Utah's Noon News: Recent Episodes
Utah's Noon News
July 16th, 2025
For those who witnessed the tragic shootings that took place last weekend, what kinds of things are going through their minds? If they're still experiencing shock, what can they do to work through those and other "survivor guilt" kinds of feelings? Dr. Steven Sugden with the University of Utah Huntsman Mental Health Institute joins Maria Shilaos for this discussion.
Davis Technical College says commercial drivers are in high demand. And thanks to a few partnerships, they've been able to open a new driving range to better help train their student drivers. Midday fill-in host Heather Peterson spoke to Linda Watts, Director of Programs at Davis Technical College to learn more about this new development and what it means for the school.
The 50th annual Utah Scottish Festival and Highland Games kicks off this weekend at the Utah State Fairpark. Alisa Scott with the Utah Scottish Association spoke to Midday executive producer Andy Cupp about the tartan-filled, bagpipe-playing event.
Learn more about the Utah Scottish Festival by visiting utahscots.org.
University of Utah law professor Amos Guiora, who served in the Israel Defense Forces, joins Utah's Noon News with the latest.
Crossroads Urban Center Executive Director Glenn Bailey joins Utah's Noon News to discuss the recent increase in need for food pantries in Utah.
American Airlines is coming to Provo Airport. City officials announced this morning that American will have three daily flights, two to Dallas/Fort Worth and one to Phoenix.
West Valley City will soon turn a stormwater detention area into a wetland wonderland for people to enjoy. Utah's Noon News spoke to West Valley's Parks and Recreation Director Jamie Young for more.
Lindsay Aerts filing in for Maria Shilaos
August 31st, 2023
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August 10th, 2023
Dan Bammes filling in for Maria Shilaos
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May 30th, 2023, guest host for Maria Shilaos, Lindsay Aerts
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Tim Hughes in for Maria Shilaos
8/5/2022
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Dr. Marion Bishop is an ER Doctor in Logan and Brigham City
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A new study from Intermountain Healthcare finds having A-Fib... significantly increases your risk of complications and death from COVID-19. Patients with this heart arrhythmia are 62 percent more likely to suffer something like a heart attack... and 40 percent more likely to die.
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A new study shows many younger Americans are forgetting what the Holocaust was all about. But teachers here in Utah are trying to make sure they never forget.
Tracking your water usage and being reminded of how you are doing can save a lot of water.
A man with a long criminal history has been jailed on suspicion of killing his girlfriend's 4-month-old daughter.
Utah will be getting millions of more dollars from a revision to the longstanding settlement with Big Tobacco.
A national survey finds 75-percent of kids know where their parents keep their guns in homes, and that has pediatricians worried.
new report from the Utah Department of Health (UDOH) shows that intimate partner violence or IPV affected 18.1 percent of adult females and 10 percent of adult males in Utah in 2016.
Mitt Romney is now officially running for US Senate in Utah. He signed the paperwork Thursday and joins a growing field.
Kearns Jr. High held a remembrance for the 17 fatal victims of the Parkland, Florida high school shooting, and then distributed cards to students for ideas for "17 acts of kindness."
The walkout went peacefully at Highland High School in Salt Lake City. A large crowd joined in the national walk out at 10 AM Wednesday, while many other students and teachers stayed inside. The principal says regardless of stance, he is glad the day was peaceful.
Police with a warning today while troopers investigate a crash last night. Make sure if you're hauling anything, it's secure.
(stock photo)
A legislative compromise will ask Utahns to raise gas taxes to fund education, so taxes won’t go up anywhere else. More on the story: https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900012502/utah-lawmakers-wrap-up-legislative-session-with-tax-relief-big-boost-for-education.html
The water line somehow broke from a fire hydrant, spewing thousands of gallons of water.
Much of the world is online, so the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has its missionaries connect with more inquirers with the technology they know.
New artwork is brightening up an area of East High School that was made to help students in need.
As the legislative session ends, state lawmakers want to honor the late parks director by renaming a special place for him. The legislative resolution for Fred Hayes State Park at Starvation: https://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/HCR021.html
Even with last Sunday's storm, this winter keeps being one for the warm and dry record-books.
Both of Utah's U.S. Senators have come out swinging against President Trump's proposal to boost tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum.
Ogden residents are invited to town halls every night this week to talk about possible school closures this fall or next.
HB 254 ran out of time before a committee, effectively tabling it, but opponents spoke up in the rotunda about their concerns.
Utahns all over the state woke up to the strongest snowstorm this winter. They had their work cut out for them to dig out of it.
Four fallen big-rigs littered a five-mile stretch of I-80 west of Grantsville, when sudden, strong wind gusts knocked them over.
A plow driver is still recovering after being hit by a semi truck in the last storm. Now Udot is asking people to stay behind plows during this upcoming storm.
Concerns about the cost of new homeless shelters is clashing with concerns over the impact on other cities and towns in Utah.
Local educators say you need to talk to your teen about sexting, because chances are, they are already doing it.
A lawsuit filed Tuesday says federal agents terrorized a family from Mexico living in Heber City last year.
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement says they uphold laws while providing safety and security, although they do not comment on pending litigation.
Russian search group is hoping Salt Lake City Police can help it connect the remains of a missing Soviet soldier with his grandson. More on the story: https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900011197/russian-utah-authorities-seek-next-of-kin-for-fallen-wwii-soldier.html
A new song is going viral about the Utah Jazz, and the excitement surrounding Donovan Mitchell. The team go for their 12th win in a row Friday night.
You may have heard about the app, you and your kids may already have it downloaded. But if you don't, we want to tell you how it works.
The state senator admitted he had a blood-alcohol content of .05, when he tried to delay the implementation of Utah’s stricter limit at the state Senate Transportation Committee.
A state legislative panel excitedly approved regulations for five levels of autonomous cars, but they admit they have some bugs to work out. More on HB-371: https://le.utah.gov/~2018/bills/static/HB0371.html
The topic of teen suicide is starting to get more attention throughout the state... And today a number of state leaders issued a report... As they try to find ways to better help our youth.
An unlikely group of state lawmakers is pushing to end Utah’s death penalty – state house Republicans. But they’re bracing for a fight among themselves.
Utah’s roads have been treacherous, but skiers and snowboarders have welcomed with open arms our state’s first big snowstorm of the year.
Mitt Romney’s main opponent, Jenny Wilson, for U.S. Senate says he was trying pretty hard to be a Utahn during his campaign announcement video, as she avoided questions if she would get help with campaign financing.
Now that Mitt Romney has announced he is running for the US Senate Seat in Utah, he has to get on the ballot and convince Utahns to vote for him.
State lawmakers think more spending more money will work faster than trying to fix laws to stop mass shootings like at a Florida high school.
Officials in Utah say they want to prevent mass shootings, like the one in Florida, with the public’s help.
Doctors at Utah Valley Hospital say they believe they have treated the youngest patient in the state in a hyperbaric chamber, after carbon monoxide poisoning in the baby's apartment.
Bicyclists could soon get more freedom on Utah streets, amid concerns of added liabilities and dangers among cars.
UDOT has been struck with a $2.3 million bill after judges agreed the big box store in American Fork had been wronged. Link to the court documents: https://www.utcourts.gov/opinions/appopin/UDOT%20v.%20Target%20Corporation20180208_20160122_24.pdf
A controversial legislative bill to remove incapacitated elected officials cleared another hurdle to become law in Utah. More on the story: https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900010062/bill-to-remove-mentally-unfit-elected-officials-advances-to-utah-house-floor.html
Last year, Utah agencies saw a jump in the number of discrimination and retaliation claims in the workplace.
