OGDEN, Utah (Standard-Examiner) — A Utah school district has adopted computer software that alerts administrators and parents to activity in student Google accounts that may raise concerns. The Standard-Examiner reported the Weber School District in Ogden plans to use the free service called Bark that flags mentions of self-harm, drugs […]
Sometime between the late afternoon of Monday Feb. 17 and before noon on Feb. 18 a cow was shot west of Nephi on West Meadow Lane. According to a news release on the Juab County Sheriff’s Facebook page on Mar. 3 “although this case is still under investigation 7 juveniles […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A slimmed-down version of a measure to require warning labels on pornography in Utah has passed the state Senate. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the proposal approved Friday would now mandate a one-sentence warning label for online or print material deemed legally obscene. A relatively […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Several hundred Brigham Young University students protested Friday afternoon outside church headquarters in Salt Lake City to show their displeasure with a letter this week that clarified that “same-sex romantic behavior” is not allowed on campus. The letter dashed the hopes of many LGBTQ students […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Abortion clinics would be required to cremate or bury fetal remains and women would have to get an ultrasound before the procedure under proposals approved by lawmakers in Utah this week, over objections that the new rules would erode access to abortion. The Legislature passed […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — State and local health officials say that the first known case of the new coronavirus has arrived in Utah. The officials say the person who has the virus is a man from Davis County who is older than 60 and believed to have been exposed […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A filing shows The Church of Jesus Chris of Latter-day Saints’ largest investment fund had nearly $38 billion at the end of 2019. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the fund submitted the filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Feb. 14. A former […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A prosecutor has concluded that four Ogden police officers were justified in shooting and killing a man last August. Weber County Attorney Chris Allred cleared the officers of wrongdoing for shooting 26-year-old Jovany Mercado, of Ogden, who died at the scene. The Ogden Standard-Examiner reports it […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox has directed a state coronavirus-response team to delete a tweet calling President Donald Trump’s comments about people going to work sick misinformation. The Republican tweeted late Thursday that he asked message to be removed because it appeared political. He said […]
KANARRAVILLE, Utah (AP) — Authorities say extreme winter weather appears to have played a role in the death of a man whose body was found in southwest Utah. KSL-TV reports the body of the 22-year-old man was discovered in Kanarraville. Authorities have not released the Taylorsville man’s name. The Iron […]
