SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Across northern Utah, officials are implementing Stage 1 Fire Restrictions in response to the expected weather conditions — and the restrictions are set to go into effect on July 1. On Sunday, June 30, Utah officials made the announcement that the Stage 1 restrictions would begin at 12:01 a.m. on […]
A new Supreme Court ruling on a case involving fishermen has Utah lawmakers excited and they believe it could be critical for the state. Sen. Mike Lee, Reps. John Curtis, Burgess Owens and Celeste Maloy, as well as Gov. Spencer Cox, Utah House Speaker Mike Schultz, Utah Senate President Stuart Adams and Utah Attorney General […]
Vice President Kamala Harris plans to be in Utah on Friday. She will be accompanied by her husband, second gentleman Doug Emhoff. She is expected to arrive on Air Force Two, landing at approximately 2 p.m. and will depart close to 5 p.m. During this window, Harris will travel to a Park City home for […]
WASHINGTON CITY, Utah (ABC4) — Mia Bailey, a 28-year-old accused of killing her parents in a double homicide last week in southern Utah, appeared in court for the first time Wednesday morning. Bailey is facing 11 felony charges, including two counts of aggravated murder, attempted aggravated murder, aggravated burglary, and seven counts of felony discharge […]
Gov. Spencer Cox talks to media after the Associated Press called the GOP primary for governor in his favor at an election night event in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch) Soon after polls closed on Tuesday, unofficial election night results showed both of Utah’s […]
Election worker Davina Trejo carries a box of ballots to her work station at the Salt Lake County Government Center in Salt Lake City as votes are cast in Utah’s primary election on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch) The first batch of results for Tuesday night’s primary election […]
Mitt Romney will be replaced by a guy who sure sounds a lot like Mitt Romney. Republican Rep. John Curtis, who has occasionally bucked former President Donald Trump, won a crowded GOP primary on Tuesday for Romney’s Utah Senate seat. He beat Trent Staggs, a MAGA candidate with Trump’s blessing, to secure a win for […]
Two of four incumbent members of the Utah State Board of Education, all Republicans, appeared to lose their re-election bids in Tuesday’s primary election. Incumbent Brent Strate, who ran to return to the District 3 seat in portions of Davis and Weber counties, was defeated by Rod Hall, a youth pastor, who received about 55% […]
HERRIMAN, Utah (ABC4) — Biologists with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources responded to Cove Pond in Herriman on Monday after receiving reports of dead fish in the water. Officials arrived at the pond and confirmed that there were about 500 dead fish in the pond. However, the DWR said that number may be higher, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — The University of Utah said some of its student resource centers will soon be closed or otherwise reorganized once House Bill 261 — “Equal Opportunity Initiatives” — goes into effect on July 1. “Under HB 261, ‘Equal Opportunity Initiatives,’ student services must be available to all students and not provided […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Republican voters in Utah will decide on Tuesday whether the state’s most famous moderate conservative, retiring U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney, will be succeeded by someone similarly willing to challenge GOP hard-liners or a farther-right candidate who pledges to fall in line with former President Donald Trump. The primary duel between GOP […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to consider reviving a critical approval for a railroad project that would carry crude oil and boost fossil fuel production in rural eastern Utah. The justices will review an appeals court ruling that overturned the approval issued by the Surface Transportation Board for the Uinta Basin […]