SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The southwest Utah city of St. George has become the nation’s fastest-growing metropolitan area, while rural Uintah County in the northeast corner of the state is among places that lost the greatest percentage of its population. U.S. Census data released Thursday also puts the Provo-Orem […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Republican congressman John Curtis is again defending his actions as Provo mayor over the hiring and handling of harassment complaints against a former police chief. Curtis released a second statement Wednesday responding to a lawsuit that claims he and the city failed to protect […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Some couples tying the knot in Utah will have to pay more for their marriage license later this year unless they undergo counseling, thanks to a new law signed by Gov. Gary Herbert. Herbert announced Wednesday he’d signed a bill raising the cost of marriage […]
It appears the cases against a Spring City man accused of kidnapping his own children and marrying the young daughter of a cult leader are headed for trial. Because of the number of witnesses and the volume of evidence collected in the case against John Coltharp, Sanpete County Attorney Kevin […]
The Sanpete County Sheriff’s office on Tuesday night assisted US Marshals in arresting a teen who is wanted for attempted murder in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Nineteen year old Joseph Andrew Zannotti is wanted for firing a gun at five people in a vehicle on January 19th in Tulsa. No one in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s governor has signed a bill allowing women to get birth control directly from a pharmacist rather than visiting a doctor each time they want to obtain or renew a prescription for birth control. Republican Gov. Gary Herbert signed the law Tuesday to allow women […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — The Utah County Commission has voted to add a nondiscrimination clause to its funding agreement with the Freedom Festival. The Daily Herald reports that the contract approved on Tuesday was brought up by Commission Chairman Nathan Ivie in response to last year’s Freedom Festival where an LGBT youth […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Five women claimed in a lawsuit Tuesday that the city of Provo and former Mayor John Curtis failed to take action to protect them from alleged sexual harassment and assault by the city’s former police chief. The city and mayor failed to prevent misconduct or […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Officials of a northern Utah county are suing drug manufacturers, distributors and doctors in an effort to mitigate the consequences of the nation’s opioid crisis. Summit County on Tuesday filed a lawsuit in state district court against 25 companies and individuals, seeking a jury trial […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police say a 38-year-old Utah man stabbed his father to death following “some type of domestic issue.” South Salt Lake police spokesman Gary Keller says the son called police to the suburban Salt lake City apartment on Monday evening where authorities found the father dead. […]
