(Salt Lake City, UT) — A new policy that would allow Utah school staffers to address students by their preferred pronouns is getting attention from critics and supporters. Protesters came to a meeting of the Utah Board of Education yesterday ahead of a discussion of gender identity issues in state […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The state is looking to invest in new technology to detect earthquakes before Utahns feel shaking. Utah’s Seismic Safety Commission voted yesterday to recommend that the state spend 150-thousand-dollars to study the system. Researchers with the University of Utah say the new tech, earthquake early […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The former campaign manager for Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has resigned after an investigation substantiated claims of sexual misconduct made against him by a female campaign employee. The Republican governor said Thursday that an independent investigation found cause to terminate Austin Cox, his 2020 campaign […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will restore two sprawling national monuments in Utah that have been at the center of a long-running public lands dispute, and a separate marine conservation area in New England that recently has been used for commercial fishing. Environmental protections at all three monuments had […]
A man has been arrested in Sevier County after kidnapping an individual and running from police. On Sept. 30, Sevier County Deputies were dispatched to a family fight in Redmond. Trenton Seely had taken Linda Richens away in his truck after threatening to stab her. Richens was able to contact […]
ROCKVILLE, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a man who is suspected of shooting at vehicles and causing a lockdown of a tourist town outside of Zion National Park in southern Utah was apprehended Wednesday night. The Washington County Critical Incident Task Force said in a statement that officers responded Wednesday […]
(Ogden, UT) — Utah is being ranked as 5th in the nation when it comes to the gender wage gap by Utah State University. The USU study reports that on average, women in the state make 70-percent of what men make, which is lower than the national average of 82-percent. […]
(Washington, DC) — Republican Senator Mike Lee was focused on how Facebook approves advertisements on its platforms during a Senate hearing yesterday. Senator Lee talked with Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen about how often the tech giant relies on artificial intelligence to approve ads, and then brought examples of fake ads […]
(Delta, UT) — A man faces several charges in Millard following a deadly car crash from Friday night. UHP says 30-year-old Miguel Garcia was traveling on Highway Six west of Delta when he lost control of the car, causing it to flip. The crash killed his passenger, 22-year-old Blanca Castaneda-Salazar. […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A third-party candidate is looking to take Utah Senator Mike Lee’s seat when it comes up for re-election next year. Evan McMullin ran for president in 2016 as an independent and garnered about 21-percent of the vote in the state. Now, he’s gunning for Lee’s […]