Geography fuels hate and hate groups in America, and a new University of Utah study also finds common threads among its regions. More on the study: https://unews.utah.edu/drivers-of-hate-in-the-u-s-have-distinct-regional-differences/
Tickets went on sale today in Salt Lake City for the biggest hit from Broadway in years.
(pic from Caitlin Burchill)
Environmentalists are still leery, even though no one has pulled mining permits at two southeastern Utah national monuments after President Trump shrank them.
Utah leaders are moving ahead after a new report says Utah is financially able to host the Winter Olympics again, and could do it cheaper than other cities.
Police think a case of boys being boys led to one of their deaths at a construction company headquarters in Murray.
A Utah National Guard helicopter pilot’s vision is improving after people on the ground shined a laser through his night vision goggles while he flew.
Pizza, packages, groceries or medicine -- Utah lawmakers are looking at making it easier for robots to make those deliveries to you.
Utah is one of the first states to now screen all newborns for Spinal Muscular Atrophy. And new treatment is helping babies fight the deadly genetic disease.
U-DOT offers it reasons for wanting to double the fees for single drivers to use high occupancy vehicle, or express, lanes, and perhaps quadruple them.
State agents with Operation Rio Grande captured members of a Honduran drug ring working in the Salt Lake Valley, and their drug balloons.
Ahead of his first State of the Union address, one political expert says Utahns support the President as they weigh his words and accomplishments against each other.
The tax reform package President Trump pushed across the finish line last month will certainly figure into tomorrow night’s State of the Union address. A Utah State Tax Commission analysis: https://le.utah.gov/interim/2018/pdf/00000574.pdf
Salt Lake County and state officials announced new housing options today as part of the phases of Operation Rio Grande.
Brace for closures of I-15 both ways in Layton for the next three nights, while UDOT does heavy construction.
Salt Lake City Police say three young adults robbed three people each walking alone outside of downtown Salt Lake, but police caught up with the suspects.
Too many Utahns are not performing hands-only CPR, and West Valley paramedics want to reverse that so more people can save lives.
Besides the tide pod challenge, the Utah Poison Control Center wants to remind people to be more careful with those laundry detergent packets in general.
The Utah Senate unanimously passed a bill allowing more than just cohabitants to obtain protective orders if they’re lives are endangered.
2017 was a record breaking year for organ donations at Intermountain Healthcare in Utah, and today, some recipients and donors marked the milestone together.
Utah lawmakers are pointing out that they are at work for the people, while the federal government was shut down.
Crews worked 16 hours to put out the flames, remove the charred remains of a double fuel tanker, and filled two-inch deep, 10-foot wide potholes on the southbound side near 7500 South.
Mitt Romney talked about everything from failure to America’s future in a speech to a technology crowd in Salt Lake City on Friday. But no announcement yet on a Senate run.
Intermountain healthcare is starting a new generic company to combat drug shortages and sky-high price increases.
The Canyons School District set out to see if kids really do seem to be taking tests all the time, and they say the answer may be a relief for those who are worried.
Unified Police: One victim is a 17-year-old boy, and the other is a adult male who is a state employee.
Church members say they love and sustain their new prophet. KSL Newsradio's Mary Richards reports from Temple Square.
A moving tribute from Salt Lake City’s Roman Catholic Cathedral as the cortege of the late LDS Church President drove on South Temple.
Depending on where you are, your neighborhood, church or school may have a lot of people who are sick right now. One school district is facing a second day of lots of teachers staying home.
Health officials say the statewide outbreak has grown to at least 133 cases of Hepatitis A, but that could only grow now that two restaurants in Spanish Fork had exposure.
Residents and Snowbird Resort don't believe tolling those roads will be best to reduce traffic, pay for road repairs. They hope the state finds alternatives.
Some Utahns went to Washington to rally for a new national monuments bill in southeastern Utah. Others rallied against it at the state capitol.
Ryan Folsom was hit and killed by a wrong-way driver on Sunday in California. On Tuesday, Preston Hadley spoke about his 2011 BYU football teammate. Here are some of those comments.
Several police agencies are looking for suspects who blew up one ATM in West Jordan, and almost blew up another one in Salt Lake City.
UDOT is making compromises with stakeholders in its plans to expand US-89 between Farmington and Layton within three years. More on the plans: http://www.udot.utah.gov/us89/
The family of a woman who died after a stint at the Davis County Jail in December of 2016 has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the sheriff and jail staff.
The state school board voted this week on a policy on middle school art, music, health and PE classes.
Three religious leaders have nothing but fond remembrances of LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson, who died Tuesday night at age 90.
5 members of the Utah National Guard are deploying to the Horn of Africa, to help fly missions around that crucial part of the world so close to the Middle East.
A state lawmaker thinks her bill to restrict talking on the phone while driving should be received well this upcoming legislative session.
Orem police are getting everything ready for New Year's weekend. Some officers plan to act as designated drivers.
Yesterday’s storm, and the one expected over Utah on Saturday, are nothing to celebrate as far as improving the snowpack.
Listen to Unified Fire's Matthew McFarland speak with KSL's Doug Wright about crews coming home and others staying with the California wildfires. (picture from Layton City)
The FDA will start acting against companies that make products than could cause harm. (STOCK PHOTO)
Both men were flying from Cleveland to Houston where they were covering the Utah Jazz on their road trip.
Advocates are working on big new plans for the Pioneer Park area of Salt Lake City, as they see success from Operation Rio Grande.
The guest stars from this year’s Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas concert met the media today at the Conference Center. Sutton Foster and Hugh Bonneville talked about the joy of working with the choir and orchestra, and then spoke a little about their Christmas traditions. Foster is a new mom just this year.
The stars of Broadway, TV and film are the special guests with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra on Temple Square.
We have great, air-clearing weather ahead, but when the inversion returns, Salt Lake County Health is ready to keep schoolchildren active for indoor recesses.
The Crossroads Urban Center says their interviews with 77 homeless or almost-homeless mothers found a need for more stable places to stay, and access to child care.
The FLDS polygamous leader pleaded guilty to $11 million in food stamp fraud and absconding for one year.
Christmas restored and a “porch pirate” in a no-horse stolen sleigh busted in Salt Lake City, thanks to some alert “elves.”
Homelessness providers are uniting to collect and equally distribute your holiday donations to those who need it the most. Log onto www.SLChost.org.
We are hearing from two CHPD officers who were called on a trespassing call, but didn't want to have the woman be out in the cold. So they reached into their own pockets.
Police arrested photographer Kyle Navarrete, 32, suspected of sexually assaulting four teenage boys aspiring to be models.
Brace yourselves. The dreaded inversion layer may hover over northern Utah for quite some time, and it’s not even the middle of inversion season.
Gov. Gary Herbert slammed Steve Bannon, former chief strategist to President Donald Trump, as a "Mormon bigot" Wednesday after Bannon accused Mitt Romney of hiding behind his LDS faith to avoid serving in Vietnam.
Training is constant for Salt Lake City Police who are trying to avoid deadly use-of-force confrontations. KSL Newsradio’s Peter Samore took part at the Pioneer Precinct.
Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, introduced legislation Tuesday to create a new national park in a piece of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. (Deseret News file photo of Escalante Canyon)
In spite of the anger outside, joy inside the capitol rotunda, where supporters watched President Trump order the reduction of two national monuments. More on the story: https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900005057/air-force-one-on-its-way-to-salt-lake-city.html
Shoppers who chop or buy their Christmas Trees this weekend should know how to get them home safely.
A UDOT driver who was hit head-on during the last storm, wants all drivers to be prepared for bad weather again. Especially in the canyons.
An alarming trend is happening in Utah—many more youth are dying by suicide in our state than in other states, and now health officials and advocates are trying to find out why.
