SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah officials says a new federal grant will allow the state to offer more resources to victims waiting as their sexual assault kits are going through the testing process. Sexual Assault Kit Initiative Coordinator Krystal Hazlett said Tuesday that Utah’s Commission on Criminal and Juvenile […]
(Washington, DC) — Republican Congresswoman Mia Love met with President Trump Tuesday after she criticized him over the weekend for explicit remarks he allegedly made about several countries. Love is the first Haitian-American elected to Congress, and called the President’s comments about Haiti “racist” when asked. T he congresswoman says […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A legal opinion released by the Utah Attorney General’s Office says that the governor’s setting special election last year to replace Jason Chaffetz in Congress was legal. The opinion released by Sean Reyes’ office Tuesday followed months of dispute by legislators and the governor’s office […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City says it has fired four parking enforcement officers who took free pizza from a downtown pizzeria in exchange for not writing parking tickets for the owner and his employees. KUTV-TV reports that City Director of Public Service Lisa Shaffer says that the […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A diesel mechanic has died from injuries he suffered in an explosion at a trucking facility in southern Utah. The St. George News reports that 25-year-old Mike Cooper died after he was taken the Dixie Regional Medical Center with head injuries following the blast at […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney declined to say Tuesday whether he would run for the Utah Senate seat being vacated by Republican Orrin Hatch, telling reporters the “time will come” for him to make some kind of announcement. Romney, who moved to Utah after […]
TOOELE, Utah (AP) — Sheriff’s deputies say they fear two Utah teenagers who’ve been missing for two weeks may have been the victims of foul play. The Juab County sheriff’s office said in a statement Tuesday deputies are continuing a missing persons’ investigation but have suspended a search and rescue […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Developers in southern Utah have unveiled plans for a master-planned community along the Arizona line they say would be one of the largest ever built in the state. The (St. George) Spectrum reports the 3,350-acre Desert Color development would be made up of four main […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — The Wasatch County Sheriff’s Office says one driver is dead and another suffered critical injuries after a two-car crash on U.S. Highway 189 in Provo Canyon. The sheriff’s office says the Monday night crash temporarily closed U.S. Highway 189 from Provo Canyon to Heber in both […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A suspect in an attempted murder in northern Utah has been arrested after a standoff at a home in Midvale that temporarily forced a lockdown at a nearby church. The (Provo) Daily Herald reports 33-year-old Andrew Holloway of South Jordan allegedly stabbed his ex-girlfriend’s boyfriend early […]
