WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Donald Trump is “very sad” that Utah Republican Orrin Hatch has decided to leave the Senate rather than run for re-election this year. Trump had been encouraging the 83-year-old senator to seek an eighth term. But Hatch announced Tuesday that he will […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah said Tuesday he will not seek re-election after serving more than 40 years in the Senate, opening the door for former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney to run for his seat. Hatch, 83, said he’s always been a fighter, “but every […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah avalanche experts are warning backcountry skiers to be extra cautious due to a thin early season snowpack that is the lowest in four decades. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that a weather gauge near the top of Little Cottonwood Canyon east of Salt Lake […]
(New Harmony, UT) – The eight-year-old boy who plunged into an icy pond in Washington County is now at home. A Facebook post by the Washington County Sheriff’s deputy who helped save the boy indicates the eight-year-old was released from the hospital over weekend. He chased his dog onto a […]
GROUSE CREEK, Utah (AP) — A $1.5 million deal aims to help a species of bird in one of the most remote corners of Utah survive in spite of its trend of declining populations. Proponents of the deal are emphasizing its value to the future of the troubled sage grouse […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah senator proposing to make new legal immigrants wait five years before receiving coverage through government health insurance programs said he’s trying to promote self-reliance and discourage socialism. Critics of State Sen. Allen Christensen’s plan argue that it’s mean-spirited and will strip health care […]
By Aimee Cobabe On 12/30/17, Deputies responded at approximately 9:00 AM to a rural address a few miles northwest of Delta. Dispatch had received a call from a woman reporting that she had been assaulted in her home. As Deputies arrived and contacted the woman a short distance from her […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Salt Lake City-area anti-gang unit’s director says gang-related violence is up but that he’s most concerned that gang members are increasingly younger and more violent. Lt. Mike Shoenfeld of the Salt Lake Area Gang Project says “horrific and heinous” crimes committed by gang members […]
GREEN RIVER, Utah (AP) — Authorities are investigating a Greyhound bus crash in rural Utah that killed a 13-year-old girl and injured 11 others. Utah’s Highway Patrol says the bus headed to Las Vegas crashed Sunday night off Interstate 70 west of the Utah city of Green River. The bus […]
(Ephraim, UT) — A former Ephraim Police officer is filing a lawsuit against the city. Darren Pead was one of three former officers who resigned after raising concerns that former Chief Ron Rasmussen was not properly completing hundreds of police reports, dating back to 2008. In his lawsuit, Pead contends […]