Utah is dealing with a large number of Hepatitis A cases, as an outbreak from other states reached here. It's a contagious liver disease.
More ordering online means more packages being delivered, which means more opportunity for porch thieves. Police are offering some safety tips.
Even the public defender of a murder suspect was surprised to see him enter the way he did into the Summit County Justice Court. More on the story: https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900004659/ex-pro-footballer-accused-of-killing-his-wife-in-park-city-makes-first-court-appearance.html
The Taylorsville family of a 19-year-old man struck and killed by a suspected drunk driver on Thanksgiving Eve says they have forgiven her. More on the story: https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900004554/police-identify-man-killed-in-hit-and-run-in-taylorsville.html
Done with the stress of Black Friday? Perhaps “Small Business Saturday” might bring some relaxation for shoppers and retailers.
Thousands of needy families got free turkeys and fixings, that they otherwise wouldn’t have had, just in time for Thanksgiving.
The couple's cases will be tried together, for now. The husband could face the death penalty. More on the story: https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900004372/man-charged-with-murdering-u-student-makes-first-court-appearance.html
A new tunnel opens Wednesday at 106th South in Sandy. The construction project is finishing early, in time for the holiday shopping season.
New research from BYU says freeways can be safer if they have certain things in common.
Private investigators say they have new clues about a 9-year-old Salt Lake girl’s murder 22 years ago, but they cannot release any of them. More details: www.whokilledrosie.com
This storm will be parked over us all day. The ski resorts hope it lasts, the Salt Lake Airport tweeted a picture of de-icing planes, and it is making for wet crowds watching the high school championship games at Rice-Eccles Stadium.
As Utah tries to fight the high number of people addicted to pain pills, state officials are turning more focus on the prescribers of those pills. And they have a new tool this week.
A burglar in Taylorsville took clothing, jewelry he tried on in home near 1500 W. 4200 South. Unified Police are still looking for him.
A family that knows the importance of buckling up, joined police today to urge Utahns to always wear seatbelts.
The University of Utah says the money will launch a new initiative called Drive out Diabetes. Larry H Miller died of complications from Type 2 Diabetes in 2009.
For the first time, all-terrain vehicles could be zipping around Antelope Island and all of its wildlife.
Astute police at BYU spotted a sexual assault suspect lurking on campus, and led Provo Police to capture him.
One neighbor says he saw no warning signs and can't believe what appears to have happened next door.
Police are determining why a teenager threatened two janitors at Syracuse High and lit a fire outside after school hours.
A new program just launched in Utah to tackle prescription drug addiction and the often-resulting heroin addiction head-on through all angles.
It’s too late to postmark your mail-in ballots for today’s election, but it’s not too late to fill them out and turn them in.
Officers in Utah County want to know if one man, or one team, was behind five hotel heists within 24 hours.
Pastor France Davis of the Calvary Baptist Church in Salt Lake City is interviewed about the deadly shootings in Texas.
The Salt Lake Police Association still wants to buy Christmas gifts for needy children, but won’t use “Shop with a Cop” to do it.
Salt Lake Valley agencies didn’t fight when different roles in searching for the man suspected of killing a Chinese student at the University of Utah.
An analysis of the Russian Facebook ads that ran during last year’s election reveals they sought to divide Americans socially more than politically. More on the story: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/facebook-twitter-google-full-picture-russian-interference-lawyers/story?id=50864906
Some charter schools and private schools in Utah are finding out the hard way that they just can't use any bus to transport kids to activities.
Now that Halloween is over, it’s almost ski season. Park City Mountain and Brian Head open on November 17th; the others are setting their opening dates as well, and they will be helped by a storm coming this weekend which promises snow in the mountains.
Emotions were high at the University of Utah, as the campus comes to grips with a deadly shooting of an international student there.
If you enjoy scary shows and haunted houses, you have some psychology to back you up. (file photo from Intermountain Healthcare)
A new partnership means a big boost to organ transplants in Utah. It’s a jet that can fly around the country to pick up organs and even patients.
The UHP hopes to hire all the recruits in its latest academy to replace the troopers reassigned from highways to Salt Lake City streets.
A reunion for a 48-year-old man and the three ladies who performed CPR to save his life at a picnic in Riverton.
Utah advocates, doctors, lawmakers and more are working on the problem of opioid addiction.
If politicians would improve their word choices, two BYU professors say they wouldn’t divide their own political parties so much. Their study: https://news.byu.edu/news/all-fair-love-and-ward-politicians-divide-political-parties-violent-speech
A family who was hit while trick-or-treating 2 years ago, came back to the spot in Salt Lake City on Wednesday to share a safety message for others.
A warrant suspect had to call Salt Lake City Police because he got stuck in a coal chute. Police have just released the audio of the call.
An LDS bishop killed in Ohio is being remembered by Utahns as well for his service and friendship. (family photo)
A South Salt Lake neighborhood and police are enraged after vandals tagged their homes and cars and caused $1,000 in damage.
Bodycam video from Orem shows just how quickly encounters could turn violent or deadly between suspects and police.
Jackson Elementary's principal says Operation Rio Grande appeared to push some transient and homeless people to her school's playground. But new steps are helping make the problem better.
Five Weber High Schoolers who posted a viral video with a racial slur did not go to school today. A district spokesman says they’re quickly learning a lesson.
One of the two teenage girls trying to cross a busy highway in Perry has died, while the other struggles to survive.
They say there are critical staffing shortages nationwide that need to be addressed by Congress.
A new train manufacturing facility will be built in Utah. Stadler broke ground Friday west of the Salt Lake International Airport.
West Jordan Police say a three year old boy spent the night in the custody of Child and Family Services after he was found alone in a corn maze Monday night. A woman didn't call until Tuesday morning saying the boy was missing.
A new study hopes to find out if breast cancer can be detected in someone’s blood much earlier than it’s found on a mammogram.
Hundreds of volunteers and community partners helped get men, women and families who are homeless in Salt Lake City to the services they might otherwise not have been able to access.
The family of Megan Tubbs, from Price, Utah, put out the word on Facebook to try to locate the man, and people identified him and say he is safe.
Ground breaking Wednesday for a major new development in Sugarhouse at the site of the old Shopko, but some residents have been worried it may be too big.
His neighbors were outraged, but a dummy that a Holladay man hanged from his tree says it’s only a Halloween decoration.
First responders are describing the chaos they experienced during and after the Las Vegas shooting in that big concert on the Strip.
Volunteers with Utah’s American Red Cross have deployed to Las Vegas, just one of several large disaster areas they’re working right now.
A Saint George woman recounts how she survived the mass shooting at the Route 91 Concert in Las Vegas.
Vivint Smart Home Arena is apologizing for any seating problems people had Wednesday night at the first major concert since the renovation.
University Hospital offers Utah’s first mobile trauma team to perform emergency amputations for victims stuck in the field.
The BYU law school is holding a free legal clinic Thursday night, September 28 in Provo to help Dreamers before a critical deadline.
A group of Puerto Ricans who now live in Utah has put together a donation drive to help the devastated island.
The University of Utah has launched a new website completely dedicated to safety on campus. It's safeu.utah.edu
The cranes are swinging, the concrete is flowing and the steel is rising for what will be Salt Lake City’s new airport.
A student's idea to help Hurricane Harvey victims grew into the entire student body of Bluffdale Elementary working to help.
BYU started selling caffeinated soda on campus Thursday, for the first time since the 1950s.
In their first out-of-state emergency response, three state of Utah employees will work 12-hour days and relieve burned out Florida officials.
People in Kearns are coming to grips with the recent spike in gang violence, after a shooting led to a deadly car crash. Four men, ages 17 to 24, are under arrest.
