(Salt lake City, UT) — Utah lawmakers plan to ask voters in November to approve giving legislators the power to revise voter-led ballot initiatives. In a special session yesterday, Republican leaders in the legislature said the proposal is meant to check the power of special interest groups from using ballot […]
(Layton, UT) — New statistics show auto-pedestrian crashes during the traditional school year are on the rise in the state. The Utah Department of Public Safety’s Highway Safety Office says that 990 Utahns were hit by vehicles during the 2023-24 school year which was calculated as running from August 1st […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s Republican leaders launched a legal challenge aimed at wresting control from the U.S. government over much of the federal lands that dominate the state. Utah’s attorney general said yesterday he has asked to file a lawsuit with the U.S. Supreme Court asserting state power […]
Millard County Attorney Patrick Finlinson has announced his resignation, effective Sept. 30. According to the Millard County Chronical Facebook page, “a scramble will likely take place among members of the local bar to fill Finlinson’s position on an interim basis. Commissioners were told there would not be a need for […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The LDS Church has broken ground on three new temples. One is in Austin, Texas, another is in Santiago, Chile, while the third is in Londrina, Brazil. Once the Santiago Temple is completed, Santiago will become the seventh city in the world to have multiple […]
(Cedar City, UT) — Work is officially underway on the new sheriff’s complex and correctional facility in Iron County. Leaders gathered Friday for a ceremonial groundbreaking at the facility being built south of Cedar City Airport. It is taking over for the previous jail that was built nearly four decades […]
The investigation into a Millard County Sergeant regarding a hunt has been completed. According to a post to the Millard County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page, the Division of Wildlife Resources “found that the law was followed by Millard County Sgt. Mike Blad during this hunt.” It also stated that “Sgt. […]
(Cedar City, UT) — A semi-truck driver is dead after a crash with another semi-truck in Iron County. It happened early yesterday morning when both trucks were traveling along Interstate 15 north of Parowan. The truck that rolled over had rear-ended the other truck and caused it to veer off […]
In a post to their Facebook page on Aug. 18 the Millard County Sheriff’s Office acknowledged a complaint against one of their deputies regarding a hunt. In the post they shared the Division of Wildlife Resources has been contacted and is conducting an investigation independent of the Sheriff’s Office into […]
Heavy rain has led to flooding in Sanpete County. Around 4:00 p.m. Aug. 18 a large storm system brought heavy rainfall to Fountain Green causing major flooding on Main Street and throughout the town. According to the Sanpete Unity Facebook page, several homes are flooded. There was also flooding at […]
