SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Highway Patrol says a Utah man died after falling out the back of a moving Jeep during a hunting trip. Utah Highway Patrol says 28-year-old Nicholas J. Demas was standing on a homemade rack on the back of the Jeep with another man on […]
Gunnison Middle School will resume classes at regular times on Wednesday after flooding forced the closure of the school on Monday. According to officials, the floors, administration area and gym received damage. 70 percent of the school had some amount of water, with one inch the most any part received. […]
UPDATE: Crews have opened the I-15 Northbound lanes Tuesday around 12 p.m. UDOT is still warning drivers that flooding is possible throughout the day. — The Utah Department of Transportation is closing I-15 in Millard County North of Holden Tuesday morning. Northbound I-15 and one southbound lane is closed. UDOT […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The state of Utah will use $4.1 million in federal grant money to help buy new voting equipment, replace the state’s voter registration database and to train county and state officials on new voter security measures. A report released Tuesday shows states around the country […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A crowd of demonstrators at Dixie State University has started the first day of school by protesting the treatment of a music professor. The St. George News reports professor Ken Peterson said Monday that he appreciates the support from the group with signs like “Stop the Abuse […]
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Destruction of sage grouse habitat by a series of large wildfires has prompted a ban on hunting for the game bird this fall across a stretch of Nevada that is nearly twice as big as the state of Delaware. The Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners approved […]
ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah (AP) — Zion National Park officials say a canyon in the park is closed due to a search and rescue operation in progress Tuesday morning. Park officials did not release additional information on the operation in Hidden Canyon but said in a separate Twitter post that […]
OREM, Utah (AP) — An Orem teen has been arrested for appearing to make threats of violence a day before students were scheduled to go back to school. The Daily Herald in Provo reports Orem police took the 17-year-old girl into custody after receiving multiple calls Sunday about her Instagram post. Orem […]
AMERICAN FORK, Utah (AP) — Timpanogos Cave National Monument will be closing so construction on a new visitor center can get underway. KSL-TV in Salt Lake City reports the caves in north-central Utah will be closed for the rest of the season after Labor Day. The current visitor center, which has been […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The University of Utah says a tweet from comedian David Cross showing him wearing undergarments sacred to the Mormon faith was “deeply offensive.” College president Ruth Watkins issued a statement Sunday about the tweet, says she resisted calls to cancel Wednesday’s performance and that the […]
