(Salt Lake City, UT) — Forestry officials say the risk of wildfires still exists across Utah despite recent rainfall. According to Uintah Cache Wasatch Forest officials, a tree can continue to smolder for a while after being hit by lightning, which can spark fires after a storm. Several lightning-strike related […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Senator Mitt Romney is securing more than five million dollars to replace 90 state bridges. Romney held a news conference at the Willow Green Circle Bridge and said the bridges will be replaced as part of the 526 million dollars from the Infrastructure Investment and […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A new study find Utah is a highly dangerous place to drive. The study by business litigation and personal injury lawyers Heninger Garrison Davis found Utah has the second-highest rate of fatal high-speed crashes, trailing only Wyoming. High speed was a factor in more than […]
avid_creative/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Evacuations are underway in a Louisiana town following a chemical leak and a fire at a refinery, officials said. Marathon Petroleum said crews are responding to a release of naphtha — a flammable liquid that can be used as fuel — and a fire at […]
Feldhaar Christian / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least five people have died in Michigan from severe thunderstorms that tore through the state overnight. A car crash sparked by flooding claimed the lives of a woman and two young children in Kent County, which encompasses Grand Rapids, an official […]
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images, FILE (MAUI, Hawaii) — Maui County has released a validated list of the names of 388 individuals who have been reported unaccounted for following the deadly Lahaina wildfire disaster that began on Aug. 8. Officials say the names have been compiled by the FBI and are being […]
Jeremy Hogan/Getty Images (SAN DIEGO) — A U.S. military jet crashed near Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego early Friday, ABC News has learned. Authorities said the crash happened near Interstate 15 in the early morning hours. It was unclear what caused the crash and officials have not […]
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (CHARLESTON, W.V.) — West Virginia has the right to block the sale of the abortion drug mifepristone, even though federal regulators have decided the medication is safe, a federal judge ruled on Thursday. The decision by U.S. District Judge Robert Chambers is a blow to abortion rights […]
Trevor Williams/Getty Images (TULAS, Okla.) — The Oklahoma state school board voted unanimously on Thursday to upgrade the status of Tulsa Public Schools (TPS) to “accredited with deficiencies” amid fears the largest school district in the state – with more than 33,000 students – could have lost its accreditation status […]
STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images (EAST POINT, Ga.) — body found at a garbage collection station in Georgia Thursday is believed to be missing 2-year-old J’Asiah Mitchell, whose father reported the child had been kidnapped during an armed robbery last week. The toddler’s father was charged with lying about the robbery to […]
