On July 11, the Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity awarded Wolverine Fuels, LLC a post performance tax reduction for its expansion in Emery County. As part of the agreement, Wolverine Fuels projects adding more than 340 new, high-paying jobs in rural Utah during the next five years. Ryan Starks, […]
(Emery County, UT) – An Emery County man is facing felony charges for trying to kidnap a child from a middle school track meet. Quinton Drollinger was charged with child kidnapping yesterday. The incident happened last Friday when Drollinger allegedly grabbed a girl at a middle school track meet and […]
(Huntington, UT) — A 39-year-old relative is charged with taking money from her elderly grandmother that was meant for bills and property taxes. Police say Megan Tara Fillmore was arrested on Monday. She was charged in 7th District Court with financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult, a second-degree felony, and […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A previously planned land swap with the Federal Government has been called off by Utah’s top officials. The GOP Governor, Senate President, and House Speaker said in a press confrence that they will not go forward with a plan that would have seen the state […]
HUNTINGTON, Utah (AP) — The wreckage of a small plane reported missing on Friday has been located in the mountains of central Utah. The National Transportation Safety Board says the wreckage of the Cessna was found Saturday in steep and very hazardous terrain near Huntington. Because of the location, the […]
(Green River, UT) — Two first responders are dead following a weekend crash in Emery County. A volunteer firefighter and an EMS driver died Sunday while off-roading near Green River. The Emery County Sheriff’s Office says the two men were driving a four-wheel drive pickup when it lost traction on […]
(Emery County, UT) — Rocky Mountain Power is shutting down its last two coal plants in Utah. The utility announced Friday the Huntington and Hunter plants will be closed by 2032, speeding up the timeline for both facilities to stop burning coal by 2036 and 2042, respectively. Rocky Mountain’s parent […]
(Emery County, UT) — A state road in Emery County will be closed for the next few days as crews clean up after several avalanches. The Utah Department of Transportation has closed State Route 31 through Huntington Canyon until Thursday. The road will be closed between milepost 18 and milepost […]
Authorities have located a woman missing since Tuesday. Kennedie Mykell Neathery, age 26, was last seen leaving her sister’s home in Venice Tuesday night and did not have her phone with her. According to Sevier County Sheriff Nathan Curtis, Neathery was found on the Temple Mountain road in Emery County […]
(Emery County, UT) — The Utah Highway Patrol says illegal drugs worth more than two-million dollars were seized during a traffic stop in Emery County. The UHP says a vehicle was pulled over for speeding on Interstate 70 on Monday morning. Troopers searched the vehicle after a police dog indicated […]
