SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Prosecutors have filed manslaughter charges against a Utah driver after a fiery car crash that killed three members of a vacationing North Carolina family. Charges were filed Wednesday against 42-year-old Jennifer Diamond, who is accused of hitting the family’s car head-on after moving into the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Zion National Park officials are calling out two groups of visitors who didn’t heed instructions for a demanding canyoneering route and had to be rescued. Officials with the southern Utah park said in a news release this week that the leader of one group mocked […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Salt Lake City Fire Department is among more than a half-dozen Utah agencies sending firefighters and three engines to help battle wildfires in California. Chief Karl Lieb says his department is proud to join other thousands of firefighters who have been working tirelessly to […]
TAYLORSVILLE, Utah-Per a Wednesday announcement, the National Junior College Athletic Association confirmed SLCC assistant women’s basketball coach Marcilina Grayer has been appointed to serve on the newly-formed NJCAA Board of Regents. This new board is part of the organization’s restructuring of governance, including the move of the national office to […]
A total of nine young ladies will be competing Friday evening to become the next representatives of Sanpete County. Four contestants will be vying for the title of Miss Sanpete, and five will be participating in the Sanpete County Outstanding Teen pageant. Contestants for Miss Sanpete include Whitney Dyreng, Manti; […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Utah County commissioners are declaring their opposition to the establishment of any needle exchange program, citing fears of discarded needles and possible legal liability. The Daily Herald newspaper reports the county’s addiction-prevention director Richard Nance said Tuesday many such fears are unfounded, but the resolution opposing a program […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A coalition of lawyers, investigators, volunteers and companies is offering a $3,000 reward for information that solves or leads to convictions in any of the 200 unsolved cases of killings and disappearances in Utah. The founders of Utah Cold Case Coalition announced the reward Tuesday […]
Thanks to a grant from the U.S. Economic Development Agency (EDA), the Mt. Pleasant industrial park will be seeing some much needed improvements in the near future. The Mt. Pleasant Community Development and Renewal Agency (CDRA) received a federal grant for over $249,000 to improve the infrastructure at the park, […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — The police chief of the southern Utah city of St. George is retiring after an 18-year tenure where he saw the city’s population nearly double. The Spectrum newspaper reports Chief Marlon Stratton says he is looking forward to spending more time with family after a total of […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A teenager accused of trying to blow up a homemade backpack bomb at a St. George high school after looking at Islamic State propaganda has pleaded not guilty. The Spectrum newspaper in St. George reports the 16-year-old boy entered his plea Wednesday and is due […]
