SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A judge is ordering a Utah contractor with ties to a polygamous group on the Utah-Arizona border to pay more than $1 million in back wages to children who prosecutors say were forced to pick pecans from 2008-2013. U.S. District Judge Tena Campbell ruled Tuesday […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah judge says the time has come to let a community board have final decision-making authority about who is entitled to buy homes and properties in a trust that once belonged to Warren Jeffs’ polygamous sect, ending court oversight that began 14 years ago. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An Arizona county has approved an investigation to determine if voter fraud occurred during last year’s election where a polygamous sect kept control of a town council in a community on the Arizona-Utah border The Mohave County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Monday to spend […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A polygamous group at the Utah-Arizona border is letting go of the sprawling building where it worshipped in the latest sign that the sect run by imprisoned leader Warren Jeffs is crumbling and losing control of the community it ruled for a century. Jeff Barlow […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A polygamous sect that has been losing control of a community on the Utah-Arizona border that it has long controlled is in line to hold on to seats on a town council after three member incumbents survived a primary election challenge from outsiders. Vance Barlow, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A polygamous community on the Utah-Arizona border has hired an outsider with no ties to the sister cities as its new police chief. Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Arizona, announced Thursday night that Mark Askerlund has been hired as the new town marshal. He has […]
