SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah data indicates that more than half of all search warrants approved by state judges in the last year received less than three minutes of their consideration. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that amount of time concerns civil liberties advocates and defense attorneys, who say judges may […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Mia Love’s latest fundraising reports show her outraising her Democratic challenger in what’s considered the state’s most competitive race, though the Ben McAdams campaign says their lower overall spending means the race is nearly tied for cash on hand. The McAdams campaign […]
Riverside Walk is open again after an intense storm on Wednesday caused flooding, mudslides and rockfalls in Zion National Park. The Zion- Mount Carmel Highway and several trails, including Angels Landing, Kayenta, Upper Emerald Pools, and West Rim from the Grotto to Cabin Spring, remain closed. According to the National […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Wildlife officials worried that sediment spewed from a southern Utah wildfire could poison and destroy a native fishery have rescued and relocated 400 local fish to a hatchery, in a glimpse of the sweeping impact wildfires have on the state. Damage done by the fire […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The maximum toll rate for Interstate 15 express lanes is being doubled to ease commuter crowding around Salt Lake City. The Utah Department of Transportation says the new rate begins Saturday. Tolls vary according traffic volume, but the maximum rate for drivers using electronic transponders […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Survivors of the Florida high school shooting massacre have secured a new venue for their planned Utah gun reform town hall after a suburban movie theater revoked its earlier offer. The group said Thursday they would hold the weekend town hall at the Mountain America […]
CARBONVILLE, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a stretch of U.S. Highway 6 in central Utah was closed by a wrong-way crash involving a tanker truck that spilled crude oil into a nearby river. The Carbon County sheriff’s office said in a Facebook post the early Friday morning wreck near Carbonville […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Eight protesters have been arrested at the Utah headquarters of a contractor operating immigrant detention centers. Centerville Police spokesman Lt. Zan Robison said roughly 25 protesters arrived at the Management and Training Corporation’s offices before 8 a.m. but many left before final arrests were made […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah could collect another $60 million in online sales tax revenue after a key U.S. Supreme Court decision, but most of that money is expected go to an already promised tax break for manufacturers, officials said Thursday. The revenue would come on top of about […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A Utah man received two concurrent sentences in prison — 25 years to life and 15 years to life — for sexually abusing a 4-year-old girl. The Daily Herald reports Royce Schaefer, of American Fork, was sentenced Wednesday for sodomy on a child and aggravated sexual abuse of […]
