A small lightning caused wildfire will be growing in Wayne County over the next few days. According to the U.S. Forest Service, the .10 acre Park Ridge Fire began on July 24 when lightning ignited a single ponderosa pine in the Park Ridge area of Boulder Mountain. Officials with the […]
HERRIMAN, Utah (AP) — Police say vandals spray-painted racist graffiti on several school buildings in a Utah city. Herriman police are investigating after graffiti that included racial slurs and swastikas was found Thursday. The vandals targeted Herriman High School and Copper Mountain Middle School as well two buildings serving as […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The U.S. government is unveiling its final management plan for a national monument on tribal lands home to ancient cliff dwellings and other artifacts in Utah that was significantly downsized by President Donald Trump. The Bureau of Land Management’s plan for the Bears Ears National […]
Health officials are warning residents after mosquitos with West Nile Virus were found in Sevier County. The Central Utah Public Health Department says mosquitoes trapped near Aurora recently tested positive for the virus. No cases of people actually becoming sick from the infected mosquitoes have been reported. According to Health […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — The Utah County Commission has passed a resolution to submit a plan for a change of government to voters. But the Daily Herald reports that whether the resolution has legal standing remains in question. State law allows two ways to submit a change of government change […]
SPANISH FORK, Utah (AP) — Officials have temporarily closed a beach in northern Utah due to dangerous levels of toxic algal blooms in the water. The Utah County Health Department announced a danger advisory for Lincoln Beach on the west side of Utah Lake on Thursday. Authorities said crews observed […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man will serve up to life in prison after being convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend as he fired more than a dozen rounds into a bedroom window. The Deseret News reports that police say 47-year-old Gino James Cecala had targeted 25-year-old Paige Espinoza’s current boyfriend […]
A fourteen-year-old is dead after a rollover crash in Beaver County. The Utah Highway Patrol says the teen was riding in a Chevy Blazer that drifted off the right shoulder of SR-21 near Minersville Thursday afternoon. The SUV rolled, ejecting both the driver and the passenger, who were not wearing […]
HERRIMAN, Utah (AP) — Authorities in northern Utah say fireworks set off during Pioneer Day hit a police car and started a fire in a nearby field. Lt. Cody Stromberg with Herriman police said a patrolling officer saw a group of people setting off fireworks in a restricted area late […]
LAYTON, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a 20-year-old Utah man who told police he was playing with a lighter and an incense candle in an apartment where gasoline previously had been spilled is accused of starting a fire that destroyed a 24-unit building. Layton police said the fire Monday resulted […]
