SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A woman who made unsuccessful bids for Congress and Salt Lake County mayor has been elected by Democratic party members to the Salt Lake County Council. Shireen Ghorbani topped nine other candidates in a Saturday special election to fill the at-large seat left open when […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A southern Utah airport serving more than 200,000 commercial passengers a year will close for four months to let crews rip up and rebuild a runway undermined by unstable blue clay. St. George Regional Airport manager Rich Stehmeier tells The Spectrum the closure is scheduled May 29 […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Elected officials in southwest Salt Lake County are floating the idea of splitting the county without a majority vote from the area they’d leave behind. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that representatives from Herriman, Riverton, West Jordan and Copperton say they don’t feel fully represented at the […]
BEAVER, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a 41-year-old man sought in a criminal investigation in southern Nevada was arrested in a rural Utah county about midway between Las Vegas and Salt Lake City. Beaver County Correctional Facility records showed Sunday that Lee Frank Wilson was being held on a fugitive […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A state board has temporarily suspended plans to sell a large mountain parcel of trust land in northeastern Utah. The School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration Board of Trustees said its board voted unanimously Friday to temporarily suspend proceedings on a proposed sale of the […]
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — A Utah man accused of fatally shooting a city code enforcement officer has pleaded guilty to a number of charges. KUTV-TV reports Kevin Wayne Billings on Friday pleaded guilty to criminal homicide and aggravated arson. Authorities say Billings killed 52-year-old West Valley Code Enforcement officer Jill […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An off-duty Idaho Falls police officer was fatally shot Thursday night after he entered a Utah home uninvited and confronted a man who he believed was dating his ex-girlfriend, authorities said Friday. Blaine Reed, 35, was shot several times by the homeowner during a fight, […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Police say an 18-year-old Utah man is accused of punching and kicking his pregnant girlfriend in the stomach, aiming to cause a miscarriage. According to court documents, the 16-year-old victim told St. George police that the man knew she was pregnant and that he was […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A proposal to raise the age to buy cigarettes in Utah has an unlikely critic — the American Cancer Society’s Action Network, which argues the law should target retailers for penalties rather than buyers. While the group supports raising the tobacco-buying age to 21, it […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Latest on a fuel tanker fire on Interstate 15 in Salt Lake City (all times local): 10:35 a.m. A Utah Department of Transportation spokesman says crews need to do extensive repairs on Interstate 15 in Salt Lake City following a fuel tanker explosion and […]
