SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say a Minnesota man died after falling 60 feet while rappelling down a cliff in southern Utah. Grand County Sheriff’s Lt. Kim Neal said that 33-year-old Scott Henning hiked with a friend Monday to a popular area for rappelling near the tourist town of […]
EMERY COUNTY, Utah-The visible smoke that can be seen from various points in the Sanpete Valley is a controlled burn conducted by the Manti-La Sal National Forest. The burn is on Trail Mountain northwest of Orangeville and is expected to linger throughout the next three days. As always, though, fire […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah junior high teacher is on leave after she instructed her students to read the lyrics of an Eminem song that slams President Donald Trump. Park City School District spokeswoman Melinda Colton said Tuesday that the teacher was put on leave last week after […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Ninety-nine Utah National Guard soldiers have been deployed to the Middle East. The Utah Army National Guard soldiers’ families wished them farewell on Monday during a deployment ceremony at the Utah Air National Guard hanger. The unit is the second of a two-part, nine-month deployment […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Department of Natural Resources is moving forward with the appointment of a former legislator who sponsored a resolution dismissive of the science supporting climate change. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Kerry Gibson will serve as one of the department’s deputy directors. Gibson’s appointment was announced […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A Utah man recently freed from a Venezuelan jail after two years detailed his harrowing experience, describing how he initially was stuffed in a tiny, hot cell with cockroaches while his new wife had her fingers placed in pencil sharpeners. Joshua Holt spoke about his ordeal […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah judge has rejected the state’s argument that former Utah Attorney General John Swallow isn’t entitled to $1.6 million in reimbursement for legal fees in a failed criminal case against him. The Deseret News reports the ruling came Monday. It allows Swallow to continue his lawsuit […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Officials say the U.S Attorney’s Office in Utah soon will get six new prosecutors. The Deseret News reports U.S. Attorney John Huber says three of the new assistant U.S. attorneys will target violent crime cases, two will focus on immigration crimes and one will handle civil enforcement […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A former U.S. intelligence officer was charged with attempted espionage for trying to sell secrets to China, the Justice Department announced Monday. In a 41-page felony complaint, prosecutors claimed Syracuse, Utah, resident Ron Rockwell Hansen, 58, was paid up to $800,000 over several years for […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Mormon church is pulling the remaining 158 missionaries from Nicaragua because of ongoing violence and deteriorating conditions in the Central American country. The move announced Tuesday by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints means the religion will no longer have proselytizing church […]
