SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The police chief of the Salt Lake City suburb of Cottonwood Heights has been paid a $70,000 settlement after filing a lawsuit claiming the city had planned to wrongfully terminate him. KUTV reports the money came from the Utah Local Government Trust, which is funded […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City has issued a fireworks ban as drought conditions worsen throughout the state. Democratic Mayor Erin Mendenhall said Tuesday that the ban covers fireworks, including smoke bombs and sparklers. Mendenhall also issued an open burning ban that prohibits people from starting any fires […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A family member has identified the victims of a plane crash in Utah last week as a Montana woman and her 6-year-old granddaughter. Alexandria Seigel of Havre tells KSTU-TV in Salt Lake City that her mother, Virginia Siegel, and her daughter, Elise Lawrence, were in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Turkish businessman has been arrested by the U.S. Justice Department in connection with what authorities say was a biodiesel fraud scheme. Authorities say the scheme was operated by a Utah business that stole nearly $500 million in government funds. Federal prosecutors say Sezgin Baran […]
Red Flag Warning issued June 23 at 2:51AM MDT until June 24 at 6:00AM MDT by NWS Saltlake …RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM MDT THURSDAY FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 478, 479, 480, 481, 482, […]
On June 22 authorities responded to a house fire just south of Spring City. The fire department was able to get the fire under control and everyone inside the home was accounted for. Currently, it is unknown how the fire started. Once it is safe to do so a fire […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah woman will serve up to 30 years in prison for her involvement with the death of a police officer as a teenager. The Monday sentence comes after the state Supreme Court overturned her original conviction. Meagan Grunwald’s boyfriend fired the fatal shots, but […]
Around 9:30 p.m. on June 21, the Utah Highway Patrol reports that a vehicle, a Pontiac Grand Prix, and a motorcycle were traveling down Milford’s Main Street at a high rate of Speed. While traveling at a high rate of speed the driver of the Grand Prix lost control of […]
Due to current and forecasted weather conditions coupled with the extremely dry vegetation conditions in Sanpete County, the State Forester has determined that measures must be taken to prevent the ignition of forest and rangeland fires. Therefore, Sanpete County has enacted stage two fire restrictions. Those restrictions are as follows. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A small plane crash that killed two people has also sparked a wildfire west of Salt Lake City. State fire officials say the fire south of Grantsville had torched less than one square mile as of Sunday morning. The crash happened Thursday night, when a […]
