COVE FORT, Utah (AP) — A small earthquake hit the southwestern Utah desert overnight. The University of Utah’s seismograph stations recorded the 3.8 magnitude earthquake just before midnight Tuesday. The epicenter was 15 miles northwest of Cove Fort, a historical site in Millard County. The university says four aftershocks occurred […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Weber County voters will be asked next year if they want to move forward with a study that will look into the idea of changing the county’s three-commissioner form of government that some critics have called insufficiently representative. The Standard-Examiner reports Weber County commissioners unanimously approved a resolution […]
A fire at the Country Auto Salvage has left behind several damaged cars and tires Tuesday afternoon in Sevier County. According tp the Sevier County Sheriff Nate Curtis, the fire began around 2:30 near Aurora. Investigators believe the fire started as a worker was cutting on a car when a […]
Ephraim City has experienced a broken water line, and the City is requesting residents to suspend outside watering until tomorrow. The break should be repaired by then, and residents can follow the regular watering schedule after today.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A woman convicted of helping a former street preacher kidnap Elizabeth Smart in 2002 will be freed from prison more than five years earlier than expected, a surprise decision that Smart called “incomprehensible” on Tuesday. Wanda Barzee, 72, will be released Sept. 19 after the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Drought conditions have six counties in Utah declaring emergency disasters, with farmers and ranchers among the hardest-hit. KUTV reports Utah’s Drought Review and Reporting Committee met Monday to discuss expanding the emergency disaster area. Mike Styler, the executive director of the Utah Department of Natural Resources, says […]
WEST WENDOVER, Nev. (AP) — A 75-year-old Utah woman apparently drove the wrong way on Interstate 80 for nearly 20 miles (32 kilometers) before crashing into an oncoming car, killing both drivers, injuring two others and shutting down part of the interstate near the Nevada-Utah line for several hours. The […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The aunt of a 12-year-old boy hit by a school bus in Roy says he’s fighting for his life at a hospital. Cynthia Heath told KUTV news that Natas Farkas suffered serious head injuries in the Friday collision and has been unresponsive ever since. Farakas was riding […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A judge on Monday sided with the U.S. Department of Labor against a company with ties to a polygamous sect on the Utah-Arizona border, finding the company changed its name in a bid to defy an order to stop using child labor. U.S. District Judge […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Health officials say customers of a downtown Salt Lake City restaurant might have been exposed to hepatitis A from late July through mid-August. The Salt Lake County Health Department says an infected worker at the New Yorker Restaurant “potentially handled certain food or beverage items,” […]
