SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers are pushing to erase the state’s “porn czar” position that had been created in 2000 to curb pornography in communities and online. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the state House voted unanimously Thursday to pass a bill that would remove the “obscenity […]
(Salt Lake City) — Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is expected announce he is running for the U.S. Senate next week. According to “UtahPolicy.com,” sources close to Romney say he is choosing to gather the 28-thousand signatures needed from registered Republican voters to ensure he will be on the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A ski company that owns resorts from Quebec to Colorado says it will begin selling a pass next season that will give skiers and snowboarders access to 23 resorts in North America. The pass from the newly named Alterra Mountain Company will rival Vail Resorts’ […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A bipartisan group of state lawmakers says eliminating Utah’s sales tax on groceries, providing birth control for poor women and tackling the gender pay gap are among the steps they want to take to help women and the poor this year. The proposals are among […]
The Millard County Sheriff’s office is investigating an alleged hazing incident involving some student athletes at Delta High School. Millard County School District Superintendent, David Styler, spoke with Fox 13 in Salt Lake City about the incident. Without going into details, Styler said the incident took place last week on […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Officials at the Utah Poison Control Center are warning teens to stay away from detergent pods. The center says it’s seen 14 cases of poisoning related to the detergent pods so far this year. Most of the cases happened when smaller kids swallowed the pods […]
A California-based company with a manufacturing and research facility in Gunnison has been purchased by a German competitor. According to a January 10 press release, Freedom Innovations, the number three prosthetics company in the United States, signed a binding purchase agreement on September 22, 2017 with Otto Bock HealthCare, a […]
(Zion National Park, UT) — State and federal officials need help finding whoever shot and killed a pregnant elk in Zion National Park. The National Park Service announced yesterday that they found the elk near Lee Valley over the weekend. Whoever poached the elk could face federal charges and a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Gov. Gary Herbert spoke about a troubling rise in youth suicides in Utah and the #MeToo movement calling out sexual misconduct in his annual State of the State speech Wednesday night. Herbert, speaking to Utah’s Legislature in his ninth such address in the state House […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Police have caught a man suspected of shooting a homeowner in Herriman and exchanging gunfire with police officers while trying to escape last weekend. The Daily Herald in Provo reports that Justin Llewelyn was apprehended Wednesday afternoon following a chase that started on Interstate 15 near […]
