SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Transportation officials are building a wildlife bridge over a part of Interstate 80 where more than 100 animals have been killed over the last two years. The Utah Department of Transportation the project will close part of eastbound I-80 overnight in Parley’s Canyon Wednesday. Mule […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Belgian tourist has died of apparent heat-related causes while hiking at a popular rock formation called “The Wave” near the Utah-Arizona border. Kane County sheriff’s Sgt. Alan Alldredge says 49-year-old Christophe Pochic was found dead Monday night after his 16-year-old son called his mom […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man convicted of killing a Utah highway trooper in 1993 says he’s sorry for being “a coward” when he fatally shot the officer during a highway pursuit. Jason Scott Pearson said Tuesday at a parole hearing at the Utah state prison that he was […]
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — Authorities say rafters on the Colorado River helped rescue the pilot of a small plane that crashed into the water near the Colorado-Utah border. The Mesa County Sheriff’s Office in Colorado says the river rafters came upon the crash and took the 59-year-old pilot to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say a Salt Lake City man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for a telemarketing scam. The Deseret News reported Tuesday that a federal judge also ordered 43-year-old Chad Gettel to pay more than $558,000 restitution. Gettel’s sentence will run concurrent with […]
UPDATE: According to the Forest Service, crews now have 43 percent containment on the blaze. The total acres is still at 2,586 Wednesday morning. — Crews are continuing to battle the Cove Fort Fire in Millard, Beaver and Sevier Counties. The fire has burned 2,586 acres by Tuesday morning with […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Organizers of a Utah ballot initiative that would create a new system for drawing the state’s legislative and congressional districts raised $860,000 this year, and have already spent most of it to gather enough signatures to get on the ballot. The most recent financial disclosure […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man accused of helping run a multimillion-dollar opioid drug ring based out of a suburban Salt Lake City basement is talking with prosecutors about a possible plea deal. Lawyers for Drew Wilson Crandall said in court documents Monday they’re working with prosecutors to “resolve […]
ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah (AP) — Zion National Park visitors are being asked to alert wildlife biologists if they encounter bighorn sheep coughing a lot. Excessive coughing is a symptom of pneumonia and park officials and the state Division of Wildlife Resources said Tuesday that a bacterium commonly associated with […]
HEBER CITY, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a Utah man, who claimed he was an FBI agent and on his way to the airport to see Russian President Vladimir Putin before carjacking a vehicle, has been arrested. The Deseret News reports Luke Dennis Menders, the 30-year-old Park City man, was arrested Sunday […]
