SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Sheriff’s officials say flash flooding in a Utah canyon has killed one person. The Emery County Sheriff’s Office says at least 21 others escaped the flooding in Little Wildhorse Canyon. Agencies were looking for others who may have been stranded. The sheriff’s office says that […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah State Board of Education has approved a waiver to allow an elementary school to operate on a four-day per week schedule. The Deseret News reported Boulder Elementary School in Garfield County will make the shift beginning in the fall term. The education board […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Search crews have scaled back a water search for two teenagers who went missing on Utah Lake and will focus instead on searching from the air. Utah County Sheriff’s Sgt. Spencer Cannon told KUTV Sunday that pilots will fly over the lake three to four […]
Just before 3:30 p.m. on May 9 the Sanpete County Sheriff’s office received a call about a small plane that had landed around 1.5 miles west of the old Mount Pleasant airport. According to Sanpete County Sheriff Detective Derick Taysom, “the pilot believed they were having a medical issue so […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The family of a 5-year-old boy who drove the family car onto a Utah highway won’t face criminal charges. Authorities said Friday there was no evidence of neglect or other crimes. It happened Monday, while the teenage sister watching him so his parents could work […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Domestic violence rates in Utah are rising as the coronavirus confines many people to their homes. The Deseret News reports that has stretched resources for victims and is stoking concerns among law enforcers as judges decline to order some arrests. For many, home is the […]
BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Utah (AP) — As the coronavirus pandemic continues, the National Park Service is testing public access at several parks across the nation, including two in Utah, with limited offerings and services. The Salt Lake Tribune reports visitor centers and campgrounds remain largely shuttered at Bryce Canyon […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The coronavirus has put on hold Dani Aravich’s plans for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. The Utah athlete wants to compete in the 400-meter dash, an event she has never raced. While training, a Nordic ski coach invited her to a Team USA developmental camp […]
LOGAN, Utah (The Herald Journal) — A Utah man has pleaded guilty to burglary and criminal mischief after authorities said he vandalized a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple and caused over $5,000 in damage. The Herald Journal reported that 34-year-old Peter Abraham Ambrose entered his plea Tuesday […]
DENVER (AP) — A U.S. appeals court has ruled against a Utah gun rights advocate who challenged the Trump administration’s ban on bump stocks — the gun attachments that allow semi-automatic weapons to fire like machine guns. A panel of judges on the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver […]
