SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Senate President Wayne Niederhauser says President Donald Trump’s inauguration comments about transferring power back from Washington. D.C. and “giving it back to you, the people” were encouraging. Niederhauser, a Sandy Republican, kicked off the opening day of Utah’s 2017 legislative session with a speech on […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Newly released police video shows the moment when multiple shots were fired at a Somali refugee from short range after the suspect refused to drop a metal stick. Body camera videos released Monday show two officers running after then-17-year-old Abdullahi “Abdi” Mohamed and yelling at […]
DRAPER, Utah (AP) — A former Utah English teacher is set to appear before the state parole board for the first time since she was sentenced to prison after being convicted of sexually abusing three students. The Board of Pardons and Parole will consider when to release ex-Davis High School […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The vast majority of money going to Utah state legislators appears to be coming from special interests. An analysis by “The Salt Lake Tribune” says special-interest groups gave 92 percent of the campaign money raised by members of the 2017 legislature in last year’s election. […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A 26-year-old Provo man has been sentenced to up to five years in prison for torturing and killing at least 11 cats. Spencer Pedersen was arrested in November after police said he killed and tortured several cats by burning, beating, dog mauling and other means. He […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A judge is keeping alive a newspaper open-records lawsuit aimed at obtaining Brigham Young University police emails for a probe of allegations that sex assault victims who made honor code complaints were improperly investigated. A university spokeswoman didn’t immediately comment Monday about 3rd District Judge […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – The state Division of Wildlife Resources says they will start accepting applications for big game permits this week. Officials announced on Friday that they will start taking applications on Thursday. Those who are interested have until March 2nd to turn in their applications to be included […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – Many Utahns are openly displaying their dislike of newly inaugurated President Donald Trump. Hundreds gathered Friday in downtown Salt Lake City to protest Trump’s inauguration at the Bennett Federal Building. Organizers urged those who oppose the President’s agenda to join groups that will openly oppose his […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — House Speaker Greg Hughes says he’s calling on President Donald Trump to rescind the Bears Ears National Monument named by Barack Obama in December, calling the federal protections for 1.35 million acres in southern Utah “a great overstep.” Hughes, a Republican, criticized the monument during […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An attorney for a TV’s “Sister Wives” family says the U.S. Supreme Court decision not to hear an appeal of Utah’s law banning polygamy won’t end the larger fight by plural and unconventional families for equal status. Lawyer Jonathan Turley said Monday in a statement […]
