Superintendent James Briscoe, who announced his plans to retire from the school district […]
Teachers have been teaching classes through remote learning since the middle of March due to the COVID-19 outbreak, and it looks like that will continue. Utah Gov. Gary Herbert announced Apr. 14 that Utah’s public and charter schools will continue their soft closure through the end of this school year. […]
