2,100 acres of South Monroe Mountain burned Wednesday and Thursday in Piute County, but even after the flames are snuffed out, the work is continuing in the effort to restore aspen groves in the area. After years of planning and studying, prescribed burns in Fishlake National Forest are creating what […]
Rainy conditions didn’t deter the crowds from attending the Manti Mormon Miracle Pageant on Thursday. Despite a continuous drizzle, 14,500 people braved the rain to view the pageant. Friday and Saturday are the final nights for the pageant as it will be discontinued following this season. This is the 53rd […]
Two people are recovering from injuries after a lightning strike in Millard County Thursday night. The Millard County Sheriff’s office in a press release says, a father and daughter were struck by lightning while working a pair of stilts at the Utah Territorial Statehouse. CPR was done on the father, who […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah state attorneys will ask a judge on Thursday to let them marshal evidence to defend a new abortion ban, a step that could prepare the case for a future appeals court amid optimism from anti-abortion advocates nationwide about new conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices. […]
MIDVALE, Utah (AP) — A Salt Lake City suburb has changed its rules for what groups can participate in a city parade after a Confederate group marched last year. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the Midvale City Council unanimously approved a policy Tuesday that allows groups to walk in its Harvest Days […]
The Millard County Sheriff’s Office is looking for assistance in solving a crime in Delta. According to a press release from the MCSO Facebook page deputies responded to a report of gunshots on 100 North and near the 300 West block at 1:30 AM Thursday. Multiple rounds of pistol ammunition […]
KEARNS, Utah (AP) — Two high students in a Salt Lake City suburb have been suspended from the football team for posting a video of somebody burning an LGBTQ pride flag. The Deseret News reports that Granite School District spokesman Ben Horsley says discipline was taken against the Kearns High School students […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 3-year-old Spanish Fork boy who fell from a second-story window has been released from a hospital. The family of Jacob Stallings said in a statement Tuesday he has made a “miraculous recovery” since falling 13 feet (4 meters) to a cement driveway on June […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The deputy director of the Utah Department of Environment Quality will head the agency temporarily. Scott Baird will serve as interim director until a permanent replacement can be found. He succeeds Alan Matheson, who is stepping down July 1. Gov. Gary Hebert announced Baird’s appointment […]
A man accused of raping a teen girl is now facing new allegations of child sex abuse. According to Sanpete County prosecutors, 52-year-old David Pemberton groped a 14-year-old boy working at his cabin in Hideaway Valley back in the summer of 2017. Records show investigators later interviewed a second teen […]
