Utah campaign against porn marches on with phone filter plan
Utah lawmakers have voted to require every cellphone and tablet sold in the state automatically block pornography.…
Continue ReadingUtah lawmakers have voted to require every cellphone and tablet sold in the state automatically block pornography.…
Continue ReadingUtah’s vote to cut taxes this year could mean it has to return $100 million in aid given under the federal pandemic relief…
Continue ReadingFour men who were caught in an avalanche while skiing in the mountains of north-central Utah were rescued on Sunday, authorities said. No one was…
Continue ReadingA salmonella outbreak linked to the deaths of hundreds of songbirds has come to Utah and officials are asking people to immediately remove or clean…
Continue ReadingUtah’s governor says all people age 18 and over in the state will become eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccines on April 1.…
Continue ReadingLegislation in Utah is raising concerns as seven Western states prepare to negotiate how to sustain a river that supplies 40 million people and a…
Continue ReadingStudents at Brigham Young University illuminated the letter “Y” on a mountain overlooking the Provo campus on Thursday with rainbow colors in a…
Continue ReadingA police investigation has been launched in Utah after a grocery store owner in Ogden was fatally shot at his business on Sunday, authorities…
Continue ReadingA Utah girl whose football skills won her fame online has lost her court bid to have school districts create football teams for girls.…
Continue ReadingThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said Friday it has given $20 million to help a program aimed at distributing coronavirus vaccines to…
Continue ReadingA proposal to ban transgender athletes from female sports teams in Utah stalled Wednesday, days after the Republican governor voiced doubt about the…
Continue ReadingUtah’s conservative Republican governor choked up Thursday as he spoke about the struggles faced by transgender teenagers, though he didn’t commit to…
Continue ReadingA proposal to ban transgender athletes from playing on girls sports teams passed the state House Wednesday in Utah, one of more than 20 states…
Continue ReadingA snowstorm in Utah has delayed business hours, closed doors for the day and postponed COVID-19 testing on Wednesday, weather officials…
Continue ReadingTransgender athletes would be barred from playing on girls’ sports teams under a bill that advanced Thursday in Utah, one of more than a dozen states…
Continue ReadingSearch and rescuers have safely extracted two snowmobilers who were stranded in a snowstorm in…
Continue ReadingAn investigator says a skier caught in an avalanche that killed four people in Utah survived by clinging to a tree through the onslaught of rushing…
Continue ReadingThe Utah House has said about two dozen Utah legislative staffers were placed on the priority list to receive COVID-19 vaccinations ahead of other…
Continue ReadingAn avalanche killed four skiers and injured four others Saturday in a popular recreation area, making it one of the deadliest avalanches in Utah…
Continue ReadingUtah gun owners would be able to carry concealed weapons without a permit under a bill that passed the state Senate on Friday, leaving one procedural…
Continue ReadingUtah’s Evermore Park has filed a federal lawsuit against Taylor Swift claiming the title of her latest album infringes on the theme…
Continue ReadingCrews have recovered the body of a Park City man who died in an avalanche over the…
Continue ReadingA Democratic lawmaker in Utah said Tuesday he is launching an impeachment probe against Attorney General Sean Reyes following his support of…
Continue ReadingA school district in northern Utah has reopened to elementary students after increased pressure from state lawmakers and parents during the…
Continue ReadingThe Utah House voted Tuesday to allow adults to carry concealed weapons without a permit, despite some GOP…
Continue ReadingUtah Gov. Spencer Cox is ordering vaccine shots set aside as second doses be re-distributed as first doses to new people if the original patient…
Continue ReadingDaniel Mark Wright, 47, is facing charges after Utah authorities accused him of impersonating an officer, possessing a stolen vehicle and stealing a…
Continue ReadingThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints condemned “lawless behavior” and the violence of rioters who broke into the U.S. Capitol in a…
Continue ReadingThe Utah National Guard announced Friday it will send about 350 service members to Washington, D.C. to support law enforcement at President-elect Joe…
Continue ReadingUtah health officials confirmed the state’s first case of the COVID-19 variant that’s been seen in the United Kingdom on…
Continue ReadingA park ranger has saved the life of an 80-year-old man who was drowning in a submerged vehicle by smashing through the truck’s window and pulling the…
Continue ReadingThe Utah State Capitol will be largely closed to the public when lawmakers begin their work for the year next week amid planned protests in Utah…
Continue ReadingUniversity of Utah President Ruth Watkins has announced she is stepping down in April after accepting the position of president of Strada Impact, a…
Continue ReadingWhile no one living at a Salt Lake City hospice center for homeless people has tested positive for COVID-19, the vaccine’s arrival has provided a new…
