SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s public schools will be required to have published plans for reuniting students with their parents during emergencies under a rule approved by the state Board of Education. The board approved the requirement Thursday while deciding against requiring schools to conduct reunification drills. However, board […]
KANAB, Utah (AP) — Police say two women were killed in southern Utah when a pickup truck collided with a group of motorcyclists traveling from California to Sturgis, South Dakota, ahead of a well-known motorcycle rally. The Utah Highway Patrol says it happened after a rider realized he forgot a […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Utah State University’s sexual assault prevention office has started a Tinder profile aimed at reaching students on the dating app. Coordinator Felicia Gallegos tells the Herald Journal a number of people have “swiped right” or “liked” the profile promoting the importance of consensual sex, though they haven’t gotten […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The University of Utah says it has closed the Papa John’s in the campus food court as it joins a long list of institutions cutting ties with the pizza company after the founder used a racial slur. The university said Wednesday in a statement that […]
SPRINGDALE, Utah (AP) — Zion National Park in Utah has reopened popular rock-climbing routes after peregrine falcons finished their nesting season on the cliffs. Park rangers say four juvenile falcons were raised successfully, two on Tunnel Wall and two on Angels Landing. Another nest and breeding pair were detected, but […]
Traffic is flowing again on State Route 12 in Red Canyon after flash flooding Thursday afternoon. A mudslide blocked the road in Garfield County and closed a section west of Bryce Canyon City. Officials say a nearby weather station received over an inch of rain in less than an hour […]
Two kids are recovering from being hit by a truck while driving an OHV near Central Valley on Thursday. According to the Utah Highway Patrol, a 13-year-old boy and 12-year-old girl were crossing SR 118 into Central Valley when they were hit by a pick-up traveling North. Authorities are investigating […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jenny Wilson is throwing down the gauntlet to Mitt Romney on immigration. Wilson said in a news conference Thursday Romney is “out of touch” with Utah voters on the issue. She says Romney’s policies are harsh, including ending so-called chain migration, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Prosecutors have filed manslaughter charges against a Utah driver after a fiery car crash that killed three members of a vacationing North Carolina family. Charges were filed Wednesday against 42-year-old Jennifer Diamond, who is accused of hitting the family’s car head-on after moving into the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Zion National Park officials are calling out two groups of visitors who didn’t heed instructions for a demanding canyoneering route and had to be rescued. Officials with the southern Utah park said in a news release this week that the leader of one group mocked […]
