SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A committee of Utah lawmakers pushed forward a bill that would bar doctors from performing abortions sought because the fetus has Down syndrome. The House Judiciary committee voted Thursday night to send the measure to a vote on the House floor despite concerns from some […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers want to fix gaps in domestic violence law exposed when a man killed his ex-girlfriend and her son by opening fire on a car full of children after school. Memorez Rackley, who was killed in June 2017, couldn’t have gotten a protective order, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers are pushing to erase the state’s “porn czar” position that had been created in 2000 to curb pornography in communities and online. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the state House voted unanimously Thursday to pass a bill that would remove the “obscenity […]
(Salt Lake City) — Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is expected announce he is running for the U.S. Senate next week. According to “UtahPolicy.com,” sources close to Romney say he is choosing to gather the 28-thousand signatures needed from registered Republican voters to ensure he will be on the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A ski company that owns resorts from Quebec to Colorado says it will begin selling a pass next season that will give skiers and snowboarders access to 23 resorts in North America. The pass from the newly named Alterra Mountain Company will rival Vail Resorts’ […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A bipartisan group of state lawmakers says eliminating Utah’s sales tax on groceries, providing birth control for poor women and tackling the gender pay gap are among the steps they want to take to help women and the poor this year. The proposals are among […]
The Millard County Sheriff’s office is investigating an alleged hazing incident involving some student athletes at Delta High School. Millard County School District Superintendent, David Styler, spoke with Fox 13 in Salt Lake City about the incident. Without going into details, Styler said the incident took place last week on […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Officials at the Utah Poison Control Center are warning teens to stay away from detergent pods. The center says it’s seen 14 cases of poisoning related to the detergent pods so far this year. Most of the cases happened when smaller kids swallowed the pods […]
A California-based company with a manufacturing and research facility in Gunnison has been purchased by a German competitor. According to a January 10 press release, Freedom Innovations, the number three prosthetics company in the United States, signed a binding purchase agreement on September 22, 2017 with Otto Bock HealthCare, a […]
(Zion National Park, UT) — State and federal officials need help finding whoever shot and killed a pregnant elk in Zion National Park. The National Park Service announced yesterday that they found the elk near Lee Valley over the weekend. Whoever poached the elk could face federal charges and a […]
