SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Students attending Utah’s state colleges and universities face a 1.5 percent increase in tuition. The Deseret News reports that the increase approved Friday by the Utah State Board of Regents is the lowest percentage increase sought by the state’s higher education system for base tuition in eight […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Mormon conference this weekend in Utah will usher in a new era of church leadership that comes as the faith grapples with heightened scrutiny about its handling of sexual abuse reports and one-on-one interviews between local lay leaders and youth. Church President Russell M. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — About 1,000 current and former Mormons marched to the church’s headquarters in Salt Lake City Friday to deliver petitions demanding an end to closed door, one-on-one interviews between youth and lay leaders where sexual questions sometimes arise. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah County officials have decided to go back to mail-in ballots this year after receiving push back from residents and city leaders. The Deseret News reports Utah County commissioners announced Thursday that they will hold an all vote-by-mail election in 2018, reversing an earlier decision […]
NEW HARMONY, Utah (AP) — A tire and auto repair shop along Interstate 15 in southern Utah has been ordered to pay $10,000 for not telling customers the full cost of repairs. The Salt Lake Tribune reports this is the second time the Utah Division of Consumer Protection levels fines against Freeway […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert says he will work to oppose a ballot initiative to legalize medical marijuana in the state. The Republican governor said in a statement Thursday that he believe the proposal has major flaws and lacks safeguards for the growing and distribution of […]
(Juab County, UT) — Investigators say they have made several arrests in connection with two bodies found in an abandoned mine near Eureka yesterday. Authorities believe the bodies are 18-year-old Riley Powell and 17-year-old Brelynne Otteson, who went missing three months ago. One of those arrests includes 41-year-old Jerrod Baum. […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A southern Utah teenager accused of trying to set off a homemade bomb at his high school will remain in juvenile detention pending his preliminary hearing in May on attempted murder and other charges. Judge Paul Dame ruled during a juvenile hearing in St. George […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — At least one person is under arrest in the deaths of a missing teenage couple whose bodies were found in an abandoned Utah mine. Utah County Sheriff’s officials said Thursday that 41-year-old Jerrod W. Baum is being held on suspicion of aggravated murder, kidnapping, abuse […]
Unified police and fire, and search and rescue crews believe they have found the bodies of two missing teens in Juab County. Authorities searched through the Tintic Standard mine in Eureka on Wednesday. During a press conference, officials said they found the bodies about 100 feet down an open mine. […]
