SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah County officials have decided to go back to mail-in ballots this year after receiving push back from residents and city leaders. The Deseret News reports Utah County commissioners announced Thursday that they will hold an all vote-by-mail election in 2018, reversing an earlier decision […]
NEW HARMONY, Utah (AP) — A tire and auto repair shop along Interstate 15 in southern Utah has been ordered to pay $10,000 for not telling customers the full cost of repairs. The Salt Lake Tribune reports this is the second time the Utah Division of Consumer Protection levels fines against Freeway […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert says he will work to oppose a ballot initiative to legalize medical marijuana in the state. The Republican governor said in a statement Thursday that he believe the proposal has major flaws and lacks safeguards for the growing and distribution of […]
(Juab County, UT) — Investigators say they have made several arrests in connection with two bodies found in an abandoned mine near Eureka yesterday. Authorities believe the bodies are 18-year-old Riley Powell and 17-year-old Brelynne Otteson, who went missing three months ago. One of those arrests includes 41-year-old Jerrod Baum. […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A southern Utah teenager accused of trying to set off a homemade bomb at his high school will remain in juvenile detention pending his preliminary hearing in May on attempted murder and other charges. Judge Paul Dame ruled during a juvenile hearing in St. George […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — At least one person is under arrest in the deaths of a missing teenage couple whose bodies were found in an abandoned Utah mine. Utah County Sheriff’s officials said Thursday that 41-year-old Jerrod W. Baum is being held on suspicion of aggravated murder, kidnapping, abuse […]
Unified police and fire, and search and rescue crews believe they have found the bodies of two missing teens in Juab County. Authorities searched through the Tintic Standard mine in Eureka on Wednesday. During a press conference, officials said they found the bodies about 100 feet down an open mine. […]
MANTI, Utah (AP) — A Utah inmate facing a possible death sentence has agreed to a plea deal after a judge ripped into prison officials’ handling of the case. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Judge Wallace Lee said Wednesday he was “beyond angry” and called for an investigation into the Department of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former Utah Attorney General John Swallow has asked a judge to dismiss a federal lawsuit accusing him and an imprisoned businessman of illegally funneling donations to the campaigns of Sen. Mike Lee of Utah and others. Swallow’s lawyers also asked a federal judge Tuesday in […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Southern Utah officials are proposing a land swap deal with the federal government in order to build a highway through the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve. The Spectrum reports Washington County officials are drafting federal legislation with members of Utah’s congressional delegation to swap land needed for the […]
