PROVO, Utah (AP) — An extremely wet spring in Utah County is expected to bring a monster summer for mosquitoes. The Daily Herald reports the county health department’s Mosquito Abatement District began spraying for mosquitoes the second week of June. That was after surveillance trapping earlier this month showed mosquito […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A former Utah County commissioner who was investigated for sexual harassment is suing other members of the commission for defamation, alleging they spread fabricated allegations. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Greg Graves filed the lawsuit Tuesday, claiming commissioners Nathan Ivie and Bill Lee led people to believe […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a Utah teenager escaped more serious injury by grabbing an improvised rope as he fell near a waterfall. Utah County Sheriff’s Sgt. Spencer Cannon says the 17-year-old boy latched onto a garden hose after slipping near Bridal Veil Falls on Wednesday. Cannon says he […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A toxic algal bloom on Utah Lake has made its first appearance of 2019. The Daily Herald in Provo reported Wednesday that routine state monitoring showed toxin levels from the algae bloom exceeded health thresholds near the Saratoga Springs Picnic Area. The Utah County Health […]
PLEASANT GROVE, Utah (AP) — Chlorine gas has sickened dozens of swimmers at a Utah public pool in what police called a freak accident on Tuesday. A pump malfunctioned and forced too much chlorine out of a jet at Pleasant Grove Veterans Memorial Pool about 36 miles (58 kilometers) south […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A puppy is recovering after getting trapped in a moving garbage truck with her owner. Provo Police Sgt. Nisha King said Tuesday officers rescued the puppy and her 43-year-old owner earlier that morning after they got caught by the truck’s compactor mechanism. The unidentified man and […]
DENVER (AP) — Only hours before women marched through many U.S. cities in January, Christopher Cleary set off a manhunt when he posted a Facebook message threatening to kill “as many girls as I see” in retaliation for years of romantic rejection. Cleary, 27, called himself a virgin who never […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a property in Provo owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was vandalized with graffiti. The Daily Herald reports churchgoers on Monday had already scrubbed some graffiti off walls and removed sections of fence. Provo police believe the incident happened sometime between Saturday […]
OREM, Utah (AP) — An Orem man is accused of making online threats to shoot YouTube employees, going so far as to drive to their Northern California headquarters with a gun. David Swanson was released from jail Sunday after posting $100,000 bail. The 35-year-old is facing a felony charge of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah County authorities say a woman is dead after the vehicle she was riding in hit a horse. They say the horse wandered onto state Route 198 in Payson late Saturday night. Utah Department of Public Safety officials tell the Deseret News that the man […]
