The state of Utah has recently seen an uptick in livestock shooting cases. Since April of 2020 there has been 17 head of livestock killed, with the majority of those cases occurring in central Utah. Lean Hunting with the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food stated, with all that has […]
GRANTSVILLE, Utah (AP) — Tooele County has issued an order to close a local amphitheater in northern Utah, blocking a planned concert sponsored by activists opposed to coronavirus-related restrictions. The Tooele County Board of Health, the County Commission and the county health officer all issued a closure order Wednesday to […]
The first ever virtual Utah Republican state nominating convention was held over the weekend. Here are the people moving on in the race for the positions that effect central Utah. Utah’s second congressional district covers Salt Lake City as well as the rural western and southern portions of Utah. For […]
TOOELE, Utah (AP) — A judge set bail at $4 million Monday for a Utah teenager who authorities say “methodically” killed his mother and three younger siblings. The bail amount was requested by prosecutors: $1 million for each victim. Sixteen-year-old Colin “CJ” Haynie is charged as an adult with aggravated murder. Authorities […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s juvenile judges will soon begin taking on cases in adult court, a move to help relieve crowded courtrooms in the state’s most populated judicial district. The Deseret News reports the judges next year will preside over an adult’s first court date and decide whether […]
GRANTSVILLE, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a fire destroyed a Tooele County cabin and spread to a nearby mountainside in north-central Utah before being put out. North Tooele Fire Chief Randy Willden said the owner stayed in the cabin over the weekend and that the cause of the fire reported […]
TOOELE COUNTY, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a hiker has been killed after a large boulder rolled onto her at Utah’s Stansbury Island. Tooele County Sheriff’s officials say the body of the 37-year-old victim was recovered Saturday night. They say she was from the Salt Lake area but her name […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities believe arson caused a wildfire that burned 585 acres (237 hectares) near Echo Reservoir along Interstate 80 in north-central Utah. State fire officials said Monday that a fire investigator determined that arson was the fire’s cause and that the Summit County Sheriff’s Department was […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah authorities are investigating concerns that a butcher shop inhumanely killed two pigs. Tooele County Attorney Scott Broadhead said Thursday his office is looking into Tooele Valley Meats after receiving word of a U.S. Department of Agriculture report referred by animal welfare activists People for […]