Continue ReadingA Utah man who was snowboarding near Park City was caught in an avalanche in the backcountry Friday morning and died, according to…
Continue ReadingNew Gov. Spencer Cox unveiled a plan Friday to ramp up Utah’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution as the state sees a post-holiday surge in new…
Continue ReadingAn intensive care nurse in Salt Lake City became the first person in Utah to receive the COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday morning as hospitals began…
Continue ReadingA university in Utah voted Monday to move forward with an effort to drop “Dixie” from its name – an example of the nation’s reexamination of the…
Continue ReadingRepublican U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop says he has been hospitalized after suffering a “mild” stroke earlier this week.…
Continue ReadingThe editor of Salt Lake magazine has died after she was swept into the ocean in Northern…
Continue ReadingUtah had record high voter turnout this year, with a staggering 90% of active voters casting…
Continue ReadingA university in southern Utah said testing will be encouraged but not mandatory despite state health orders mandating college students get tested…
Continue ReadingRussell M. Nelson, prophet and president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will share a special video message with the world on…
Continue ReadingAn ordinance limiting the number of drinking establishments in downtown St. George was passed after the city received complaints, stopping other…
Continue ReadingAs coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in Utah continue to shatter records, one of the state’s largest hospital systems is adding nearly 200…
Continue ReadingThe seasonal lights are ready and musical performances are being recorded for the 2020 Christmas season on Temple Square in Salt Lake…
Continue ReadingA group of Utah teachers has organized an event to encourage educators across the state to call in sick and use the day off to get tested for the…
Continue ReadingSki resorts in Utah have started to prepare reopening plans with additional safety precautions intended to keep guests safe during the coronavirus…
Continue ReadingUtah health authorities on Sunday announced a new high in the number of coronavirus hospitalizations as well as 2,386 more COVID-19 cases as the…
Continue ReadingUtah Gov. Gary Herbert has declared a state of emergency and ordered a statewide mask mandate in an attempt to stem the state’s surge in coronavirus…
Continue ReadingUtah voters have approved a major structural change to how schools are…
Continue ReadingUtah’s largest teachers union called for the governor to move all public secondary schools in high coronavirus transmission areas to remote learning…
Continue ReadingUtah Gov. Gary Herbert said he is feeling “frustrated” with the state’s rising coronavirus numbers as new cases and hospitalizations continued a…
Continue ReadingA pickup truck crashed into a coronavirus testing site in Salt Lake City Thursday, injuring nine people and demolishing a medical…
Continue ReadingUtah voters have approved making hunting and fishing a constitutional right and given the state’s Republican attorney general another…
Continue ReadingUtah has reported its highest number of hospitalizations yet with 348 COVID-19 patients, surpassing the record of 342 patients set on…
Continue ReadingUtah Epidemiologist Dr. Angela Dunn said protestors were at her home Thursday morning after her personal information was leaked…
Continue ReadingUtah Gov. Gary Herbert and health officials said Thursday the state may soon need to implement crisis care protocols as hospitals reach a breaking…
Continue ReadingA Utah man was arrested after police accused him of burning two toddlers with hot water, authorities…
Continue ReadingThe Larry H. Miller Group announced they will be selling their majority interest to Qualtrics co-founder Ryan…
Continue ReadingRepublican Burgess Owens is refunding and reallocating illegal campaign donations that went above contribution…
Continue ReadingThe capital of Utah will go from two daily printed newspapers to none after both of Salt Lake City’s major publications announced moves to weekly…
Continue Readinghe Salt Lake Tribune announced Monday it will stop printing a daily newspaper at the end of the year after nearly 150 years and move to a weekly…
Continue ReadingThe parents of a University of Utah track athlete who was killed by her ex-boyfriend on campus two years ago reached a $13.5 million settlement…
Continue ReadingOn the two year anniversary of Lauren McCluskey’s death, University of Utah President Ruth V. Watkins and Lauren’s parents announced a settlement…
Continue ReadingRival candidates vying to become Utah’s next governor joined together in new ads Tuesday urging people to accept the results of the November…
Continue ReadingU.S. Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah announced legislation Thursday to establish a national commission focused on diminishing future wildfire…
Continue ReadingA Utah man had a scary encounter while taking a hike in Slate Canyon outside of Provo…
Continue ReadingIdaho and Utah surpassed the grim milestone of 500 deaths from the coronavirus as the number of new cases and hospitalizations continued to break…
Continue ReadingThings were far from the “friendly skies” on a flight to Provo over the weekend when a fight broke out after a passenger refused to wear a…
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