LOGAN, Utah (AP) — A Logan teenager has been arrested after authorities say he brought a gun to school. The Herald Journal reports the 16-year-old boy was taken into custody Monday afternoon off-campus during a lunch break. According to a statement from Fast Forward Charter High School, other students spotted the gun […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski is endorsing Utah Sen. Luz Escamilla to replace her as leader of the capital city. The Deseret News reports that Biskupski cited Escamilla’s record working on behalf of minority groups as a state lawmaker. Escamilla is running against Erin […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Officials say federal research shows that about a quarter of Navajo women who participated in a study of uranium exposure had high levels of the radioactive metal in their systems. Dr. Loretta Christensen, the chief medical officer for Indian Health Service facilities that serve the Navajo […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police have identified an Idaho man who was killed when his powered parachute crashed in southern Utah. Authorities say 68-year-old Rodney Pridmore died when his aircraft crashed Saturday at the San Rafael Swell, a geological formation west of Green River. Police say Pridmore was one […]
OREM, Utah (AP) — An Orem man has been charged with rape and child abuse after authorities say he repeatedly sexually abused three young children and drugged their food. The Daily Herald reports 34-year-old Adam Jay Moore was charged on September 25 with rape, several counts of sexual abuse, child […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Zion National Park visitation set records this summer, averaging more than a half-million visitors per month. The Spectrum newspaper in St. George reports that yearly park visitors have more than doubled over the last decade at the southern Utah park known for its red-rock cliffs […]
A lightning strike caused a fire to break out just east of Beaver. The Skull Flat 2 Fire started on the second of October just seven miles east of Beaver. Lightning was stated to be the cause of the fire. The fire is burning in mixed conifer, aspen and mahogany. […]
Here is the updated information from Snow College about today’s incident. Ephraim, UT — At 3:13 PM Sanpete County Dispatch received a call of a person waving a handgun inside the Greenwood Student Center on the Snow College Ephraim Campus. Officers responded from Snow College Police Department and surrounding agencies […]
Sevier County Commissioner Ralph Brown is going around to each of the city council meetings in the area to talk about the proposed community recreation center. Brown will be giving a bond election presentation for the community development rec center that will appear on the ballot to be voted on […]
(Information from: Las Vegas Sun, http://www.lasvegassun.com) LAS VEGAS (AP) — Zombie deer may sound like something in a bad B-movie, but wildlife regulators say they’re real. Officials are working to keep them out of Nevada. The Las Vegas Sun reports the term relates to animals that have contracted chronic wasting disease […]
