ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — An attorney for a Utah mother charged with leaving her severely malnourished son locked in a filthy bathroom for a year says his client’s bail should be lowered because she’s being forced to sleep on a cot and deprived of regular showers. The Spectrum reports […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP)-Tuesday, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints responded to the Boy Scouts of America’s decision to include transgender scouts in the organization, which was announced Monday. The Salt Lake City-based faith, which is the nation’s largest sponsor of the BSA and has 15 million members […]
(St. George, UT) — The state is set to begin taking applications for the spring bear hunt. Utah’s spring bear hunt is still a couple of months away but starting February 6th, the office of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources will take applications. Bear hunters can apply for a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A former Herriman Boy Scout leader has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for molesting a member of his troop. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that 47-year-old Lyle Mackay on Monday was sentenced to three years to life in the Utah State […]
DENVER (AP) — As attendees of the Outdoor Retailer trade show in Salt Lake City grow increasingly concerned about Utah’s push to sell federal public lands, Colorado’s governor says his state would be a good fit for the show. John Hickenlooper tells The Denver Post that competition is healthy, and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — About 100 people — many of them teachers — recently gathered in downtown Salt Lake City to protest President Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of education. Demonstrators said U.S. Secretary of Education nominee Besty DeVos’ lack of public education experience makes her a poor choice […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A 27-year-old high school teacher in Spanish Fork who was arrested for alleged sexual activity with a student has now been charged with rape. Sarah Lewis originally was arrested last week on suspicion of unlawful sexual activity with a minor, a third-degree felony. But The (Provo) […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A conservative lawmaker in Utah is preparing legislation that would call for women to be paid the same as men if their work is similar, saying that the free market alone will not fix the problem. Sen. Jacob Anderegg says his plan will likely involve […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s House of Representatives has passed a resolution asking President Donald Trump to repeal the newly named Bears Ears National Monument. The measure passed along mostly along party lines Tuesday, with Republicans voting in support. As lawmakers voted, about two dozen protesters standing outside the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Government investigators say they’ve found evidence a Salt Lake City-based Bureau of Land Management agent used his position to get sold-out Burning Man tickets and had agents drive his family around during the event in the Nevada desert. A BLM spokesman said Tuesday the misconduct […]
