SPANISH FORK, Utah (AP) — A pair of wildfires in Utah County that forced hundreds of families to evacuate their homes and created poor air quality has posed a challenge to the high school sports season. Salem Hills chemistry teacher, athletic director and girls soccer coach Lee Gillie said he […]
SARATOGA SPRINGS, Utah (AP) — Utah County authorities say small plane’s pilot escaped serious injury when it crashed and flipped while attempting to land on an exposed part of the bed of Utah Lake. The Sheriff’s Office says the pilot was able to walk away from his plane after it […]
FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — One of the biggest issues looming over a northwestern New Mexico county is the potential closure of a coal-fired power plant in 2022 — about 20 years before the end of its useful life. The closure of the San Juan Generating Station, which provides electricity to […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The National Weather Service has issued flash flood watches for parts of four states in the Southwest for Monday and Tuesday. Areas covered by watches due to what the weather service’s Las Vegas office calls “abundant tropical moisture from Hurricane Rosa” include southern Nevada, southeastern California, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A temporary easement has allowed Zion National Park to temporarily resume issuing permits for use of a popular trail through the Virgin River Narrows that were discontinued Tuesday after private landowners posted “no trespassing” signs in the popular canyon. Park officials on Friday announced that […]
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Rosa weakened into a tropical storm Sunday as it headed toward northwest Mexico and parts of the U.S. Southwest, prompting storm warnings for the Baja California coast and flash-flood watches for parts of four U.S. states. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Rosa should hit […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Grocery and convenience stores in Utah that are already limited to selling only lower alcohol beer will face additional restrictions intended to curb excessive in-store advertising and consumer confusion. New rules that were buried in a massive liquor overhaul bill that passed last year will […]
DENVER (AP) — A rare bird found only in Colorado and Utah will stay on the endangered species list, at least for now. A federal judge in Denver on Friday upheld a 2014 decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect the Gunnison sage grouse as a threatened […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Mormon church is planning to increase food donations to community charities by more than 20 million pounds (9 million kilograms) annually over the next several years. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced the changes to its welfare operations in a Thursday […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A former Salt Lake City mayor is dropping a lawsuit claiming the National Security Agency conducted “blanket” surveillance in Salt Lake City during the 2002 Winter Olympics in Utah. Rocky Anderson said in court documents Thursday that he’s been so stymied in his efforts to […]
