SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Boy Scout leader is dead after he drowned helping a scout struggling in a Utah pond. Authorities say the man was watching over a group of 10-and-11-year-old boys learning swimming techniques Wednesday night when one started having trouble in the water. Salem Police Chief […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers on Wednesday passed legislation forcing online companies to collect sales tax beginning in 2019, although much of the new revenue has already been earmarked for a tax break for manufacturers. The vote in a special Legislative session came roughly one month after the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Legislature has approved changes to a proposed shipping hub in Salt Lake City despite opposition from some local officials. Lawmakers voted in a special session Wednesday to pass changes unveiled by Republican Gov. Gary Herbert earlier this week. The changes shrink the size […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mormon church lawyers asked a judge Wednesday to toss out a lawsuit from a woman who says she was raped in the 1980s by a former Mormon missionary leader who held the powerful position even though church officials knew he had a history of sexual […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s centrist United Utah Party has nominated a senior Mormon missionary center leader in a race for U.S. Congress. The third party nominated Tim Zeidner Tuesday evening to replace Melanie McCoard, its former nominee for Utah’s 3rd Congressional District who the party says dropped out […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Officials say mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus were found in three Utah counties. KUTV-TV reports mosquitoes with the West Nile virus were reported in Davis, Box Elder and Uintah Counties this week. Officials say the Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District has been working all summer […]
A Mt. Pleasant man has pleaded guilty to enticing a minor through text messages. Bradford Bentley, a former North Sanpete High School teacher, entered the guilty plea to the Class A misdemeanor at his initial appearance on Wednesday. Bentley sent sexually enticing texts to a 16-year old student earlier this […]
A Richfield man already in jail on drug distribution charges is in even more trouble with the law after he tried to use drug money to make bail. According to the Sevier County Sheriff, Nate Curtis, Jason Saunders called 41-year-old West Fisher to get $65,000 of hidden cash from a […]
Several roads, homes, water lines and a natural gas line have been damaged after a flash flood in Piute county. Heavy rain Tuesday night caused a flash flood to move through Marysvale and surrounding areas. According to the Piute County Commissioner, Darrin Bushman, the flooding has affected mostly 100 West […]
Panguitch City is on a boil order for culinary water as crews work to clean up a potential contamination. The Garfield County Sheriff’s office reports efforts to clear out a bacterial contamination after flooding and debris moved through the watershed. According to the Sheriff’s Office, many volunteers are helping to […]
