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Ogden police officer shoots dog during child welfare call

ODGEN, Utah (AP) — Ogden police say an officer shot and injured a dog that allegedly attacked him while he was on a child welfare call. According to a statement from the Ogden Police Department, the dog came out from behind a vehicle in a driveway and attacked the officer. […]

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Group of hikers rescued after rockfall in Zion National Park

Group of hikers rescued after rockfall in Zion National Park

ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Zion National Park officials say rescue crews had to retrieve a group of hikers who were temporarily trapped on the popular Hidden Canyon trail after a rockfall. The Spectrum reports it’s the third time in a little more than a month that the park has had to […]

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Interior officials tours Utah city as possible BLM home

Interior officials tours Utah city as possible BLM home

OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A U.S. Department of Interior leader reiterated the agency’s strong interest in moving the Bureau of Land Management headquarters to the West during a visit to a northern Utah city that is under consideration as a new home. Interior assistant secretary Susan Combs said the move […]

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Human case of West Nile virus found in Box Elder County

Human case of West Nile virus found in Box Elder County

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Health officials are reporting a human case of West Nile virus in Box Elder County, one of four cases in Utah this year. The Standard Examiner newspaper reports two more samples have also tested positive for the virus in Box Elder County, bringing the total number of […]

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Intermountain Healthcare eliminates 396 jobs in overhaul

Intermountain Healthcare eliminates 396 jobs in overhaul

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Salt Lake City health care company says it eliminated 396 jobs and created 107 new positions as part of a structural overhaul it launched late last year. The Deseret News reports Intermountain Healthcare announced Monday that 59 positions were already vacant, and a total of 67 […]

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Drunk shooter suspected in shots that hit Utah bus, truck

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah police have arrested a man suspected of drunkenly firing gunshots that struck a public bus and a semitrailer. Authorities say 57-year-old Michael Hinckley was arrested Monday after he interrupted investigators searching a nearby peach orchard in the city of Fruit Orchard north of Salt […]

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Trial date set for man accused of filming teen’s suicide

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A judge has set a trial date for a Utah man accused of encouraging a high school friend to hang herself and filming the act. Court records show 19-year-old Tyerell Przybycien (pro-BISH-ian) is set to go on trial for murder starting Dec. 5. Prosecutors say […]

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Two fires in Sevier County less than hour apart Monday

Two fires in Sevier County less than hour apart Monday

A farmer is without an expensive tractor and a family is without a home after two separate fires in Sevier County Monday evening. The first one started around 5 p.m. near the intersection of Main and SR 118 in Venice. A man was using a grinder attached to a tractor […]

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Police: Shot that hit bus appears accidental

FRUIT HEIGHTS, Utah (AP) — The Latest on gunfire hitting a public bus in Utah (all times local): 10:25 a.m. Police say they believe a public bus in Utah traveling on a highway was accidently hit by a bullet when someone fired shots from a nearby peach orchard, but authorities […]

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Police: Man sets couch on fire with marijuana ashes

Police: Man sets couch on fire with marijuana ashes

LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Logan Police say a man set his couch on fire and burned his hands after he put his marijuana ashes in a paper bag. The Herald Journal reports the man was hurt when he tried to put out the fire with his hands after smoking the pot on […]

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