(Kanarraville, UT) — It will now cost five dollars to hike the Kanarraville Falls trail as part of a new permitting system. The Spectrum reports county officials have implemented the system as a way to control the number of people that use the trail. More than 30-thousand people hiked the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A committee of lawmakers in Utah’s House of Representatives signed off Monday on the creation of a new legislative oversight committee that would have broad power to investigate state and local governments, ranging from the governor’s office down to individual schools. The proposal from Republican […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Republicans in southern Utah are gearing up to choose a replacement for a Utah lawmaker who resigned ahead of reports that he met up with a prostitute in taxpayer-funded hotel rooms. The Spectrum newspaper in St. George reports Washington County Republicans are set to meet […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — As Salt Lake City positions itself to bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics, an arch that was the colorful backdrop for medal ceremonies at the 2002 Olympics in Utah remains in pieces in a warehouse. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that city leaders have yet […]
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Normal winter weather has returned to northern Nevada after nearly two weeks of near-record high temperatures. An early-morning snow storm slowed the Monday commute and delayed the start of Truckee Meadows Community College in Reno, where about 2 inches of snow fell. Traffic is moving over […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A Utah woman is under arrest after police say a senior center was robbed at gunpoint. The Daily Herald newspaper reports the woman was a recently fired employee who came to the door of the Elk Ridge Assisted Living Center dressed all in black early Wednesday […]
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — If the U.S. Olympic Committee is going to bid for the Winter Games soon, it will be a bid for 2030, not 2026. USOC Chairman Larry Probst ruled out the possibility of bringing the Olympics to Salt Lake City, Denver or Reno two years before […]
Records from Utah’s House of Representatives show taxpayer funds were used to pay for at least two hotel stays that a lawmaker is alleged to have used to meet up with a prostitute. British newspaper the Daily Mail reported Thursday that text messages provided by the prostitute were from former […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is scheduled to be in Utah Friday to make an announcement during a conservation and hunting expo in Salt Lake City. Interior officials didn’t provide details about the announcement in a news release Thursday, saying only he will make a […]
(Iron County, UT) — One of the men accused of kidnapping his children to join a doomsday cult may have also plotted to kill his son. According to newly-released court records in Iron County, John Coltharp told authorities he believed his son was possessed by an “evil spirit” and planned […]
