SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An LGBTQ group at the Mormon church-owned Brigham Young University is trying to get recognition from the school but hasn’t had its application approved for three years. Members of the Understanding Same Gender Attraction group told the Salt Lake Tribune they feel like they’ve been strung along […]
UPDATE: The Hidden Canyon Trail in Zion National Park is open again. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A trail at Utah’s Zion National Park remains closed after a second rock fall occurred in the area in two days. Park spokeswoman Aly Baltrus says the Hidden Canyon Trial will stay shuttered […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah officials are reminding residents of proper off-road vehicle safety as the number of deaths is increasing from accidents involving the vehicles. The Deseret News reports University of Utah Health officials are partnering with the state Division of Parks and Recreation for a safety awareness campaign. Chris […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Medical marijuana backers in Utah are gearing up for an intense battle that could test the nationwide trend in support of medicinal pot. Their initiative appears headed to the November ballot after opponents on Monday withdrew their court challenge which had been the last legal […]
A side-by-side accident in Sanpete County on Monday afternoon sent two girls to the hospital. According to the Sanpete County Sheriff’s Office, the accident occurred about 4:30 p.m. on Shumway Road, north of Manti when two girls, between the ages of 11 and 14, went off the roadway, and the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A woman convicted of helping a former street preacher kidnap then-Utah teenager Elizabeth Smart from her Salt Lake City home in 2002 has been denied early parole. The decision announced Monday night by the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole was expected after the 72-year-old […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources has decided to enforce tougher rules on its predator control program to prevent criminal abuses and obtain better data. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the overhaul comes after the agency found that a couple had turned in 95 coyote scalps from […]
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla.-Tuesday, a pair of Utah Valley University women’s golfers were named as Women’s Golf Coaches Association All-American scholars. Junior Carly Dehlin and freshman Bailey Henley earned this honor. This commemorates the third consecutive season that Dehlin, a former Alta High star, has received this honor. Dehlin, who also […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities have evacuated 200 to 300 Utah homes because of a growing wildfire near a popular fishing reservoir. Jason Curry of the Utah Division of Forest, Fire and State Lands says high winds helped grow the fire to about 47 square miles (122 square kilometers) […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal judge is declaring that Utah’s San Juan County has made appropriate reforms after finding its previous political boundaries racially gerrymandered. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Judge Robert Shelby declined Monday to reopen the case in response to concerns from Navajo residents in the state’s […]
