SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A leading LGBT support group in Utah has a new director and a new, colorful headquarters. The Salt Lake Tribune reported Tuesday that the Utah Pride Center’s new director is Rob Moolman. The center’s new location is near Smith’s Ballpark on S. Main Street. It […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Interior Department is backing down from a plan to impose steep fee increases at popular national parks in the face of widespread opposition from elected officials and the public. The plan would nearly triple entrance fees at 17 of the nation’s most popular parks, including the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Prosecutors say a Utah man accused in the death of a teenage couple forced the girl to kneel and watch her boyfriend being beaten and stabbed before she was killed and thrown down an abandoned mine shaft in Utah. Charging documents filed Tuesday say 41-year-old […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Law enforcement authorities in Utah have charged a man with human trafficking for allegedly taking a St. George girl to his Arizona home to keep her as his “pet.” Court records show 38-year-old Raymond Burk also faces an aggravated kidnaping charge. Authorities say Burk recruited […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Health officials say two people in Salt Lake County have died after they were infected with hepatitis A from an outbreak that originally spread from San Diego. The Salt Lake County Health Department said in a news release Tuesday that one person died at the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s Republican Party plans to challenge last month’s decision by a federal appeals court that upheld a state law overhauling how political parties nominate candidates. The state GOP on Monday announced it has hired attorney Gene Schaerr, who lead the state’s unsuccessful defense of a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Medical Association is accusing the leaders of an effort to legalize medical marijuana in the state of misleading voters into supporting the measure. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the association says the “initiative is not about medicine.” The group says supporters have used the images […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man was sentenced to one to 15 years in prison for stealing a bronze statue of Mormon church leaders. The Deseret News reports 53-year-old Larry Forness was sentenced last week after pleading guilty to felony theft. The 800-pound (362-kilometer) statue of Joseph Smith and Brigham […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — New state data shows Utah’s abortion rate fell to a historic low in 2016, continuing a downward trend that comes amid a national decline. The new report from the Utah Department of Health shows there were 4.2 abortions performed for every 1,000 women ages 15 […]
OGDEN, Utah-(Deseret News) Per a report in the Deseret News, the Utah State Board of Regents has named a new interim president at Weber State University. The report, released Monday afternoon, states Weber State University administrator Norm Tarbox will be the new interim president, effective May 1. Tarbox has been […]
