(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox says he is “deeply troubled” by concerns surrounding the use of Flock license plate-reading cameras in Utah. Cox made the comments during his monthly news conference yesterday after Utah Civic Compact released data showing 10 cameras in Weber County had reportedly been […]
The Bureau of Land Management has imposed stage 1 fire restrictions across much of northern Utah due to increasing fire danger. Restrictions began June 19 on all BLM-managed lands in northern Utah including Box Elder, Cache, Davis, Morgan, Rich, Salt Lake, Summit, Tooele, Utah, Wasatch, and Weber counties. Officials have […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Bureau of Land Management has imposed new fire restrictions across much of northern and western Utah due to increasing fire danger. The restrictions took effect immediately on BLM-managed lands in 12 counties, including Box Elder, Cache, Juab, Millard, Morgan, Rich, Salt Lake, Summit, Tooele, […]
(Undated) — Officials are reporting weekend deaths at two Utah reservoirs. A man reportedly jumped from a cliff at Weber County’s Causey Reservoir on Saturday afternoon and failed to resurface. His body was found by a dive team just after 9 p.m. Saturday. Another man was reported missing at Yuba […]
SALT LAKE CITY — The first case of avian flu in wild birds in Utah was confirmed in April, and now the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources has confirmed the virus has spread to wild birds in three additional counties, most likely due to the fall migration. The virus had […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Authorities in Utah say two hikers have been rescued by county search teams and a state helicopter after they became stranded on an icy cliff near Ogden. The Standard-Examiner reported Wednesday that Weber County sheriff’s office search and rescue said Tuesday on social media that the […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A Twin Falls, Idaho, woman is behind bars after a traffic stop turned violent. Amanda Yarbrough was charged with third-degree felony assault by a prisoner and misdemeanor assault on a police officer. The incident occurred Tuesday after a Weber County Sheriff’s Office deputy saw a car […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A new University of Utah report says the state experienced a significant increase in its population over the past decade. The university’s Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute released analysis that found the growth was especially strong in Utah County. The institute found Utah County’s population […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Search and rescue personnel and wildlife officers in northern Utah have rescued three Great Pyrenees puppies abandoned in frigid temperatures in the mountains. Weber County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue crew members and the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources say snowmobilers near Monte Cristo first […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — The state medical examiner has determined the cause of death of a Weber County Jail inmate was a methamphetamine overdose. The Standard-Examiner reports that incident reports filed by county corrections officers and nurses detail the symptomatic decline of arrestee Eric Gavin and the efforts made to […]
