After 53 years, the lights have gone out on the Manti pageant for the last time. Saturday’s performance ended the pageant’s yearly run, and record crowds turned out to watch the final season. Over 30,000 viewed the pageant Friday night and over 20,000 made it to the Saturday night performance, […]
The second to the last performance of the Mormon Miracle Pageant Friday night brought over 30,000 people to Manti to witness the show which is now in its final season after over 52 years. This brings the total audience estimates for the final 2019 season to over 130,000 with the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Brigham Young University football player has been charged with driving under the influence. Online court records show Neil Pau’u pleaded not guilty Wednesday to DUI and interfering with traffic signs. The 23-year-old wide receiver from Santa Ana, California, is accused of driving drunk in […]
State health officials have placed Brian Head under a boil order after E. coli was detected in the city’s water supply. According to the city public works department, the bacteria was detected during a test Thursday night. Workers are flushing the system and chlorinating the water as they try to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah would charge electric and hybrid vehicle owners for miles driven under a voluntary program intended to compensate for diminishing gas tax returns. The state will be one of the first to collect the road usage charge for such a purpose, The Deseret News reported Wednesday. The […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal judge will allow the state of Utah to collect evidence as they defend a new ban on abortions after 18-weeks. U.S. District Judge Clark Waddoups said his Thursday ruling doesn’t signal the ultimate outcome of the case, but it would create a complete […]
2,100 acres of South Monroe Mountain burned Wednesday and Thursday in Piute County, but even after the flames are snuffed out, the work is continuing in the effort to restore aspen groves in the area. After years of planning and studying, prescribed burns in Fishlake National Forest are creating what […]
Rainy conditions didn’t deter the crowds from attending the Manti Mormon Miracle Pageant on Thursday. Despite a continuous drizzle, 14,500 people braved the rain to view the pageant. Friday and Saturday are the final nights for the pageant as it will be discontinued following this season. This is the 53rd […]
Two people are recovering from injuries after a lightning strike in Millard County Thursday night. The Millard County Sheriff’s office in a press release says, a father and daughter were struck by lightning while working a pair of stilts at the Utah Territorial Statehouse. CPR was done on the father, who […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah state attorneys will ask a judge on Thursday to let them marshal evidence to defend a new abortion ban, a step that could prepare the case for a future appeals court amid optimism from anti-abortion advocates nationwide about new conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices. […]