A guilty plea from Lyle Steed Jeffs, the leader of the FLDS church accused of leading a food stamp fraud conspiracy and then escaping custody.
State lawmakers are gearing up for their special session to fine-tune their efforts to reduce crime and homelessness in Salt Lake’s Rio Grande area.
Authorities say a brush fire in the foothills near Mapleton is a good example of how we are not out of danger yet.
The owner of a boat rental company at a popular Bear Lake beach hopes a reward will lead to whoever threw yellow paint on their boats last week. (pics from BearLakeFun.com Facebook page)
New technology that should process chemical evidence cleaner and faster has a new home in the state crime lab in Taylorsville.
Evacuations could have gone even faster at the destructive Uintah Fire, had more residents registered their cellphones for emergency notifications.
Friday morning saw multiple car crashes, street flooding, standing water and more from a storm system that moved from north to south.
Governor Herbert has changed his mind about calling a special legislative session to modify Utah’s controversial blood-alcohol limit.
Operation Rio Grande left downtown Salt Lake to arrest a couple in Ogden on suspicion of drug crimes.
Hurricane Harvey has disrupted the global supply enough that we are now getting higher gas prices in Utah, even though the gulf does not supply our gas.
The COO of the 2002 Winter Olympics thinks chances are still good for back-to-back U.S. Games involving Salt Lake City. Los Angeles will host the 2028 Summer Games.
Two Utahns chose to hunker down in Florida as Hurricane Irma tore through and flooded their cities.
Evacuees are returning home, and trying to return to normal, after the Uintah Fire nearly destroyed their homes north of Weber Canyon.
Starting tomorrow night, UDOT will close all but two of its interchanges at I-15 and 10600 South for 16 days.
Uintah Fire officials are briefly escorting some evacuees into the neighborhoods to retrieve medicine, important documents and pets.
UDOT, UHP and Zero Fatalities say this summer was better than last summer, but there are still some disturbing trends.
Evacuees didn’t need mandatory orders to flee the Uintah Fire that threatened, or burned, their homes.
A month-long investigation led to the arrest of a woman Provo Police say tried to hire a hitman to kill her children’s father.
The Provo School District employees say they are not heroes, they were just in the right place at the right time -- and they want other people to get training.
36 members of the Disaster Medical Assistance Team flew out of the Salt Lake International Airport on Tuesday morning.
Rock climbers usually face dangers of falling, but two of them dealt with gunshots whizzing by their heads above Little Cottonwood Canyon.
Sadness, but not despair, at Midvale’s Hillcrest High School, where football players just lost their head coach.
18 members of a Utah family were supposed to go on a 50th anniversary cruise. Instead they are stranded in hotels surrounded by flooded streets.
Around 15 or so American Red Cross volunteers from Utah are going to Texas to help with hurricane Harvey. They expect to be deployed for two weeks.
Unified Police want to know if the teenager they arrested on suspicion of a Magna murder may be responsible for another killing. More on the story: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865687499/Killings-of-2-teen-friends-2-weeks-apart-may-be-connected-police-say.html
Lawyers are arguing if an 18-year-old Spanish Fork man should stand trial on charges that he helped a 16-year-old girl end her life.
Although President Trump once said otherwise, the FBI’s special agent in charge in Salt Lake insists morale is high, and agents work well with the past and current directors. KSL Newsradio’s Peter Samore sat with him at a roundtable discussion.
Utah-based Intermountain Healthcare wants to stop prescribing as many as 5 million pills a year for acute pain management, in order to target opioid misuse and abuse. (PIC taken by Intermountain team)
Two Utahns say President Trump has condemned racism in the past. One wants Mitt Romney to apologize for his demands.
An improvised explosive took the life of a Utah National Guardsman serving with his unit in eastern Afghanistan. More on the story: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865686971/Slain-Guardsman-was-among-9-Utahns-injured-in-Afghanistan.html
Governor Herbert and other state leaders have broken ground for the new state prison west of Salt Lake International Airport.
On day two of Operation Rio Grande, KSL Newsradio’s Peter Samore assessed efforts to help the homeless through the eyes of advocates and police.
A shed antler hunter discovered three bronze statues in a field of sage brush near Cedar Fort in 2015. The Utah County Sheriff's Office has been unable to identify the rightful owner. Investigators hope someone will recognize the piece and describe the other two works. Otherwise, the antler hunter will likely take ownership of the expensive artworks. Image credit: Utah County Sheriff's Office
“Operation Rio Grande” netted several arrests to clean up the area, but upended and unnerved the homeless living on the streets of downtown Salt Lake City.
An arrest in Summit County reminds law enforcement marijuana harvesting season is around the corner, so they must be extra watchful.
Some better news for Salt Lake City’s Rio Grande neighborhood, but the police chief won’t reveal the next steps for better safety there.
The Utah Public Health Laboratory confirmed last week the eighth case this year of a bat which tested positive for rabies. (pic from Utah DWR)
A cancer doctor at Intermountain Healthcare is recovering from surgery to remove a tumor, and he allowed the whole experience to be live-tweeted.
Leads have dried up, so Orem Police need your help to find a man whom they say sexually assaulted a woman with a diminished capacity in a hotel room. More on the story: https://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=45348341&title=police-searching-for-man-suspected-of-sexually-assaulting-woman-with-mental-disability
Federal installations won't say what methods they'll use, and the Utah National Guard won't follow suit.
A 4-month-old Springville girl is recovering from severe injuries, and her father has been jailed, suspected of inflicting them.
Healthcare, taxes, and who is the most conservative -- it all came up during a debate between three candidates in the Republican primary for the third congressional district. KSL Newsradio's Mary Richards reports.
The unemployment rate went down nationally, and Utah is doing well...except wages are still low.
West Valley police are looking for more witnesses and neighbors to find out who shot a 14-year-old boy in the face.
A salt lake woman whose eyesight was damaged during a solar eclipse in Russia, is sharing her story to warn others ahead of the solar eclipse coming up this month. And the Moran Eye Center is giving out free solar eclipse glasses.
Still, a newspaper deliveryman was thankful he could help a woman out of her burning West Valley City home.
Several agencies and districts are raising your property taxes this year. You should be getting the notice in the mail.
New research from UVU says skipping a grade or leaving school early means earning more money in life. (stock image)
The Sprague Branch of the Salt Lake City Library system will have to close for months; it appears they lost thousands of books in the storm.
Flooded basements and streets turned into streams. Residents now have to cleanup after quite the storm overnight in Salt Lake City.
The father is also accused of dropping the baby several times as he ran from police for shoplifting.
A signature-gathering campaign has begun to create an independent redistricting commission in Utah. A Democrat and a Republican are leading the effort. More on the story: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865685199/Better-Boundaries-launches-initiative-to-create-independent-redistricting-commission.html
Helmets save lives, but not enough Utahns are wearing them when they recreate outdoors.
BYU research shows that just 36 percent of new science teachers are teaching only in their trained subject. (pic: BYU )
A new Utah initiative promises to test rape kits faster and keep contact with victims about their progress via hotline: 801-893-1145.
North Salt Lake residents are angry about plans to allow more mining near the hillside right beneath their homes and near an infamous landslide in 2014. Documents for the proposal: http://www.nslcity.org/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/1464
The agency that runs Trax and Frontrunner and buses says they may not be able to attract more riders unless they get more money.
Two teenage suspects are at large, but police have arrested a 15-year-old boy following a robbery spree in Salt Lake County convenience stores.
The West Jordan city council Friday night will talk about whether aerial fireworks ought to be banned in the city, after a busy 4th of July with 54 field fires.
Some school districts are hearing there could be absences on the first day of school due to the solar eclipse.
