MANTI, Utah-Saturday afternoon, while ambitiously visiting 11 communities throughout the day, Spencer Cox, a candidate for the governorship of Utah, stopped by the Sanpete County Jail in Manti to meet with community members. Cox and his wife, Abby Palmer Cox, were joined by their contingent, including Spencer Cox’s father, Eddie […]
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Heavy-lift helicopters are being used to drop water on a wildfire burning in a remote area of the North Rim of the Grand Canyon and an adjacent national forest. Officials say the fire started July 25 by lightning has become more active recently […]
BLUFF, Utah (AP) — All his children ran back into the house as Shaun Stephenson was getting ready to leave for the day. All but one, his 4-year-old daughter, who managed to sneak behind the rear tire of his truck. Stephenson started backing out and heard a bump. Jumping out, he […]
LGBTQ people who say they suffered shame and suicidal thoughts after undergoing gay conversion therapy urged Utah state officials to approve a proposed rule that would prohibit Utah psychologists from the practice that is already banned in 18 states. Opponents who spoke during a public hearing Thursday in Salt Lake […]
A long-haul trucker suspected of breaking into homes and sexually assaulting women has been arrested in connection to several decades-old cases in Utah and Wyoming. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Clearfield Police Chief Kelly Bennett said Thursday that 69-year-old Mark Douglas Burns has been charged in two rape cases in […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — An environmental group is seeking to limit the scope of a court order that bans tree cutting across national forests in New Mexico and one in Arizona. U.S. District Judge Raner Collins earlier this month sidelined timber management projects on the forests until federal agencies can […]
A teen boy in Richfield is facing multiple felony charges in connection to vehicle vandalism at the Sevier Valley Center earlier this month. According to Richfield City Police Detective Jason Waywood, the juvenile is suspected of jumping from car to car in the SVC parking lot on September 16. The […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A Utah man who pleaded guilty to killing his girlfriend and her son sat silent in a red jumpsuit and shackles as photos of the little boy playing in a pool and hugging family members were shown during a hearing Thursday in Provo. Judge Robert Lunnen […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Student leaders criticized University of Utah administrators for how they handled concerns by a student-athlete before she was fatally shot by a man she previously dated. The Associated Students of the University of Utah released a public statement condemning the school about a year after […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — LGBTQ people who say they suffered shame and suicidal thoughts after undergoing gay conversion therapy urged Utah state officials to approve a proposed rule that would prohibit Utah psychologists from the practice that is already banned in 18 states. Opponents who spoke during a public […]
