COVE FORT, Utah (AP) — An 11-day-old wildfire shifted direction Saturday, forcing closure of a 23-mile (37-kilometer) stretch of Interstate 70 near its junction with Interstate 15 in southern Utah. Officials said the closure of I-70 in both directions was due to safety concerns for both firefighters and the public. […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Even though Latino students make up the largest ethnic minority group in Utah, teachers and administrators of the same group are rare in the state’s schools, making up 2.5 percent of educators compared to 17 percent of the state’s student body. Latinos in Action and the […]
SPANISH FORK, Utah (AP) — A Utah janitor has been charged with sexually abusing students at an elementary school south of Salt Lake City. The Daily Herald of Provo reports that Adrian Villar was charged Friday with aggravated sexual abuse of a child and lewdness involving a child. He is accused of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A new deal between concerned locals and state trust land officials has scuttled a proposed gravel pit near Capitol Reef National Park. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration on Thursday approved a $525,000 bid from Teasdale residents for a land […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is asking a federal court in New Mexico to toss out a lawsuit over a mine waste spill in Colorado that polluted rivers in three states. The agency said in a motion this week that workers are already working on the […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Officials in one northern Utah city say they’re easing back on enforcing a green-lawn ordinance while another is restricting when people can use sprinklers in the summer heat during a low-water year. The Standard-Examiner reported Friday that the Benchland Water District in Farmington has prohibited secondary watering on […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A teenager has been charged in connection with the fire that burned eight homes in Moab last month. The Deseret News reported Thursday that the 16-year-old suspect was charged in Moab’s 7th District Juvenile Court with reckless burning and causing a catastrophe. The name and […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A Utah teenager accused of trying to blow up a homemade backpack bomb at school after looking at Islamic State propaganda online will stand trial as an adult on two felony counts, a judge decided Thursday. Authorities have said 16-year-old Martin R. Farnsworth wanted to […]
WEST JORDAN, Utah (AP) — A Utah school district is planning to have a full-time psychologist in each of its 36 elementary schools. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the Jordan School District board approved a mental health initiative last month as part of a $710 million budget, which includes more staff and […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a Utah home has been badly damaged by a fire sparked by used fireworks in a trash can. The Daily Herald reports the blaze started early Wednesday morning in Pleasant Grove, after the homeowners and others set off fireworks in the neighborhood on the popular holiday […]
