Red Flag Warning issued June 15 at 11:57AM MDT until June 17 at 10:00PM MDT by NWS Saltlake …RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 479, 480, 481, AND 488… * AFFECTED AREA…Fire Weather Zone 479 […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah ski resorts set a record for visitors this past winter despite coronavirus-related restrictions and a below average snowfall. A news release from Ski Utah shows the 5.3 million skier days marked a major rebound from the previous winter. Last year the state registered 4.3 […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The family of a women’s rights activist from Uganda has sued the National Park Service after she was decapitated last year by a gate at Utah’s Arches National Park. The lawsuit filed this month in Denver says the gate had been left unlatched against federal […]
POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Family members of a Utah teen who was stomped by a bull at the Idaho High School Rodeo Association State Finals over the weekend say he is recovering well and likely to be back in the arena within six months. The Idaho State Journal reports 17-year-old […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Transportation officials have reported nearly twice as many people died in alcohol-involved crashes on Utah roads last year compared to the year before, despite less commuter traffic during the coronavirus pandemic. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that the state Department of Transportation said there were […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Leaders from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are unveiling $9.25 million in new educational and humanitarian projects as they seek to build on an alliance formed with the NAACP in 2018. Church President Russell M. Nelson said at a news conference Monday […]
Heat Advisory issued June 14 at 4:15AM MDT until June 19 at 12:00AM MDT by NWS Saltlake …HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT FRIDAY NIGHT… * WHAT…Temperatures up to 103 expected. * WHERE…Eastern Box Elder County, Southwest Utah, Western Millard and Juab Counties, Eastern Juab/Millard […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A committee is recommending Dixie State University change its name to Utah Polytechnic State University. That came Monday from a committee tasked with considering removal of the term associated with the Deep South and slavery. Their recommendation that also includes a suggested nickname: Utah Tech. […]
MOAB, Utah (AP) — A wildfire sparked by an abandoned campfire is forcing evacuations south of Moab. KTVX reports the evacuations are mandatory for all private property on the east side of Geyser Pass. They were ordered after the fire called the fire breached a road. Four primary buildings and […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Utah biologists are working to protect bats from a fungus called White Nose Syndrome. The Spectrum reports it attacks the skin of the bats while they hibernate and wakes them. The bats attempt to clean off the fungus, and it gets on their ears and […]
