SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Newly obtained documents reveal a small county in southeastern Utah paid a consulting firm nearly $500,000 to lobby against the designation of the Bears Ears National Monument and for the downsizing of it after it was created. The Salt Lake Tribune reports public records show […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The rejection of Utah’s closely watched plan to partially expand Medicaid could send other states back to the drawing board on covering more low-income people under former President Barack Obama’s signature health care law. Matt Salo with the National Association of Medicaid Directors said Monday […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop of Utah says he will retire when his term ends next year as planned after he considered changing his mind and running for re-election. Bishop’s northern Utah congressional district is heavily Republican, making it an unlikely spot for Democrats to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Six companies are challenging Utah’s decision to award a smaller number of medical marijuana grower licenses. The state’s Division of Purchasing said Monday they received appeals from six applicants who did not receive a license prior to Friday’s deadline. Some applicants have said Utah is […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A visitor from Mexico hiking a popular waterfall in Provo Canyon died after debris fell on him. The Daily Herald in Provo reports the accident happened Sunday afternoon as the 23-year-old man was climbing around Bridal Veil Falls. Utah County Sheriff’s investigators say it appears a large log […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The bodies of two brothers who went missing while fishing at a Utah reservoir nearly two weeks ago have been found. Authorities on Sunday confirmed they had recovered the remains of 70-year-old James “Jim” Gardiner and 61-year-old Mark Gardiner at Strawberry Reservoir. The men, both […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Officials say Utah’s planned request for more federal funding for expanding its Medicaid program is being rejected by President Donald Trump’s administration. A statement released Saturday by Gov. Gary R. Herbert and top legislative leaders said the White House told Utah officials late Friday that […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The phone hasn’t stopped ringing at a 10-room motel in the remote Nevada desert since a Facebook post invited people to “storm” the mysterious nearby Area 51 site in September. Connie West at the Little A’le’Inn tells the Las Vegas Sun it’s a little scary to […]
DRAPER, Utah (AP) — A Utah man is seeking parole ten years after he killed a woman while driving drunk and high on meth. The Deseret News reports 50-year-old Richard Allan Bash told a parole board on July 17 he has a hard time forgiving himself after the incident and […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Utah County Sheriff’s officials say searchers have recovered the body of a West Valley City man from Provo Canyon. They say the man has been identified as 21-year-old Albert John “AJ” Mapa. Authorities say Mapa reportedly jumped from a bridge into the waters of a diversion […]