This hot and dry summer is making Utahns use a lot of water on their lawns. But water managers say you should still only water every other day.
A bittersweet day for Utah first responders who were honored for saving lives, as they were reunited with the people they saved.
Salt Lake County leaders say this particularly violent year calls for action against domestic violence. They presented a resolution today in the county council
Sandy Police say a man mourning at a cemetery was kidnapped at knifepoint and managed to signal them for help. But they’re still gathering the full story.
The teenage boys were given the longest possible juvenile sentence on Monday morning, for hitting and killing Officer Cody Brotherson on November 6th, 2016.
An emergency response team member had his own emergency, when he slid and broke his legs on an icy Mount Timpanogos.
A recent sting operation resulted in 45 citations against fraudulent construction crews or contractors in Utah.
Utah House Speaker Greg Hughes said recent violent incidents in downtown Salt Lake have convinced him the state needs more solutions. (file photo)
Property crime in Provo was up 32 percent from the first half of 2015 to the first half of 2016, the largest jump in any city reported to the FBI for the period.
A joint task force has brought down what it calls the largest international drug cartel in Utah’s recent past, and made dozens of arrests.
Four murder-suicides in Utah this month have domestic violence experts urging victims to come to them for help before it’s too late.
Chaffetz spoke to KSL from his office in DC for the last time. (pic from his Twitter account)
3rd District congressman Jason Chaffetz is on the job for the last day. (PIC from @jasoninthehouse)
A request for neighbors to be mindful of veterans living around them this Fourth of July. (PIC: militarywithptsd.org)
The possibility of even more wildfires this summer has made agencies take action. A new team has been formed to prevent human-caused fires and educate Utahns.
West Valley Police now believe the man who made a fake emergency call that prompted a SWAT response knew the woman who got a rude awakening.
Unified police say two women in a murder-suicide may have been going through a bad breakup. They are investigating what lead to the deaths
A female suspect is hospitalized, and two armed male suspects are on the loose, following a brazen robbery of a Salt Lake City Quizno’s restaurant.
The cleanup and assessment continue in southeast Utah’s San Juan River, after three million gallons of toxins poured into it.
State statute allows political parties to fill remainder of their candidates' terms at municipal levels. The statute: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title20A/C20A_1800010118000101.pdf
The excessive heat this week has officials asking Utahns to be safe, be smart, and look out for each other.
Alpine leaders and Lone Peak Police say someone is pouring gas and lighting fires in manholes in a new subdivision.
A new political party born just to promote one Congressional candidate will still convene tomorrow, even though Utah won’t recognize it.
Lyle Jeffs gave up without a fight after police in South Dakota captured him. He had been facing food stamp fraud charges. More on the story: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865683028/FBI-FLDS-leader-Lyle-Jeffs-arrested.html
A local refugee advocacy group is working to bring a man back to Utah from Kenya where he was banned from getting on a flight this week.
For the first time, we’re hearing a frightened Sandy mother’s call for help just days before the man she feared killed her, her son and himself.
A new resource unveiled Tuesday hopes to help potentially thousands of refugees in Utah learn their rights and have better interactions with law enforcement.
The Utah Highway Patrol says they are seeing more drugs, especially Meth, being brought to and through Utah, but more trained K9s are helping find those drugs.
Sandy Police recount how a “Good Samaritan” tried to save a woman and her children before a man opened fire on them.
A national report says teens are not working as much over the summer, but in Utah, employers seem to be wanting and willing to hire teens.
The construction closures will last anywhere from a night to a month. Drivers are trying to see the silver lining. More on the story: http://blog.udot.utah.gov/2017/06/news-release-major-closures-scheduled-this-weekend-on-i-80-and-bangerter-highway/
A state program highlighting Utahns' good and bad water habits is getting a fair amount of reports in its first month
The Sandy family of a murdered mother and son are thankful for the community’s prayers. Their killer issued creepy warnings on social media. More on the story: https://www.ksl.com/?sid=44545325
The Park City school board is moving forward with a two-bell schedule as they work on getting the high school to start later in the morning by fall 2018.
The formal process is now underway to put an initiative on the ballot next fall to raise income and sales taxes in Utah for education.
An announcement to request a state grant to treat homelessness turned into an attack of Salt Lake City’s Police Chief by the County Sheriff. More on the story: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865681423/County-urges-city-to-consider-more-aggressive-measures-to-control-Rio-Grande.html
A safety survey is going out to all of the missionaries serving around the world for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
A family is mourning the death of their matriarch in a fire that destroyed her West Valley house. Neighbors say police visited there often.
Alumni of Granite High School are still trying to save at least parts of the building before it comes down.
The state's largest teachers union says all these salary hikes for teachers are a great thing, but it’s not enough.
The parking lot where people picking up passengers at Salt Lake City International Airport closed Thursday morning. Meanwhile, a new park-and-wait lot opened to the south and west.
Image credit: Salt Lake City International Airport
UHP Troopers are shaking their heads at yet another deadly highway crash since the “100 Deadliest Days of Summer” began barely a week ago.
The surfaces of three creeks running through Salt Lake City may be raised and increase the flow of Jordan River habitat and economic opportunity.
A frantic search all afternoon Monday and into late Tuesday morning led to crews finding the girl's body about a mile from where she was swept away. Her mother and a bystander also drowned trying to save her.
A shooting in downtown Salt Lake led to a high-speed chase through two counties that led to an officer-involved shooting and a hospitalized suspect.
Clayton James Kearl was invited to be in Washington DC on Monday for an official wreath-laying ceremony.
Utah’s “100 Deadliest Days of Summer” are upon us, and a Layton family begs drivers to drive down the death rate on roadways.
UDOH is urging Utahns to use caution around water. They say most of the year's drowning deaths will happen in just the next two or three months.
Excited for a Memorial Day getaway? Well, traffic delays could curb your enthusiasm, unless you’re ready for them.
The hatchet gave him away. Unified Police say they’ve arrested a man who robbed a 7-Eleven twice, and maybe a Taco Bell, in Taylorsville. More on the story: http://www.ksl.com/?sid=44354837&nid=148&title=police-man-arrested-after-robbing-7-eleven-with-hatchet
Utah’s new GOP chairman wants more participation from voters, and admits he may have to modify some of his party’s stances. More on the story: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865680419/Utah-Republicans-choose-new-party-chairman.html
Tired of the extremes in both major political parties? Some Utahns who say they are now say they’re forming a third party that would be moderate. More on the story: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865680509/Frustrated-Utah-Republicans-Democrats-form-new-centrist-political-party.html
It took seven years, but federal prosecutors have imprisoned the killer of Millard County Sheriff’s Deputy Josie Greathouse Fox for life. More on the story: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865680255/Life-prison-sentence-ordered-for-man-who-killed-deputy.html
Tuscan Nuccitelli says a seatbelt saved his life, and he never goes anywhere without one, racing or not.
Travelers choose Uber, Lyft and other transportation network companies over traditional taxis for ease, economy.
Salt Lake City police say they have never seen anything like this. The aggravated robbery happened near 710 North Riverside Drive early Wednesday morning.
Gov. Gary Herbert holds a ceremonial bill signing for reducing toxic emissions, but advocates call for more action.
Yoga and breathing exercises are helping decrease the anxiety and stress of end-of-year testing at Salt Lake's Lincoln Elementary School.
An alert South Salt Lake police officer helped arrest a man suspected of murder on Easter Sunday, after recognizing his car. More on the story: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865679969/Arrest-made-in-South-Salt-Lake-homicide-investigation.html
A Washington County family is urging everyone to help Spot the Tot in driveways and parking lots. Their little girl was killed as her father backed up.
