(Provo, UT) — A BYU football player is facing DUI and other charges following a traffic stop in Provo. Police say linebacker Ephraim Asiata was pulled over on July 2nd and allegedly gave a deputy a false name and date of birth before failing field sobriety and breath tests. Investigators […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — New research is tying a lower legal blood-alcohol limit to fewer alcohol-related crash deaths. Researchers from Colorado State University and UC Irvine School of Medicine compared Utah with six neighboring states after Utah passed its point-oh-five limit in 2017. That means drivers can be legally […]
(St. George, UT) — Utah’s new regulations for e-bikes go into effect next Wednesday. The new rules say riders under 21 must wear a helmet and riders under 16 cannot operate the more powerful models that can go over 20 miles per hour. Kids under 8 can’t ride e-bikes on […]
(Juab County, UT) — A Cedar City man is accused of driving drunk at more than 100 miles per hour with children in the car. Court records say Utah Highway Patrol stopped 40-year-old Jesse Degray Dixon on I-15 in Juab County after a trooper clocked his vehicle at 104 miles […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A new state law restricts people convicted of extreme DUI offenses in Utah from purchasing alcohol. Officials say the law applies to anyone with a reported blood alcohol content of point-one-six or higher, and is intended to prevent repeat drunk driving incidents by limiting access […]
A child is dead after an ATV crash in Kane County. According to a press release from the Kane County Sheriff’s Office, “at about 7:30 p.m. on Saturday July 5, Kane County Dispatch received a call about an ATV rollover accident on Cedar Mountain. A seven year old female was […]
(Undated) — Dozens of international students at Utah universities had their visas revoked or records deleted in the past week under the Trump administration. The University of Utah reported 20 affected students, citing reasons such as failure to maintain nonimmigrant status or criminal record checks. Some students’ status changes are […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Highway Patrol will put extra resources into DUI enforcement this month. The Fourth of July and Pioneer Day are right around the corner, and drunk driving tends to increase around holidays. U-H-P officials say there will be more than 280 additional DUI shifts […]
At 3:20 p.m. on Apr. 30, Richfield City Police responded to an accident involving a school bus at the intersection of 600 east and 100 north. According to a post to the RCPD Facebook page, “the school bus, carrying children, was traveling northbound when a minivan ran through a yield […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah law enforcement officials say 70 people in the state were arrested for DUI over the holiday weekend. That’s nearly double the figure from last year, when 36 people were arrested for impaired driving. Sergeant Cameron Roden with the Utah Highway Patrol says 2023’s holiday […]
