BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A search was underway Thursday in southern Idaho for a man suspected of shooting and killing a motorist on a Utah highway, Idaho State Police said in a statement. Authorities were searching for Jonathan Llana, 45, near the small city of Burley and described him as […]
SANDY, Utah (AP) — A Utah hiker who wanted to climb the tallest mountain on every continent has died after reaching the top of Mount Everest, his seventh summit. Don Cash’s children told the Today Show Cash died Wednesday after collapsing at the top of the summit. He was 55 […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers say reforming the state tax system could include anything from ending the income tax to broadening the tax base. The Deseret News reports lawmakers and state officials floated reform ideas during a panel at the Utah Taxes Now Conference on Tuesday. Republican Senate […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Republican lawmaker in an area of Utah where many residents are member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has publicly come out as gay. Utah County Commissioner Nathan Ivie said Wednesday his announcement was inspired in part by his work with […]
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Illegal killings and political resistance have undercut the return of two species of endangered wolves despite more than $80 million in government spending. Wildlife officials warn the red wolves of North Carolina could be gone from the wild within a decade. In the Southwest, Mexican gray […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah and federal officials have signed an agreement to defer to the state when planning forest projects. The Salt Lake Tribune reported Wednesday that Republican Gov. Gary Herbert and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue signed the agreement Wednesday. Officials say the deal obligates the U.S. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Several hundred people gathered in the Utah State Capitol Tuesday afternoon to join a nationwide protest against abortion bans being passed around the country. Parents with young children and teenagers who left school early to attend the protest passed around markers and made posters championing […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt says he has no plans for additional changes to national monuments as recommended by his predecessor, but says it’s ultimately up to President Donald Trump. Trump in 2017 shrank two sprawling Utah monuments at the recommendation of former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. […]
DENVER (AP) — Only hours before women marched through many U.S. cities in January, Christopher Cleary set off a manhunt when he posted a Facebook message threatening to kill “as many girls as I see” in retaliation for years of romantic rejection. Cleary, 27, called himself a virgin who never […]
One man is now recovering after hail Tuesday afternoon caused a crash on I-70 East of Salina in Sevier County. According to the Utah Highway Patrol, Joseph Gasper of Colorado was driving Eastbound near mile post 89 when he approached other vehicles ahead slowing for hail and snow that was […]