Hundreds of thousands of tons of concrete that was once the I-215 west side belt will be a freeway again someday.
Jon Huntsman Senior says the people and leaders of Utah ought to be thanking him and other donors for the Huntsman Cancer Institute.
A Huntsville man is under arrest, after Weber County Sheriff’s deputies say he beat up his mother and killed his stepfather. More on the story: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865679723/Investigation-underway-after-body-found-in-Huntsville-home.html
Surprise but not a lot of shock among members of the LDS Church to the news that the young men ages 14-18 will no longer officially do Varsity and Venture scouts. (PIC: MormonNewsroom.org)
The new state crime lab is trying to stay ahead of criminals who modify drug compounds to cheat the law and addict more Utahns.
Lehi is the first city in the state to launch a new app that should hopefully save lives in a cardiac arrest emergency.
Two women are sharing their story of bravery, as they stopped a runaway UTA bus that locked out its driver.
A University of Washington Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluations looks at life expectancy by counties across the nation.
An ATV rider’s near death in an abandoned mine in Tooele County prompts a warning to other outdoor enthusiasts who may not see them.
The smallest school district in the Salt Lake valley is about to reward its teachers and other employees in a big way.
Experts from different walks of life hope their new task force will work faster to stop Utah’s “opidemic” of prescription and illegal drugs.
Spring runoff begins this weekend, leading to some concerns after our very snowy winter.
President Trump’s executive order on religious freedom was narrower than expected, but passions on both sides of it still run high. Read the Executive Order: https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/05/04/presidential-executive-order-promoting-free-speech-and-religious-liberty
Small business owners, entrepreneurs and dreamers are gathering in Sandy today for a conference on crowdfunding.
Utah construction and education leaders are still struggling to train younger generations for gainful employment, so they’re making a few tweaks. Read the Utah Foundation's report: http://www.utahfoundation.org/reports/help-wanted-workforce-participation-wages-job-desirability-skills-gaps/#.WQobhgPOBYo.twitter
The program began in 2014 on the Incheon Global Campus in South Korea, and is growing quickly. (Picture from asiacampus.utah.edu)
They haven’t talked in a couple of months, but now, Salt Lake’s top cops will start working together again about how best to use the county jail.
Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), joined Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), in introducing the Protecting Religious Affiliated Institutions Act—a bipartisan proposal that will strengthen protections for religious minorities in the face of increasing persecution.
Salt Lake County is ready to approve emergency funding to provide more jail beds, and will contract with other counties.
The Utah Jazz entering the second round of the playoffs means the effect outward on the economy can continue.
A hit-and-run crash suspect didn’t get too far away from Orem Police. They say he had left behind a key piece of evidence and had some drug-laced candy.
The Utah Jazz have another expected sell-out home crowd Friday night, and it's happening at the same time as major construction where they play.
Utah is still seventh in America for drug-poisoning deaths, so pharmacists are teaming up to do something about it.
Canyons Schools report a spike in students with questions, or tendencies, for suicide, after watching the Netflix series "13 Reasons Why."
Utah’s snowpack will likely continue to grow into next week, and that puts the northern half of the state at a high flood risk.
Now that it’s spring, more motorcycles are going to be out on the roads. And riders and officers are asking drivers to look twice.
An executive order this week is expected to go over the size of national monuments, and that has Utah leaders optimistic.
This week’s storms have been blessings to Utah skiers and snowboarders taking advantage of two resorts able to stay open just a bit longer.
Jon Huntsman, Sr. was audibly upset as he defended Dr. Mary Beckerle's leadership of the Huntsman Cancer Institute -- and he had strong words for the decision by the University of Utah.
Chances for winning are slim, but Visit Salt Lake is still bidding to keep the giant Outdoor Retailers shows in Utah.
UDOT will be busy this weekend resurfacing bridges, on-ramps and off-ramps in downtown Salt Lake City just as the Utah Jazz come home for their playoff run.
A construction worker pulled upon what he thought was a fender bender in Syracuse. Turns out the boy's legs, not a bumper, were sticking out from underneath the car.
Downtown business leaders call for less politics, more action on sheriff's plan to handle homeless issues (stock photo)
An operational fleet of F-35s flew nonstop – fueling in midair – to the European Theater from Hill Air Force Base.
A woman who police say robbed six banks in a matter of hours this weekend is now in the Salt Lake County jail.
You have to plan ahead if you wait until the last second to mail your tax return next Tuesday. Not all post offices are staffed with people until midnight anymore.
UDOT has announced its top ten construction projects for 2017, and number-one is five projects in one.
D-Day draws closer for the legendary Salt Lake Valley institution. Vacant since 2009, new homes will take its place.
South Salt Lake’s mayor and residents tried one last time, but they couldn’t stop a state panel from approving a new homeless resource center in that city. More on the story: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865677491/State-committee-approves-South-Salt-Lake-Salt-Lake-City-homeless-site-recommendations.html
A ransomware attack, a truck plowing into a crowd, and a hijacked plane… University of Utah law students simulate the stresses of counterterrorism.
U-DOT’s executive director sets up shop on a busy freeway to tell drivers they have had a deadlier time in construction zones than the workers there.
Advocates hope people will stop thinking they can get away with checking their phone behind the wheel.
Once a fierce opponent of a possible homeless shelter in their neighborhood, a group of West Valley business leaders is building support for where it ended up.
The Utah department of transportation is outlining the projects that, if approved, could speed up under expedited funding from the legislature, including some busy areas from Utah to Davis counties.
Unified Police have questioned and released four gang-affiliated teenagers in the death of Maria Ayala, 19, at the Callaway Apts.
After a month of bitter public contention, Salt Lake County’s Mayor is the most ideal location of the new homeless resource center. More on the story: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865676819/County-chooses-South-Salt-Lake-for-new-homeless-resource-center.html
The Most Reverend Michael B. Curry, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, is in Utah for the 2017 Diocesan Convention and celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Diocese in Utah. He spoke with KSL Newsradio's Mary Richards on Friday.
An 18-year-old Provo man already in trouble with the law has had new criminal charges filed against him.
Salt Lake County’s Jim Winder explains his 21-point plan to reduce homelessness, but one downtown group still has its doubts.
A group called the Patriotic Millionaires of Utah says they would like to pay more in taxes.
Ann Romney told The Today Show that she would support Josh running for something like Utah Governor (file Deseret News photo)
A south end zone expansion could go beyond more seating for football games. More on the story: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865676484/University-of-Utah-to-study-possibility-of-expanding-Rice-Eccles-Stadium.html
The Utah Military Academy will move to a different spot than a neighborhood were residents were concerned.
Rep. Jason Chaffetz's questioning of the FBI’s facial identification database doesn’t sit well with civil liberties advocates.
A UHP trooper says he’s down, but not out, after surviving a freeway crash in Utah County that left him with critical injuries.
Murray police say they are looking for a man seen grabbing the arm of a little girl in her front yard.
Mayor John Curtis got emotional talking about how he asked John King to step down for personal problems that included possible sexual misconduct.
Plea negotiations have been ongoing for several weeks for a 16-year-old accused of stabbing five classmates at Mountain View High School, prosecutors said in court Wednesday. (Ravell Call, Deseret News, File)
A 24-year-old Provo man dies from a gunshot wound in a home police have visited in the past. They’re still looking for his killer.
Students and teachers at Park City High School worked quickly to counteract what they say was hate speech scrawled near the school targeted at Latinos
Newly released statistics about the homeless population in and around the Rio Grande shelter come as Salt Lake County grapples with finding the best solutions.
Business leaders are forming an opposition group to Salt Lake County’s plan for a homeless shelter in a West Valley City business park. On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1001176890018020/
The Utah legislature did not give them the money they wanted, so a group pushing for more education funding will take to the streets.
