SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah lawmaker has received criticism for comments he made during a committee hearing on a proposed ban to race-based hair discrimination. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that several Black women testified about the harms of race-based grooming policies. Republican state Sen. Derrin Owens told […]
Over 30 pounds of drugs were confiscated from an individual after a Richfield city police officer stopped a vehicle from Minnesota on the evening of Feb. 7. The officer reported that after pulling over Cassandra Miller, age 28, he could smell marijuana and a Utah Highway Patrol Trooper’s K-9 later […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An investigator says a skier caught in an avalanche that killed four people in Utah survived by clinging to a tree through the onslaught of rushing snow and later helped save two people. The avalanche forecaster investigating the slide said Tuesday that when the snow […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah House has said about two dozen Utah legislative staffers were placed on the priority list to receive COVID-19 vaccinations ahead of other residents. House Speaker Brad Wilson’s chief of staff Abby Osborne said in a statement on Monday that legislative leaders worked with […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Paris Hilton testified about abuse she says she suffered years ago at a boarding school in Utah, as she lobbied Monday for a bill seeking to regulate the state’s troubled teen industry. Hilton testified at a state Senate committee hearing at the Utah Capitol in […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — The Utah Senate has given preliminary approval to a bill that would prohibit people convicted of homicide from being released on parole without cooperating in the recovery of the remains of victims. The Daily Herald reported the bill passed Friday would prevent the state Board of […]
NORTH OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Parents who sought to opt out their children from learning Black History Month curriculum at a charter school in northern Utah have withdrawn their requests. The Standard-Examiner reported Maria Montessori Academy in North Ogden experienced a public backlash after announcing plans to make participation optional. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s Republican House Speaker Brad Wilson says he will support three police reform bills that have been proposed in the state legislature. Wilson said Wednesday he would back laws that would dedicate more training time to de-escalation tactics and methods on how to interact with […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah gun owners would be able to carry concealed weapons without a permit under a bill that passed the state Senate on Friday, leaving one procedural vote before it heads to the desk of a supportive Republican governor. Several other states, including Tennessee, are considering […]
NORTH OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A charter school in northern Utah that is allowing parents to opt students out of its Black History Month curriculum has sparked a debate over if parents should have the option. The Standard-Examiner reported that Maria Montessori Academy Director Micah Hirokawa said on the school’s […]
