Salt Lake County council votes to overturn school mask order
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Salt Lake County Council has overturned a school mask order for kids under 12 that the county’s top health official…
Continue ReadingSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Salt Lake County Council has overturned a school mask order for kids under 12 that the county’s top health official…
Continue ReadingThe top health official in Utah’s most populous county says she will seek a mask mandate in schools for kids under the age of 12.…
Continue ReadingUtah police have arrested a driver who they say caused a vehicle crash last weekend that killed a newlywed bride who was still in her purple wedding…
Continue ReadingAuthorities say a 7-year-old Utah boy died from burns he received after he and a friend played with matches.…
Continue ReadingThe pandemic changed how Utah law graduates were admitted to the bar in 2020.…
Continue ReadingThree weeks after graffiti laden with Nazi symbols, codes and slogans appeared in a Logan High School parking lot, the local police investigation…
Continue ReadingThe latest push to loosen gun laws in many states has put police officers at odds with Republican lawmakers who usually trumpet their support for law…
Continue ReadingThe school year is days away for many kids in Utah and public health experts are worried about whether kids too young to get vaccinated will stay…
Continue ReadingA boa constrictor accidentally freed from its container in Utah has been found a month after it went missing.…
Continue ReadingUtah’s hospitals are feeling the strain as coronavirus cases increase, the vast majority among unvaccinated people, officials said Tuesday.…
Continue ReadingBrigham Young University Provo announced Monday it will require students, faculty and staff to share their COVID-19 vaccination…
Continue ReadingSeveral parts of Utah are cleaning up after heavy rains brought flooding, mudslides and hail on Sunday.…
Continue ReadingA 58-year-old man was pronounced dead Saturday morning at the Davis County Correctional Facility.…
Continue ReadingUtah’s daily coronavirus count eclipsed 1,000 cases Thursday for the first time in five months as a summer surge of the virus triggered concerns…
Continue ReadingPolice say a missing 4-year-old Utah boy found dead in his toy chest died by accident of positional asphyxiation.…
Continue ReadingFlash floods have caused extensive damage in Cedar City and led the mayor to declare a state of emergency.…
Continue ReadingUtah Highway Patrol says at least eight people died when 22 vehicles were involved in a pileup crash during a sandstorm.…
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Imlay Click here for updates on this story SALT LAKE CITY (KSL) — Carole Taylor may be 83, but she now has a…
Continue ReadingSalt Lake City’s mayor has adopted a resolution declaring racism a public health crisis and committing to dismantling racist policies.…
Continue ReadingHealth officials have warned that algae blooms are turning up in Utah Lake that can produce toxins harmful to humans and animals.…
Continue ReadingThe Utah County sheriff is offering an active-shooter training for teachers and it has filled up long before its start…
Continue ReadingZion National Park has set a new record for visitors in a single month.…
Continue ReadingPolice say a 13-year-old Utah boy is dead after he was accidently shot by a 15-year-old friend.…
Continue ReadingA sheriff’s office says a Utah man fell to his death near Bridal Veil Falls in Provo Canyon.…
Continue ReadingThe water level in Utah’s Great Salt Lake today is inches away from a 58-year low, state officials say, and Western drought conditions fueled by the…
Continue ReadingAuthorities say three workers onboard a freight train were injured when it derailed while crossing tracks covered with water in a remote part of…
Continue ReadingDozens of demonstrators gathered in Salt Lake City Wednesday to support pop star Britney Spears during a court battle over her conservatorship.…
Continue ReadingA federal freeze on most evictions enacted last year is scheduled to expire July 31, after the Biden administration extended the date by a month.…
Continue ReadingUtah health officials have announced the governor’s previous assertion that the state had reached its goal of vaccinating 70% of adults by July…
Continue ReadingPolice say the drought gripping the West is contributing to an increased number of mountain lion sightings in Utah.…
Continue ReadingAuthorities say three men have been arrested in connection with the death of a 7-year-old girl who was hit by a stray bullet inside her Utah home.…
Continue ReadingDetectives are investigating the shooting death of a 7-year-old girl in Wasatch County.…
Continue ReadingA man who refused to wear a mask on an Allegiant flight departing from Utah has been fined $10,500.…