A lot of the talk this legislative session was on alcohol law reforms, and law enforcement says the blood alcohol level is a good time to talk about safety on the roads.
Mixed reviews for the upcoming changes in Utah’s liquor laws regarding the mixture of alcoholic drinks. More on the story: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865675168/Utah-lawmakers-pass-sweeping-alcohol-policy-reform.html
A group of BYU students in the entrepreneurship program has come up with a way they think can stop people from texting and driving.
State lawmakers are close to eliminating mandatory car safety inspections as part of a legislative compromise. More on the story: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865675192/Bill-ending-mandatory-vehicle-safety-inspections-passes-Senate.html
Utah’s Health Department warns of an e-coli outbreak with a brand of soy nut butter products particularly harmful to children. More information: https://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm545368.htm?source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery
Women activists in Utah say they are just getting started pressuring the legislature to take action on issues that affect them.
Police say Michael Ander Stack pulled a knife on a cab driver in Salt Lake City, then took the cab and picked up two friends. It kicked off a dangerous pursuit, during which the unwitting passengers begged to be let out of the car.
Image credit: Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office
Police have arrested a male nurse working at a West Valley hospital. His female patient told them she feared them he would do worse to her if she didn't comply.
State lawmakers are a step closer to streamlining a process that would enforce where homeless shelters are located and financed.
Utah lawmakers are still working on the budget, and so far they appear to be ready to reform some taxes and give public school a lot more money. But one group says it’s not enough.
They have been cleared of public corruption charges, but a former prosecutor says Utah’s last two attorneys general will get no government help to pay their bills.
Fees could go up by a lot on a number of things from driver licenses to background checks in Utah.
Supporters of Senate Bill 232 say sexual extortion crimes are not adequately accounted for under current laws
Rocky Mountain Power is bracing for some of the worst flooding at the Bear River basin in years because of excessive snowmelt.
Motorcycles could soon be whizzing by drivers and splitting lanes in Utah, if lawmakers approve, but fears of more accidents abound.
While high school juniors were taking the ACT today, the other grades at East High School in Salt Lake City gathered to do service projects.
An Orem family has little left, after a two-alarm fire hospitalized one of them, destroyed their home, and killed the dogs they bred.
A proposal on the hill is putting concerns over safety and privacy versus the public’s right to know, after an officer-involved shooting.
As lawmakers consider tax reform, activists told them at the state capitol to either do nothing, or at least leave the food sales tax rate alone.
Police in Roy and Ogden say their officers shot and killed two armed men in separate encounters. They’re all on paid administrative leave.
Salt Lake City police have a new video tool that gives them more ways to deter or solve crime.
A Purple Heart was finally awarded today to a former World War II prisoner of war who died 10 years ago. His family joined Senator Hatch for the ceremony.
He boasted about four investigations he’s leading on different subjects, but Congressman Jason Chaffetz refused to say anything about possible others.
It wasn’t “festivus,” but hundreds of people had an airing of grievances in a march to the Salt Lake City-County Building on Presidents Day.
HB 312 Housing Pilot Program for Low-income Students passed unanimously out of a House committee recently. (picture from Representative Mike Winder on Twitter)
The rules change would deny public access to reasons why. A First Amendment attorney tells Utahns to think of how it would protect a former Utah attorney general in his old corruption case. To view and comment on CJA04-202.02, click: http://www.utcourts.gov/utc/rules-comment/2017/01/03/code-of-judicial-administration-comment-period-closes-february-17-2017/
A new study finds the U.S. has 56,000 “structurally deficient” bridges, but Utah is fourth-best in the nation. More on the study: http://www.artba.org/deficient-bridge-report-home/
Lehi city leaders say they are planning for the future with a recent survey of residents in hand.
A state bill to further restrict domestic violence convicts from carrying guns stalls, because critics say its other component unbalances it. More on the bill: http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/HB0237.html
Perhaps the easiest version for the public to use has seen prices jump to more than $4,500. Other versions remain an option, but law enforcement and advocates say this greed is unacceptable. (picture of kits from Utah Naloxone)
The cases make headlines, but the actual percentage of teachers having inappropriate relationships with students remains very small.
Granger High School now has a dress closet, and the students hope to get formal wear donations to fill it in time for prom.
Before Utahns speed off in autonomous cars, state lawmakers may create a task force to study and regulate them for safe use. More on the bill: http://le.utah.gov/~2017/bills/static/HB0257.html
The state’s water watchers got a briefing today that shows quite the flooding forecast both short-term and long-term.
President Trump defends his travel ban to law enforcement leaders, including Salt Lake’s Police Chief, who tells him not to ask for immigration enforcement.
Salt Lake East High Schoolers learn to build air-quality sensors out of Legos to learn firsthand how air pollution hits close to home.
A new survey from Trafalgar Group shows most Utah taxpayers are actually opposed to an income tax hike being proposed for public schools, because it turns out it is larger than advertised.
Five agencies have loaned ten snowplows to Sandy following a $5-million fire that destroyed half the city's fleet.
The South Jordan, Utah school is doing an ASL Shadow Interpretation of the Broadway musical, and it is earning praise. (Pic: Bill Simpson)
Six weeks after her daughter’s death after a stay at the Davis County Jail, questions still loom for a mother wondering how it happened.
Scientists are flying six hours a day at 12,000 feet over northern Utah to glean better data about which pollutants stay in the air longer, and how to fight them.
Lehi officials have halted construction for now, but the Utah Military Academy has said it has a good plan to be able to open next August. Neighbors in the Lehi Ranches area are sharing their concerns. (Pic: artist rendering from Utah Military Academy Lehi Campus)
They accept a new policy to include transgendered boys, but Utah Boy Scout council presidents have many questions about how they’ll accommodate them.
Medical prices are up across the nation, but down just slightly in Utah over a 2 year period.
President Trump’s new executive order he says will cut excessive regulations comes with praise from Utah business leaders.
HB 212 says good teachers in Utah could make up to ten thousand dollars more a year if they move to a challenging school.
Some students are finding balance with the demands of middle school by trying out yoga during study hall. The West Jordan middle school psychologist is also a certified yoga instructor.
Sandy officials are sorting through their mess of a public works building, trying to determine how it went up in flames.
After a state audit, the Unified Fire Authority's board voted unanimously Thursday to call for criminal investigations of the agency’s former chief and his deputy. (FILE DESERET NEWS PHOTO OF MICHAEL JENSEN)
The Division of Wildlife Resources wants to catch poachers preying on vulnerable big game animals in the snow.
Former Utah AG Mark Shurtleff and current House Speaker Greg Hughes called in to the Doug Wright Show to tell their side after their names came up during Marc Jenson's testimony.
A main witness against former Utah attorney general John Swallow is outlining in court years worth of their relationship, and the money and favors he says exchanged hands. (File photo of Marc Sessions Jenson)
A 23-year-old West Valley man sits in jail, suspected of killing his father and wounding his grandparents in the home they shared.
The legal efforts of TV’s 'Sister Wives' to overturn Utah’s ban on polygamy has ended at the U.S. Supreme Court.
President Trump’s inauguration speech included the traditional call for national unity, but also more campaign promises, even though he got the job. FULL SPEECH: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/01/20/donald-trumps-full-inauguration-speech-transcript-annotated/?tid=pm_politics_pop&utm_term=.a31dc054e7b0
Quick action and basic training enabled a Unified Fire paramedic to save the life of a driver having a heart attack on a busy freeway.
Deaths on Utah roadways rose for the fourth straight year in 2016, as did the number of distractions and bad decisions behind them.
