Former Speaker of the House Greg Hughes has announced his running mate, naming Washington County Commissioner Victor Iverson to be Utah’s next lieutenant governor. “Victor is a proven leader with a commitment to conservative principles,” Speaker Hughes said. “He has kept Washington County strong and prepared, with the lowest tax […]
A rollover crash on interstate 15 near Beaver occurred Apr. 13 around 4:00 p.m. leaving a woman dead and her husband seriously injured. The Dodge pickup was pulling a small trailer with an ATV on it going northbound near mile marker 105 on I-15 when the crash occurred. According to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Legislature will hold a special session starting Thursday to address the coronavirus crisis. The session announced late Monday will be held remotely for the first time to avoid spreading the virus that has already infected one lawmaker. Legislators will re-examine the state budget […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former U.S. ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman Jr. qualified for the Republican primary ballot on Monday, joining Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox and ex-GOP chair Thomas Wright. Huntsman made the cut hours before the deadline after the coronavirus crisis made the typical strategy of knocking on […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah is pulling the plug on a coronavirus emergency alert system that was supposed to go only to drivers entering the state but was instead sent to hundreds of other people who were in their homes. Utah Division of Emergency Management Joe Dougherty said Monday […]
An East Carbon man was recently charged in connection with the illegal killing of a 19-inch buck deer. Jesse Davis, age 36 from East Carbon, was charged in Carbon County’s 7th District Court with wanton destruction of protected wildlife, a class A misdemeanor, on Mar. 27. His initial court appearance […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The U.S. government is alleging in a lawsuit that Utah criminal justice officials misused grant funds to bolster state coffers rather than to hire new employees. The U.S. Attorney’s Office filed a lawsuit Friday in a case that began when a prison inmate stumbled upon […]
A teenager from Sanpete County was killed in a motorcycle crash in Wayne County Easter weekend. On Saturday Apr. 11 at approximately 7:03 p.m., the Wayne County Sheriff’s office was dispatched to the Burro Wash area located south of Notom, Utah, for a 17 year old male that was involved […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — When first responders in Utah County needed protective masks due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Utah Valley University was one of the organizations that answered the call. Sid Smith is an associate professor in the Architecture and Engineering Design department at UVU. He has joined with BYU, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah-based health care organization will send two coronavirus response teams of medical workers to New York hospitals that are suffering from staffing shortages because of the outbreak. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Intermountain Healthcare announced the 50-member teams will be deployed for two […]
