On Feb. 22, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum joined Utah Governor Spencer Cox and Utah Senator John Curtis to sign an agreement between the Bureau of Land Management and the Utah Trust Lands Administration to complete the final step of a historic land exchange. According to a press release, […]
(Cedar City, UT) — President Biden has granted a major disaster declaration for five counties in southern and central Utah, hit by devastating flooding from runoff last spring. Spring runoff from record mountain snowpack left homes, businesses, and roadways damaged and destroyed. The declaration announced Monday opens up federal funding […]
(Wasatch County, UT) — A professional rally car driver is dead after a snowmobile crash in Utah. The Wasatch County Sheriff’s Office says Ken Block was riding the snowmobile on a steep slope yesterday afternoon when the snowmobile overturned and landed on top of him. The Park City resident was […]
HEBER CITY, Utah (AP) — Detectives are investigating the shooting death of a 7-year-old girl in Wasatch County. The Wasatch County Sheriff’s Office said a man called 911 around 10:35 p.m. Friday and said he was taking his daughter to the Heber Valley Hospital. About 10:50 p.m., dispatchers took another […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities in Utah say a car accidently rolled into a reservoir Sunday while the driver and owner of the vehicle got out of his car to take photos. KUTV-TV reported that the Wasatch County Search and Rescue was asked at 11:05 p.m. to help recover […]
SALT LAKE CITY (The Salt Lake Tribune) — The U.S. Census Bureau has released a report on the fastest-growing regions across the country, citing three Utah areas. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that Wasatch County was listed as the third fastest-growing county in the past decade with 45% growth, while […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah officials say a possible dropped phone resulted in a typo that overvalued a home for almost $1 billion. And taxpayers may have to pay for the mistake. The Deseret News reports a house built in 1978 in an unincorporated area of the county was […]
STRAWBERRY RESERVOIR, Utah (AP) — A Wyoming man has died after his ATV collided with a pickup truck on a Utah highway. The Utah Highway Patrol says the fatal accident occurred Sunday morning in northern Utah near Strawberry Reservoir. UHP officials say the ATV was in the eastbound lane just […]
HEBER CITY, Utah (AP) — Authorities say 6-year-old Utah girl was hurt when she was dragged behind a school bus. Utah Highway Patrol Sgt. Nick Street tells KSL-TV that girl’s backpack got stuck on part of the Wasatch County School District bus Monday afternoon. Street says the girl was dragged 10 to […]
HEBER, Utah (AP) — A man suspected of driving under the influence remained jailed without bond Sunday in Utah after a crash killed six men in a pickup truck, authorities said. Jamie Don McKenzie, 41, was being held at Wasatch County Jail for investigation of six counts of vehicular homicide […]