The bad air before the next storms allows University of Utah researchers to better pinpoint emitters and their amounts of particulate matter.
Congressman Stewart responded to the poll showing Mr Trump with historically low approval ratings for an incoming president.
A UDOT driver tumbles down an embankment in his 70,000-lb. snowplow, after another big truck driver hit him from behind.
The State Records Committee has ordered the release of body cam video showing Salt Lake City police shooting a 17-year-old boy. An appeal is likely.
You cannot exit from or enter to all directions yet; the city hopes for lawmakers' help. (pic from Ogden City website)
A dose of improvement and a dose of perspective for Draper Police, in their use-of-force training today at their headquarters.
January is not usually a threat for flooding in Utah, but rain on top of the frozen snow can pose some problems.
The Jordan School District is finding big savings from often small changes in energy and water consumption.
Orem has more clues about the substance that the “Phantom Dumper” is pouring into the sewer system costing a heavy price to clean up.
He was just trying to widen a Spanish Fork street when a plowman suddenly swerved to avoid clipping three children playing in a snow fort.
The storm caused delays to and from the Salt Lake International Airport as it moved through Utah and on toward the east.
More snow coming overnight means more problems for not just drivers, but pedestrians and wheelchair users stuck in clogged streets and sidewalks.
There's hope the Utah legislature will take up the issue of sexual assault, in light of new research showing the high cost for all of the state.
A 30-year-old man is hospitalized, after Utah County Sheriff’s investigators say his father shot him in his Hobble Creek Canyon home.
School district leaders around the Wasatch Front will be preparing yet again for another snowy morning and what to do about keeping schools open.
The first storm of 2017 proved a headache for dozens of Utah drivers and the highway patrol troopers who had to help them this morning.
More patrols on Utah roads and freeways this holiday weekend will hopefully inspire more safety among drivers.
A leader for the FLDS church is now free from custody after making a plea deal with prosecutors in a multi-million dollar food stamp fraud case.
KSL Newsradio's Drew Steele speaks with Deseret News Deputy Managing Editor Jared Page about Carrie Fisher, the actress who portrayed Princess Leia in Star Wars, following her death. Page met Fisher in 2015 at a SLC Comic Con event.
Photo courtesy: Jared Page
A Magna company stepped up to pay off the past-due lunch balances at a local school in the Granite School District. (pic from GraniteSchools.org)
After Christmas shopping is done, WalletHub America’s credit card debt in 2016 will reach a near-record high.
The Utah Food Bank and Harmons donated the food, and Utah's governor helped students and the Crossroads Urban Center hand it out.
If you still haven’t received your packages, they may be coming today, and even through Sunday, Christmas Day.
A leader in the FLDS church food stamp fraud case pleads guilty, and then becomes a free man.
Some Bountiful high schoolers made sure every single child at a Layton elementary school would have gifts for Christmas.
Zika virus continues to be a problem in Utah, with more positive tests, including pregnant women. More information here: http://health.utah.gov/epi/diseases/zika/
Outside a courtroom, a community activist says finds no reason to postpone his fight against the rape charges he’s facing.
Criminal charges could be coming for the man Provo Police say struck and killed a bicyclist, and then drove off.
Four new "homeless resource centers" were announced, but the service providers, clinics, etc may still be in the Rio Grande and Pioneer Park areas. (File photo)
A Woods Cross neighborhood is stunned and sadden after smoke from a house fire took the lives of an elderly couple just nine days before Christmas.
A Provo family is once again trying to repair its house, after a hit-and-run driver skidded off the street and crashed into it.
Damon Burton of Utahsites.com says he wanted to help low-income families in the Davis School District. KSL Newsradio's Mary Richards reports.
Utah 's governor and congressional delegation are growing concerned that President Obama may designate a new national monument in Utah in his last days in office.
The pressure is mounting, but Utah’s GOP electors say they won’t abandon President-elect Trump in the Electoral College.
Friends are coming to grips with the murder of one of their own in Millcreek, who was once a refugee from the first Iraq War.
At 10 A UM exactly, a wreath was laid at the veterans memorial on the Utah State Capitol grounds, at the same time as ceremonies in all 50 states and on Navy ships.
The University of Utah is asking people on campus to let them know of anything amiss, after a recent discovery raised some eyebrows. PHOTO: Daily Utah Chronicle
The owner of the store says he was happy to see the outpouring of support after a Yelp review commented on one of the employees.
The executive director of the Utah Department of Health signed an order today allowing pharmacies to dispense an overdose-reversing medication without a prescription. Naloxone is used to reverse the effects of overdose from heroin and prescription opioids.
The cure for wintertime blues at Jordanelle State Park could be the beach crews are constructing there now.
American Fork Police are overwhelmed at a large crime scene where two people died, but also by the support they’re getting from other police. More on the story: ttp://www.ksl.com/?sid=42461781&nid=148&title=police-woman-killed-in-am-fork-had-filed-for-protective-order-against-gunman
Parents ask if they should get training similar to their children for emergencies after the shooting at a Bountiful junior high.
Acts of kindness at Mueller Park Junior High today in Bountiful the day after police say a student brought two guns to school and fired one of them.
Panic and worry turn into relief and gratefulness at Mueller Park Junior High in Bountiful. Police say the teenager brought two guns to school. MORE ON THE STORY: http://www.ksl.com/?sid=42410809&nid=148&title=police-student-fires-gun-at-bountiful-school-before-his-parents-disarm-him
Two moms read texts from their students at Mueller Park Jr High to KSL Newsradio's Mary Richards.
Moving tributes and expressions of hope for Trooper Eric Ellsworth, 31, who died in service to others.
A school bus for special needs students overturned outside of Tremonton, when a minivan plowed into it after missing a sign.
The Salt Lake City Council says a city-wide plastic bag ban is already on their radar; they will hear more about an 11 year old boy's petition next Tuesday night. (file photo)
Northern Utah residents are getting quickly reacquainted with “old man winter,” but they’re staying a few steps ahead.
Not much snow on the slopes, but skiers and snowboarders couldn’t wait to cut through it at Utah’s first resorts to open this weekend.
Local leaders hope people spend 10% of their holiday budget in local stores this year. KSL Newsradio's Mary Richards reports from BB Boutique in Holladay.
A vandalism streak left an oily trail at Utah’s Health Department and everyone wants to know what it was and who did it.
One of the studio owners will deliver the goods to those protesting the Dakota Access pipeline. (Picture from Deseret News: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865667750/Local-yoga-studio-raises-money-collects-winter-gear-for-those-protesting-the-Dakota-Access-pipeline.html?pg=all
Utah communities are mixed over a proposed state bill that would not require permits to carry guns.
A surprise at East High school today in Salt Lake City greeted the students as they showed up for class.
Hopefully, five high-profile crashes on Utah roads over the weekend will not be a taste of worse things to come this Thanksgiving weekend.
Good surveillance photos led to a tip that helped capture a Hill Air Force Base airman suspected of armed robbery.
1500-1600 poinsettias are grown annually right by the planes. They will go into the terminals the Monday before Thanksgiving.
Reporters will be allowed to cover court proceedings of a 14-year-old Sandy boy accused of shooting and wounding another teen.
The impending first snowstorm of the season in northern Utah has emergency crews reminding drivers to be prepared.
The school day is more somber for many at Mountain View in Orem, but the principal is urging students to talk about Tuesday's locker room stabbings.
Parents rushed to grab their frightened students after six students were wounded -- including the attacker who stabbed himself -- at Orem’s Mountain View High School.
Utah troopers have a new push to get drivers to pull over at the next exit if they are in a fender bender on the freeway.
About a-thousand officers and civilians gathered to say goodbye to a West Valley Policeman whose life ended in the line of duty.