The 2012 Republican presidential nominee was edged out of the nomination for U.S. Senate on Saturday, meaning Mitt Romney will face Utah state Rep. Mike Kennedy in a primary election later this year.
Some groups of students walked out of their high schools in Utah on Friday morning. Chopper 5 seemed to catch view of a hundred or so students on the baseball field at Skyline High School But at Olympus High School, it was a much smaller group. The walkout at Olympus High School. pic.twitter.com/TbjnWl4ia9 — Mary […]
SANDY — A Sandy restaurant has some serious cleaning to do before the Salt Lake County Health Department will allow it to reopen. La Frontera Cafe at 61 W. 10600 South had dead and live cockroaches around the tortilla chips, bar and other places, according to its latest inspection. The salsa was warm enough to […]
SALT LAKE CITY — An attorney for Provo says the city did nothing wrong when hiring and then firing its former police chief amid sexual assault claims. Heather White says Provo thoroughly investigated ex-Police Chief John King and properly investigated him when three women accused him of sexual misconduct and assault. “This is entirely inconsistent […]
A trade war with China could cost a wide variety of Utah businesses 60 million dollars. The list includes Utah’s aerospace industry, hog farms, plastics manufacturers, aluminum recycling companies, wheat farmers and orchard owners. A new report from World Trade Center Utah points out the following: • Over 40% of Utah’s aluminum exports went to […]
PLYMOUTH, Box Elder County — Utah Jazz tickets are the center of a dispute in one small Utah town. A state audit found Plymouth gave out $684 in basketball tickets as bonuses to town employees. Each taxpayer in the tiny town of about 400 people spent about $1.50 on that bill. Utah Auditor John Dougall […]
SALT LAKE CITY — State lawmakers are making changes that will likely affect Utah families’ take-home pay this year. Utah has adjusted the state income tax withholding tables, and the news isn’t necessarily good for low-income families. It’s not just Utah. Every state is adjusting its tax withholding tables after the federal government made sweeping […]
MURRAY – There’s a new hepatitis A scare out of Murray, so Salt Lake County tells customers of one store they could have the disease. Hepatitis A has run through the homeless and unhealthy populations, infecting 153 people in the county, and about 220 Utahns, since May. In that time, two people have died from […]
SALT LAKE CITY – Fond remembrances of the late Barbara Bush come from a Utahn who served as a White House adviser to President George H.W. Bush between 1989 and 1993. Stephen Studdert says the former first lady expected only the best from public servants. “And if you were less than your best in serving […]
HOUSTON — A family spokesperson for Barbara Bush announced the former first lady died at the age of 92 Tuesday. She passed away after opting to not have further medical treatments for her failing health. She battled congestive heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which forced several trips to the hospital. According to a […]
A ballot initiative that would have ended a compromise that allows candidates to run for office using either signature gathering or the caucus-convention system has died over a lack of signatures.
Leftover funds from former presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's 2012 and 2016 runs at the White House are helping fund his campaign to replace outgoing U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch.
20 advocacy groups filed a complaint asking the FTC to investigate YouTube for violating the Child Online Privacy Protection Act. It limits how a company can collect data about kids under 13.
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah wants President Trump to back away from a possible tariff war, or even tiff, with one of its biggest trade partners: China. Boeing, with 1,000 workers in Utah, imports Chinese steel for its factories in West Jordan and Salt Lake International Airport. “Anything that impacts Boeing negatively is probably going […]
WOODS CROSS – Good news and bad news from a Woods Cross city council meeting, where residents demanded reimbursement for the city’s water main break that ruined their homes. Residents were threatening to sue. “You guys have no liability for the city itself, other than the fact that the insurance company says no?” Mayor Rick […]
It's actually illegal to ride an unlicensed bike in Salt Lake City limits — but so few bikes are being registered in the city, it's resulting in a dismal number of stolen bike recoveries and a nightmare for police. The Deseret News reports city leaders are considering a change: Elimination of the $2 registration fee and an easier, online registration process.
Angry public feedback has forced the Interior Department to scale back its plans to raise fees in national parks. The public comments read anything from, "It's about time rates went up," to "I would not… repeat not take my family on this trip."
SALT LAKE CITY — Rep. Mia Love, R-Utah, says Congress needs to take a “holistic approach” to addressing school gun violence to understand underlying problems and possible solutions. “I have three kids that are in public schools. So to me, this is not about scoring political points. It’s actually about making a difference in our […]
SALT LAKE CITY — Gov. Gary Herbert has exercised his rarely-used veto power in striking down two bills he writes in a letter to legislative leaders “are contrary to the notion of separation of powers.” H.B. 198 would have forced the Utah Attorney General to give a written legal opinion to the legislature when requested. […]
