(Salt Lake City, UT) — Authorities are investigating the illegal installation of climbing bolts on the Pregnant Sheep Petroglyph Panel, a protected site on the National Register of Historic Places. Six bolts were found near the panel last month, violating restrictions on altering archaeological sites. The Bureau of Land Management […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The University of Utah says its racist-incident team is investigating separate reports of men dressed like the KKK in dorms and excrement smeared on a door of a Black student’s room. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the incidents were reported in the fall but drew […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Office of the Legislative Auditor General is accusing the Department of Health of being “strongly influenced” by the federal government. The audit was conducted at the request of the state Legislature. The report says that the review of the department suggests that it has […]
(Fort Campbell, KY) — A Utah National Guard member has died while taking part in a training exercise in Kentucky. Staff Sergeant Paul Olmstead was swimming at Fort Campbell on Tuesday when he went under the water and failed to resurface. His body was recovered on Wednesday. Olmstead joined the […]
MOAB, Utah (AP) — A newlywed couple found shot to death at a Utah campsite were remembered Sunday with a candlelight vigil as police investigate the women’s deaths. Crystal Turner and Kylen Schulte were discovered near the tourist town of Moab, where they’d been living. KUTV reports police believe someone […]
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Newly released court documents in the case of two kids who were found dead in rural Idaho reveal allegations that their mother believed they were zombies and that she was on a mission to rid the world of such creatures. Police found the remains of 17-year-old […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Salt Lake County District Attorney has found 15 law enforcement officers were justified in firing nearly 200 shots at a man following a pursuit prompted by several robberies and random gunfire. Harold Vincent Robinson died in April 2019 when he was shot after his […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah education officials say they will audit a charter school over its reporting of special education funding. The Salt Lake Tribune reported the Utah Board of Education says it was unable to find evidence that public funds were properly spent by American Preparatory Academy. Officials […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. authorities investigating a tour bus crash that killed four Chinese tourists in Utah said Thursday they haven’t uncovered any mechanical problems that could explain why the driver lost control of the vehicle. The 60-year-old driver was on his first run for a new company […]
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — Authorities say police have arrested a man in Mexico who’s suspected of stealing a car that belonged to a New Hampshire couple found buried at a South Texas beach. Kleberg County Sheriff Richard Kirkpatrick told KIII-TV in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Wednesday that Adam Curtis […]
