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Utah spending $550K on public lands study

SALT LAKE CITY – Utah officials are spending about $550,000 on a detailed study of what would happen if the state took control of millions acres of public lands currently under federal contr...

DATE: May 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Are executions by firing squad more humane?

One Utah representative says so – and will be pushing for it in January

DATE: May 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Outdoor rec summit seeks cooperation

Utah, federal officials announce land-swap deal

DATE: May 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Utah man pleads not guilty to stealing dinosaur footprint

SALT LAKE CITY – A Utah man accused of stealing a priceless fossilized dinosaur footprint that’s never been recovered pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal charges. Prosecutors ...

DATE: Apr 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: Regional News

How do we regulate drones?

States trying to provide an answer

DATE: Mar 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Business

Utah lawmakers face hot-button issues

SALT LAKE CITY – Utah’s legislative session starts Monday after several busy months that saw the resignation and replacement of the state’s attorney general and the surprise legalization of ...

DATE: Jan 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Utah governor says he would consider civil unions in state

SALT LAKE CITY – Utah Gov. Gary Herbert indicated Thursday that he would be open to considering a law allowing civil unions if state residents pushed for such an option. No such p...

DATE: Jan 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Utah governor gets flooded with gay-marriage missives

SALT LAKE CITY – More than 2,700 calls, emails and letters flooded the Utah governor’s office in the days and weeks after a surprise ruling legalized gay marriage in the state. Go...

DATE: Jan 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Leak spurs talk of monitoring schools’ carbon monoxide monitors

SALT LAKE CITY – A gas leak at a Utah elementary school that sickened more than 40 people has prompted concerns about the fact that the state is among many that don’t require schools to inst...

DATE: Nov 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Regional News

3 airlifted to hospitals after leak at Utah school

SALT LAKE CITY â€“ Officials now say three people sickened by a carbon-monoxide leak at a remote Utah elementary school were airlifted to hospitals Monday, including two adults who were stil...

DATE: Nov 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Regional News

NAACP asks Mo. guv to call off execution

SALT LAKE CITY – The head of the NAACP’s Salt Lake City branch is asking Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon to commute a death sentence for a white serial killer who authorities say was driven by racia...

DATE: Nov 16, 2013 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Records sought in probe of Utah attorney general

SALT LAKE CITY – Utah lawmakers investigating Attorney General John Swallow are seeking additional records from Swallow’s office, his campaign consultant and associated political action comm...

DATE: Nov 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Regional News