SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Hospital leaders in Utah are renewing their pleas for people to get vaccinated as the state experiences another surge in COVID-19 cases from the faster-spreading delta variant. State health officials told reporters Wednesday that the delta variant has begun to surge in Utah over the […]
Two new hunting laws that were approved by the Utah State Legislature earlier this year took effect this past Thursday. The first House Bill 295 will restrict the baiting of big game animals when hunting in Utah. This includes deer and elk. The second law, H.B. 197 prevents the DWR […]
The Manti-La Sal National Forest is welcoming comments on a proposed Restoration and Fuels Reduction Prescribed Fire project. They are proposing to increase the pace and scale of prescribed burning on lands within the Manti-La Sal National Forest. This is to reduce the risk of uncharacteristic wildfire to key ecosystem […]
The Utah Legislature has formed a bipartisan Redistricting committee to gather information and public input in order to recommend new district boundaries. These boundaries determine state legislative and congressional districts and are required to be looked at every ten years. Rep. Carl Albrect, who is on the committee stated that […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Several anti-mask protesters who disrupted a school district board meeting in Utah earlier this year are now facing criminal charges. The 11 protesters were charged with disorderly conduct and disrupting a public meeting late last week. A Granite School District spokesperson says police are still […]
TOOELE, Utah (AP) — Authorities in Utah are searching for an 8-foot-long boa constrictor that was accidentally freed from its container last week. KSL TV reported Tuesday that animal control officers were called to a home in Tooele, Utah on Friday. Contractors who were working on the house accidentally knocked […]
The Kane County Judicial Nominating Commission has announced the appointment of Judge Ronald Read to fill the Orderville Justice Court vacancy. Ronald L. Read graduated from Southern Utah State College in 1981 and the University of Utah Law School in 1990. Mr. Read served as a Law Clerk for the […]
SANDY, Utah (AP) — Police have arrested a man on suspicion of murder in the death of a Sandy woman whose body was discovered along a riverbank after had been reported missing. Sandy Police said Monday that William O’Reilly was booked into jail Monday on suspicion of aggravated murder, desecration […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Great Salt Lake in Utah has been shrinking for years, and a drought gripping the American West could make this year the worst yet. The receding water is already affecting nesting pelicans that are among millions of birds dependent on the largest natural lake […]
To prevent human-caused wildfires, Central Utah Inter-agency Fire Managers are implementing Stage 2 Fire Restrictions beginning July 6 on all federally administered public lands, State Lands and private lands in Juab, Millard, Beaver, Piute, Wayne, Garfield and Sevier Counties. The following acts are prohibited until fire danger decreases and fire […]