Continue ReadingThe Tabernacle Choir, organ recitals, Choir and Bell ensemble and Music & the Spoken Word return after COVID-19…
Continue ReadingSalt Lake City has set another heat record, and high temperatures are expected to continue amid an excessive heat warning.…
Continue ReadingHospital leaders in Utah are renewing their pleas for people to get vaccinated as the state experiences another surge in COVID-19 cases from the…
Continue ReadingThe Great Salt Lake in Utah has been shrinking for years, and a drought gripping the American West could make this year the worst yet.…
Continue ReadingSeveral anti-mask protesters who disrupted a school district board meeting in Utah earlier this year are now facing criminal charges.…
Continue ReadingSchools in Utah have gained access to an additional $205 million in federal relief after the U.S. Education Department approved plans from several…
Continue ReadingPolice have arrested a man on suspicion of murder in the death of a Sandy woman whose body was discovered along a riverbank after had been reported…
Continue ReadingWildlife officials say a rare animal spotted in a Utah neighborhood is likely on the move in search of a new place to live.…
Continue ReadingUtah Gov. Spencer Cox and other local leaders are urging state residents to forgo using personal fireworks this summer as the state faces a historic…
Continue ReadingReports suspected water waste are keeping Ogden’s conservation coordinator busy this summer.…
Continue ReadingFire officials say a five-alarm fire ripped through a Salt Lake City apartment building early Monday morning, causing extensive damage. Salt Lake…
Continue ReadingA small airplane crashed into an unoccupied house in northern Utah, killing the pilot.…
Continue ReadingThe police chief of the Salt Lake City suburb of Cottonwood Heights has been paid a $70,000 settlement after filing a lawsuit claiming the city had…
Continue ReadingSalt Lake City has issued a fireworks ban as drought conditions worsen throughout the…
Continue ReadingA family member has identified the victims of a plane crash in Utah last week as a Montana woman and her 6-year-old granddaughter.…
Continue ReadingA Utah woman will serve up to 30 years in prison for her involvement with the death of a police officer as a teenager.…
Continue ReadingRecords show the number of people stopped from buying guns through the U.S. background check system hit an all-time high of more than 300,000 last…
Continue ReadingA small plane crash that killed two people has also sparked a wildfire west of Salt Lake City. …
Continue ReadingRecord visitation and long lines at Arches National Park in Utah are reviving a push for a reservation…
Continue ReadingHome prices around Utah’s capital jumped a staggering 31% over the last year in the latest sign of Utah’s housing crisis.…
Continue ReadingA Utah woman was killed in an ATV accident late Thursday afternoon.…
Continue ReadingMuch of the American West has been blasted with sweltering heat this week as a high pressure dome combines with the worst drought in modern history…
Continue ReadingRepublican state leaders are not currently planning to seek an all-out fireworks ban.…
Continue Readingmoke is billowing out of a large structure fire in the Millcreek area in Salt Lake…
Continue ReadingA group accused of beating a man to death behind a Utah grocery store may have done so because they believed he gave his pregnant girlfriend a black…
Continue ReadingA Utah state attorney angry about being awakened from a nap has apologized for sending an expletive-laden email to an LGBT politician campaigning to…
Continue ReadingSalt Lake City has set another heat record and is experiencing its hottest day of the year as the state’s record-breaking heat wave…
Continue ReadingTransportation officials have reported nearly twice as many people died in alcohol-involved crashes on Utah roads last year compared to the year…
Continue ReadingA wildfire sparked by an abandoned campfire is forcing evacuations south of Moab.…
Continue ReadingThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints announced it will start to reopen Temple Square in Salt Lake City starting…
Continue ReadingSeveral wildfires were burning Friday as weather forecasts called for hotter weather in the coming days.…
Continue ReadingSalt Lake County prosecutors have ruled an officer was justified in shooting a man who fired a gun at him and attacked another…
Continue ReadingUtah Gov. Spencer Cox is urging residents and businesses to cut down on their water usage to combat the worst drought the state has experienced in…
Continue ReadingSeveral wildfires are burning in Utah amid hot, dry conditions and with most of the state mired in extreme drought.…
Continue ReadingAuthorities in northern Utah say three people have died in a fiery multi-vehicle car crash on a highway near the Heber Valley Airport.…
