It’s been hailed as the most scenic road in America. “A journey through time” is the description on one travel website. People put it on their bucket lists. Motorcycle clubs treat it like it’s the holy grail. Tracy Sidwell has another name for Utah’s fabled Highway 12. He calls it his mail route. For the […]
Utah officials are studying the impacts of a new Supreme Court decision that upheld city ordinances in Grants Pass, Oregon, intended to prohibit homeless people from sleeping in public areas, ruling the regulations did not violate the Eighth Amendment’s protection against cruel and unusual punishment. Those officials as well as Utah homelessness advocates also renewed […]
Utah’s 2nd Congressional district debate between Colby Jenkins and Congresswoman Celeste Maloy at the KUED studios at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Monday, June 10, 2024. Rep. Celeste Maloy’s lead over her challenger Colby Jenkins continued to narrow when updated results were posted Thursday, on the third day of ballot counting […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Anti-Trump Republicans lost their standard-bearer in the Senate when Sen. Mitt Romney announced he wouldn’t seek a second term. On Tuesday, Utah voters will decide whether a similar brand of politics can still succeed in Republican primaries. Even before Romney announced he wouldn’t run again, former state House Speaker Brad Wilson had […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — All five Republicans battling for Utah’s only open U.S. House seat agreed in a debate Wednesday that they see an urgent need to reduce federal spending, but only some said cutting military aid to Ukraine would be an effective way to achieve that goal. The crowded pool of candidates is […]
A beloved National Park Service ranger died when he tripped, fell and struck his head on a rock during an annual astronomy festival in southwestern Utah, park officials said over the weekend. Tom Lorig was 78 when he died after the incident at Bryce Canyon National Park late Friday. He was known for his extensive […]
Of more than 12,000 complaints to a Office of the State Auditor’s tip line set up after the passage of HB257, Utah’s so-called transgender bathroom bill, five appeared to be “good faith” efforts of “plausible violations” of the statute. Utah State Auditor John Dougall announced Wednesday that after reviews of four of the five complaints, […]
People camp on public lands on Oct. 13, 2023 just outside Capitol Reef National Park, Utah. Capitol Reef is the national park most affected by Utah’s biggest regional haze polluters. (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images) Utah’s coal-fired Hunter power plant is No. 1 in the country for contributing to haze in large national parks and […]
If you were to pick a high school to attend, the six-decade old Skyline High School might not make the best first impression. Its floors have been stripped down to the concrete due to asbestos mitigation work. The 62-year-old school has a persistently leaky roof, outdated systems and a California design not compatible with school […]
Low water levels are visible at Lake Powell in Utah on June 24, 2021. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Utah’s reservoirs are still at what the state calls “impressive” levels, with most hovering around 90% capacity — by comparison, statewide levels were a little over half full this time last year. But Lake Powell, the […]
In an attempt to crowdsource enforcement of an anti-trans bathroom law that went into effect this week, Utah’s state auditor has rolled out an online complaint form to report trans people in bathrooms. Released on Wednesday, the so-called hotline complaint form allows people to report alleged violations of House Bill 257, which requires individuals to […]
Utah’s two law schools — the University of Utah’s J. Quinney College of Law and Brigham Young University’s J. Reuben Clark Law School — each ranked 28th in the nation, according to the latest U.S. News & World Reports 2024 rankings. BYU cracked the Top 25 last year, ranking 22nd overall in U.S. News’ 2023 […]