Utah

Liquor store owners in Utah have announced plans to pour any beer 5% alcohol by volume or less down the drain if it remains on store shelves at midnight Oct. 31. Salt Lake Tribune reports consumers could snag a six-pack or three at a likely discounted price. The state Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control says

A federal judge has ruled a Utah county violated the rights of two men who were targeted using an injunction restricting the actions of suspected gang members. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the ruling in U.S. District sided with Leland McCubbin and Daniel Lucero of Ogden, who both were convicted of violating the injunction. Ogden

A missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has died in the central African county of Congo. The Church said in a news release Tuesday 21-year-old Hermann Keredjim Mwanken died Monday after a brief illness. Church officials didn’t provide any additional details about the illness. Mwanken is from Kinshasa, Congo, and had

The speed limit is going up on a four-lane parkway north of Salt Lake City. Drivers can start traveling 65 mph on the 14-mile Legacy Parkway starting Jan. 1, up from 55 mph. The change was announced during the monthly meeting of the Utah Transportation Commission. The Utah Department of Transportation said Friday that large

Utah’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate has improved slightly to 2.7%. The Utah Department of Workforce Solutions released the latest monthly employment figures Friday. About 43,365 Utahns actively were looking for work in September. Unemployment was at 2.8% in August. The department’s report also shows non-farm jobs in the state grew by 3% over a year,

St. George is experiencing a record dry spell as the city in southern Utah hits 122 days without rain. The Spectrum reports weather officials said St. George broke the record on Thursday. According to the National Weather Service, the previous record was set at 121 days in 1929. County water manager Ron Thompson said the

Vape shops and other tobacco stores that sell to underage customers could swiftly lose their permits if they sell to underage customers under a draft bill that’s getting an early nod of approval from Utah lawmakers. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Republican sponsor Rep. Karianne Lisonbee says proposal approved by a legislative panel Wednesday wouldn’t

A rural Utah city is opening its first-ever grocery store. The Daily Herald reports construction began Monday on the first grocery store in Santaquin, a city of about 14,000 residents in northern Utah. The Santaquin Market is the first step in the city’s plan to build a commercial district. City officials expect the store to

Cans of beer have littered the parking lot of a church of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in a Salt Lake City suburb after a semi-trailer crashed that was carrying cases of beer. Sandy Police Stg. Jason Nielsen said the semitrailer veered and fell from a road and into the church’s parking

Police say one person has been injured in a shooting at a mall in northern Utah. KUTV reports Layton police said Tuesday a suspect was shot by police and taken to the hospital in the wake of the shooting, which occurred in the late afternoon at the Layton Hills Mall. Additional details about the suspect’s

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints President Russell M. Nelson will make his next foreign ministry trip to four Asian countries. The church announced Tuesday President Nelson will visit Vietnam, Cambodia, Singapore and Indonesia in November. He plans to meet with government and religious leaders in the countries as well as members of

Utah has announced plans to restore the state’s bighorn sheep population a year after a respiratory illness outbreak killed more than 100 sheep. The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources unveiled plans Thursday to release 35 sheep on Antelope Island in January with the goal of increasing the island’s sheep population to 125. Wildlife biologist Jace