SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police in Salt Lake City are investigating the fatal stabbing of a teenage boy. Authorities say the incident occurred just before 1:30 a.m. Monday near Kensington Avenue and State Street. Police say two groups were in an argument that resulted in the 17-year-old victim getting […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The 370 structures burned in Utah wildfires so far this year is more than the previous five years combined and the most in the last 15 years. Structures lost to Utah wildfires in the last five years combined would not reach a third of the […]
RENO, Nev. (AP) — State troopers in California and Nevada are joining forces to step up enforcement next week along more than 600 miles (965 kilometers) of U.S. Interstate 80 from San Francisco to the Nevada-Utah line. The Interstate 80 Initiative scheduled to run from Aug. 27 through Sept. 3 […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Supreme Court has ruled that an initiative measure to keep but ease the state’s dual-path system for nominating candidates for political office won’t appear on the November general election ballot. The Supreme Court ruled Friday on the Count My Vote Initiative, which would […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah will receive $2.3 million in federal funds as part of a project to roll out more public transportation that is propelled by low- or no-emissions systems. The funding for the advanced bus project comes from the U.S. Department of Transportation. More than 50 projects […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Federal prosecutors say an Idaho man has pleaded guilty to defacing a sandstone arch near Moab by scrawling graffiti on the rock feature. Ryan Bird Andersen entered his plea Friday in federal court in Salt Lake City. As part of a plea agreement, the 45-year-old […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican Utah Congresswoman Mia Love is hosting a campaign rally with the state’s beloved adopted son, Mitt Romney, as she gears up for the final months of a tight election race. The rally at Friday night at Thanksgiving Point will also include more than 40 […]
LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — Six states have lined up in support of Washington state in a legal battle over its decision to block a proposed coal-export terminal on the Columbia River. The Daily News reports attorneys general from California, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts and Oregon filed a “friend-of-the-court” brief this […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Health officials have confirmed the first death in Utah caused by the West Nile virus this year. The Salt Lake County Health Department said in a Wednesday statement that the deceased individual was over the age of 65 and suffered from other health concerns. The […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Utah wants the federal government to resume its work permitting the Lake Powell Pipeline project. The Spectrum repots Utah water officials in January asked to halt the project, worried over jurisdictional questions about whether the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission would continue to act as the permitting agency. […]
