AMERICAN FORK, Utah (AP) — A VW bus painted like a black chalkboard is inspiring creative drawings and bringing people together in American Fork. No matter where he parks the ‘chalkbus,’ owner Jonathan Sherman says he comes back to find great new art adorning the sides. The Daily Herald reports […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A Utah state lawmaker says she’s working on a proposal to study how implicit racial biases may play into the disproportionate number of minorities in the state prison system. Republican Rep. Marsha Judkins of Provo tells the Standard-Examiner she’s working on a prosecution transparency bill to […]
CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — As things begin to dry out again in New Mexico, members of the arid state’s congressional delegation are looking for ways to combat water scarcity here and across the American West. U.S. Sen. Tom Udall is blaming climate change for growing water scarcity, worrying that New […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Gov. Gary Herbert’s office has endorsed the first two designations for new state monument candidates, but they will need approval by Utah lawmakers. The Deseret News reports Danger Cave State Park Heritage Area near the Nevada border and Old Iron Town in Iron County received […]
A car crashed into the west side of Zions Bank in Richfield just before noon on Oct. 31. The driver, an 81-year-old male, was pulling up to the side of the building when, according to the report he gave police, he accidentally pushed down on the gas pedal instead of […]
ROOSEVELT, Utah (AP) — Authorities say two men have been killed at a Halloween party in a central Utah town and officials are calling the killings a double homicide. The Duchesne (do-SHANE’) County Sheriff’s Office said deputies called to a home near the town of Roosevelt early Friday found the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah authorities say the treasurer of a youth justice center has stolen more than $145,000 from the organization. Authorities say 41-year-old Michelle Lyn Coon was booked into the Uintah County jail Wednesday on suspicion of a second-degree felony count of theft over $5,000. Authorities say […]
BOULDER, Utah (AP) — Utah deputies have found the body of a New Jersey man about a month after he went for a hike and did not return. Garfield County sheriff’s office deputies said Wednesday that the body of 72-year-old Norman Everett Applegate was discovered Tuesday and recovered by a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A U.S. defense agency has identified and recovered the body of a Utah Marine about 76 years after he was killed in battle during World War II. The U.S. Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Wednesday that 21-year-old Pfc. Robert Hatch of Woods Cross […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The first change to beer alcohol limits since the end of Prohibition is coming to Utah. The state will become the next-to-last in the country to say goodbye to lower-alcohol 3.2% beer on Friday, when drinkers will welcome new, slightly stronger brews to grocery stores, […]
