SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man who allegedly stole a car in Midvale with two children in the back seat has been arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and vehicle theft. Unified police say 39-year-old Charles Brandon Peterson was taken into custody Monday in Salt Lake City. They say someone […]
President Donald Trump is recognizing Mormon pioneers who journeyed across the west to build a new home in Utah. Trump said in a statement issued Tuesday by the White House that the families who fled persecution in Illinois “worked tirelessly to transform the arid desert landscape into a blossoming new […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — This year is projected to be among Utah’s worst in terms of land burned. The Deseret News reports estimates provided by the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands show wildfires have burned more than 180 square miles (466 square kilometers) so far in 2018. Estimates […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Parts of Utah have been placed on an excessive heat warning with temperatures expected to approach 109 degrees this week. The National Weather Service said Monday that an excessive heat warning for Utah’s Dixie and Lake Powell area goes into effect Tuesday to Thursday and […]
FALLON, Nev. (AP) — Police in the northern Nevada city of Fallon were trying to determine Monday why a 48-year-old man walked into his Mormon church on Sunday and opened fire, killing one man and injuring another. It does not appear that 48-year-old gunman John Kelley O’Connor was targeting the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Harsh drought conditions in parts of the American West are pushing wild horses to the brink and forcing extreme measures to protect them. Federal land managers have begun emergency roundups in the deserts of western Utah and central Nevada. And volunteers in Arizona and Colorado […]
A teenager is dead and a woman is in critical condition after a crash on Highway 89. Authorities say the crash happened yesterday morning when a vehicle traveling south drifted into oncoming traffic near Birdseye in Sanpete County. A Kia Sedona crashed into a truck, which then rolled off the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The state of Utah is warning people to be careful when donating to groups claiming to support veterans. Officials say most groups are legitimate and do important work, but every year a few fraudsters attract donations by lying about help and support they don’t actually […]
DUCHESNE COUNTY, Utah (AP) — Authorities rescued dozens of people trapped by flash floods and debris flows in the area of a wildfire burn scar in northern Utah. The National Weather Service says heavy rains triggered flash flooding Sunday afternoon near The Pinnacles. Water is over the bridge at Strawberry […]
LEHI, Utah (AP) — Authorities continue to search for a Lehi teacher who went missing on a camping trip. Summit County Sheriff’s officials say 66-year-old Ray Humpherys of South Jordan was camping with his family during an annual trip near Hidden Lake in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest. Humpherys is a […]