Continue ReadingThe First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced changes to upcoming general conferences of the Church, which…
Continue ReadingPolice are investigating an overnight shooting in Salt Lake City that left a 20-year-old man dead and four other people with injuries.…
Continue ReadingLatter-day Saint Charities is continuing its financial support for nine refugee resettlement agencies in the United States through a series of grants…
Continue ReadingPolice in Utah are investigating a possible hate crime after a rainbow pride flag was burned and a note targeting the LGBTQ community was left…
Continue ReadingUtah’s governor is asking citizens to pray for rain this weekend to relieve the state from its drought.…
Continue ReadingDavis County sheriff’s deputies and other department employees are prohibited under a new office policy from enforcing certain measures that could…
Continue ReadingThe father of a Utah woman beaten to death by her husband on an Alaska cruise in 2017 told a judge he would consider it justice if the man went to…
Continue ReadingPolice say two Utah girls 9 and 4 were uninjured after they took a car and crashed into a tractor trailer as they tried to drive to California for a…
Continue ReadingUtah’s Republican governor has issued a proclamation in support of LGBTQ Pride Month.…
Continue ReadingCity leaders in Lehi are warning residents they could be fined if they don’t adhere to new drought restrictions that prohibit watering lawns on…
Continue ReadingAuthorities say one man died and another man suffered severe burns when their single-engine aircraft crashed near the Powder Mountain area near Eden…
Continue ReadingA Utah education committee has proposed new rules around how race is taught in K-12 schools.…
Continue ReadingZion National Park has ended a shuttle ticketing system that was implemented to combat the coronavirus pandemic.…
Continue ReadingA former Utah state lawmaker has launched a campaign to challenge Republican Sen. Mike Lee for his U.S. Senate seat next year.…
Continue ReadingAn armed school employee in Utah held off an attempted kidnapping suspect at gunpoint until officers arrived, police said.…
Continue ReadingA woman has pleaded guilty to reduced charges in her teenage involvement with the death of a police officer after the Utah Supreme Court overturned…
Continue ReadingU.S. Sen. Mitt Romney faulted those on both extremes of the nation’s political divide as he accepted the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award.…
Continue ReadingA lawmaker in Utah who proposed legislation that would ban transgender athletes from competing in girls’ sports has announced plans to reintroduce…
Continue ReadingA Utah man has been arrested after police said he struck a state highway patrol trooper last weekend while riding a dirt bike.…
Continue ReadingAs COVID-19 conditions continue to improve in some locations, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is looking ahead to resume on-site…
Continue ReadingWater levels at Utah’s reservoirs are lower than normal after a bad year for snowpack, and Gov. Spencer Cox is warning severe drought conditions…
Continue ReadingAuthorities in Utah County say they have uncovered a second cockfighting ring less than a week after finding another one.…
Continue ReadingA Utah woman has been sentenced to more than two years in a federal prison after she pleaded guilty to fraud in the embezzlement of more than $1.6…
Continue ReadingA travel security agency said there was an increase in the number of guns detected at security checkpoints at Salt Lake City International Airport,…
Continue ReadingThe Utah Legislature has passed a measure that would bar public schools and universities from implementing mask mandates.…
Continue ReadingUtah Democrats have walked off the House floor in protest of a resolution recommending the state review any curriculum that examines the ways in…
Continue ReadingA newly released report by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has shown more women in the health care industry are leaving the profession as a…
Continue ReadingUtah Gov. Spencer Cox has called on state lawmakers to convene for a special session this week.…
Continue ReadingThe bodies of two men reported missing after going jet skiing on Utah Lake were found Sunday, authorities…
Continue ReadingUtah will not require masks in K-12 schools for the last week of the academic year.…
Continue ReadingA Salt Lake City police officer has been charged with aggravated assault a second time for ordering a dog to attack someone who complied with…
Continue ReadingUtah will terminate its participation in the federal government’s pandemic-related unemployment assistance program.…
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