NEW YORK (AP) — A high-ranking leader with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said Friday the church severed its century-long tie with the Boy Scouts of America because the organization made changes that pushed it away from the church. “The reality there is we didn’t really leave […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A lawyer for an Arizona elected official accused of running an adoption-fraud scheme is pushing back against human smuggling charges, saying his client ran a legal practice and “made happy families.” Utah attorney Scott Williams said following a court appearance Friday that his client Paul […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The board that oversees Utah charter schools has asked state lawmakers to give them more authority, saying they do not have the power to intervene before a school fails. The Utah State Charter School Board made the request after one charter school closed earlier this […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declined to 2.5 percent in October, down from 2.7 percent in September, as the state’s economy added 51,200 jobs in the prior year. Department of Workforce Services Chief Economist Mark Knold, said Thursday that October’s performance signals a “healthy and […]
Two 50’s era fighter jets flew into Richfield’s municipal airport around 4:00 p.m. on Nov. 14. One plane was an old MiG and the other an old Navy Fury. Upon landing the pilot of the Fury failed to extend his landing gear. The Fury then belly landed on the runway, […]
The Utah Department of Natural Resources has extended the closed fire season for parts of central Utah. In a proclamation released by the department they stated that wildfire danger is unseasonably high this year due to weather and dry fuel conditions in central Utah. They also discussed that “minimizing the […]
PHOENIX (AP) — The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors has scheduled a Dec. 11 hearing for Assessor Paul Petersen to appeal his suspension amid human smuggling and other charges Lawyers for Petersen say the suspension last month was illegal. They say they don’t expect the county supervisors will change their […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. on Thursday announced his 2020 candidacy for the Republican nomination for the office that he held from 2005 to 2009 before leaving to serve as a U.S. ambassador. Huntsman announced his candidacy in a statement before a scheduled kickoff […]
The current statewide mule deer management plan is set to expire in December. Due to this, the Division of Wildlife Resources is proposing a new seven year statewide plan, along with some other amendments to the hunt drawing process. The division is also going to be seeking the public’s feedback […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A former county commissioner has sued a federal land agency after he spent 10 days in jail for trespassing in an illegal ATV protest ride in a southern Utah canyon. Rep. Phil Lyman filed the $10 million lawsuit in U.S. District Court Friday accusing Bureau […]
