SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus of Christ of Latter-day Saints is opposing a proposed ban on conversion therapy in Utah, just months after it said it wouldn’t stand in the way of a similar rule under consideration. The church said in a statement posted Tuesday night […]
CHINLE, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Division of Transportation has closed Chinle Airport runway until further notice due to existing asphalt deterioration. Authorities say the division’s Road Maintenance and Airports Management departments assessed the Chinle Community Airport on Monday. They say the assessment indicated that the south end of the […]
Black Canyon has been awarded timber sale to reduce hazardous fuels on the forest. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded the Black Canyon, which is located on the Manti-La Sal National Forest, timber sale. This timber sale is being awarded to help reduce hazardous fuels on the forest. […]
PHOENIX (AP) — A lawyer for an Arizona elected official charged in three states with facilitating an illegal international adoption scheme says prosecutors have miscast his client as a human smuggler. Attorney Matt Long said Tuesday Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen cares deeply for the birth mothers from the Marshall […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah health officials say the number of cases of lung damage linked to vaping is up to 83, with 11 more potential cases being investigated. The state Department of Health announced the new tally Tuesday, a rise in the 76 cases reported earlier. Most patients […]
(Information from: The Daily Herald, http://www.heraldextra.com) PROVO, Utah (AP) — Authorities say people may see smoke near the site of several wildfire burn scars over the next few weeks, but it will be coming from a prescribed burn. The Daily Herald reports that the project near Sheep Creek in Spanish Fork […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus of Christ of Latter-day Saints is opposing a proposed ban on conversion therapy in Utah, just months after it said it wouldn’t stand in the way of a similar rule under consideration. The church said in a statement posted Tuesday night […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah trooper is being praised as a hero after saving a man stranded on train tracks. A dashcam video tweeted on Wednesday by the Utah Highway Patrol shows officer Ruben Correa running toward a car that had crashed on the train tracks and pulling […]
The Richfield Ranger District on the Fishlake National Forest plans to conduct a prescribed fire project in late October or early November. This Project would take place near Annabella Reservoir following rifle season. This is a continuation of similar prescribed fires that have been implemented as part of the Monroe […]
Duchesne County schools have an increased presence from law enforcement after an alleged school threat on social media. According to authorities, district officials were made aware of an alleged threat to Union high school early on the morning of Oct. 16 that was made by one of the students […]
