DENVER (AP) — Environmental groups have asked a judge to overturn the sale of drilling rights on public land in Colorado and Utah, saying the Trump administration didn’t consider the potential threat to public health and the environment. A lawsuit filed Thursday in Denver federal court seeks to reverse oil […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah water officials are testing an eastern Utah river after a train derailed over the weekend and sent 40 to 50 tons (36 to 45 metric tons) of coal into the river and surrounding wetlands. Department of Environmental Quality District Engineer for Southeast Utah Scott […]
A long-serving Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee says the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of a sexual assault when they were teenagers is “attractive” and “pleasing.” Utah’s Orrin Hatch made the comments as the committee broke for lunch after hearing several hours of testimony from Christine Blasey […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah State University piano professor has been removed from his teaching duties as the college investigates a sexual assault allegation made against him in a recent lawsuit. University President Noelle Cockett said Wednesday in a statement that professor Dennis Hirst’s students will be reassigned […]
KANAB, Utah (AP) — Authorities in southwestern Utah say a Salt Lake City man is dead after an apparent ATV accident near Navajo Lake in Kane County. The county Sheriff’s Office says 37-year-old David Montoya apparently was driving on a road at night when he failed to make a turn […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A judge is ordering the state of Utah to pay $475,000 in legal fees after it lost a court fight over a law that banned serving alcohol during the superhero film “Deadpool.” Judge David Nuffer handed down a strongly worded decision Wednesday denying the state […]
Fillmore schools have extra security in place after a possible threat to Millard High School. According to Millard School District official, Kieth Griffiths, a student reported they had overheard another student threaten violence. The threat was possibly going to happen during an assembly at the high school Thursday morning. Officials […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Zion National Park visitors are no longer allowed to experience a popular, 16-mile (26-kilometer), one-way hike through the Virgin River Narrows. The Salt Lake Tribune reports park officials began discontinuing permits for the hike Tuesday after a private landowner posted “no trespassing” signs in the popular canyon. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police say a man charged in the deaths of two Utah teenagers found down an abandoned mine shaft has discussed the slayings during hundreds of jailhouse phone calls. The Deseret News reported Tuesday a newly unsealed search warrant says 41-year-old Jerrod Baum has made more than 1,000 […]
The U.S. Forest Service is battling a new fire East of Mona and on the West side of the Mt. Nebo Wilderness. The Pack Fire was reported Tuesday. It’s suspected the cause is lightning. The fire is only estimated to be two to fire acres. The Spanish Fork Ranger District […]
