SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A new state report shows that 71 people have died in Utah jails since 2013, with the majority of inmate deaths occurring within a week of being locked up. The state Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice compiled the report — the first time a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Advocates are demanding answers in the killing of a 30-year-old hip-hop artist by Salt Lake City police. KTVX-TV reports that dozens of people demonstrated on Saturday to protest the shooting of Cody Belgard. The group Utah Against Police Brutality and the Rose Park Brown Berets say Belgard […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah brewers will have to specially test lower alcohol beer before it can go on the shelves of grocery and convenience stores, adding another hurdle to a list of the state’s tight liquor regulators. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the state is mandating that lower alcohol beer […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A Utah school district is working to revamp its lessons around Native Americans to tackle stereotypes. The Daily Herald of Provo, Utah, reports the Provo City School District has been setting up meetings with schools about curriculum development and questioning sources teachers have been using. Meredith Lam, the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah LGBTQ advocates say they will join a nationwide effort to get the state to ban a practice known as “conversion therapy.” The Salt Lake Tribune reports Equality Utah Executive Director Troy Williams said last week advocates are ready to push for legislation that would make it […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Senate President Wayne Niederhauser says fellow senators need to attend a planned Dec. 3 special legislative session to change a voter-approved medical marijuana ballot measure and that if necessary he’ll compel them to show up. A Thursday email sent by Niederhauser says he “will […]
The Norbest turkey plant in Moroni is donating 100 live turkeys to Direct Action Everywhere, the animal rights group whose members have been charged with entering a turkey growing shed and stealing a baby turkey. DxE has been in contact with Pitman Family Farms, the new owners of the Moroni […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A Utah mayor killed while serving in the National Guard in Afghanistan is being remembered at a public funeral as a man of commitment, confidence, conviction and compassion. Brent Taylor’s younger brother, Derek, said Saturday in the city of Ogden that those attributes were the driving […]
FRUITLAND, Utah (AP) — Authorities have begun searching a central Utah reservoir for a missing man and woman. The Wasatch County Sheriff’s Office says a family member Thursday night reported that a 26-year-old Salt Lake County woman and a 24-year-old Minnesota man didn’t return from a camping trip to Strawberry […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Senate President Wayne Niederhauser says fellow senators need to attend a planned Dec. 3 special legislative session to change a voter-approved medical marijuana ballot measure and that if necessary he’ll compel them to show up. A Thursday email sent by Niederhauser says he “will […]
