LOGAN, Utah (AP) — A Utah highway patrol lieutenant and state lawmaker has retired from his law enforcement job after 31 years. Lee Perry tells the Logan Herald Journal that he’s seen good changes in police work during his career, including an increased recognition that mental-health treatment is an asset […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — The Utah County Republican Party and Utah Republican Party have settled a lawsuit filed by two party members over the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Provo Daily Herald reports as part of the settlement the Utah Republican Party will update “its governing documents to reflect that ADA compliance […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Utah transportation officials are exploring other ways to bring in money as more drivers switch to electric and hybrid vehicles. The Provo Daily Herald reports the Utah Department of Transportation has launched the Road Usage Charge program aimed at giving drivers of alternative-fuel vehicles the option […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A new study says Utah’s number of drug overdose suicides has potentially been underreported by 33%. The Provo Daily Herald reports the study published in the journal Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior came to the conclusion after looking at 2,665 overdose deaths that occurred from 2012 to 2015 […]
A Sundance Film Festival program designed to increase diversity among media members covering the annual event in Park City boomed in popularity in the initiative’s second year. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that 51 journalists were selected this year out of a pool of 319 applicants to receive travel stipends provided […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities in Northern Arizona have arrested a man accused of sexual assaults in Arizona and Utah more than 15 years ago. The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office said Friday that DNA analysis led detectives to 58-year-old David Louis Slade of Eagar, Arizona. He was arrested on Thursday. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah prosecutors are dropping charges against a man accused of automobile homicide and other crimes in a Aug. 17 crash that killed a woman and her 16-year-old daughter sleeping in their parked truck in Big Cottonwood Canyon. KSL-TV reports that the Salt Lake City County […]
MILLCREEK, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a California teenager who went missing while hiking in the snowy Utah mountains has been found alive. The Deseret News reports the 17-year-old was found Friday and flown out of a canyon east of Salt Lake City by helicopter to a hospital. Authorities say […]
Around 11:20 a.m. on Jan. 3 Utah Highway Patrol responded to a crash on Keller road near Manti. According to UHP Sgt. Clay Morgan a resident was entering the road from their driveway and failed to see another vehicle on the road. The vehicle on the road then t-boned the […]
A search is underway in a canyon east of metro Salt Lake City for a missing 17-year-old hiker from California. The United Police Department says the boy was visiting a friend and hasn’t been seen since he took an Uber to Millcreek Canyon Thursday morning to hike for the day. […]
