Utah Canyonlands National Park hikers die after getting lost, running out of water in 100-degree heat
Rangers say the father and daughter died Friday after getting lost in Utah’s Canyonlands National Park and running out of water amid triple-digit temperatures. According to the National Park Service, a 52-year-old man from Green Bay, Wisconsin, and his 23-year-old daughter were hiking on the Sinkline Trail when they got lost and ran out of […]
Republicans slam Utah Supreme Court gerrymandering ruling for ‘striking very heart of our republic’
Utah Republicans issued a resounding condemnation of the state’s Supreme Court ruling on redrawing district lines. The state’s highest court declared the state’s legislature acted outside its authority when it passed legislation determining how to draw up new legislative districts, known as gerrymandering, after voters approved a 2018 ballot initiative greenlighting an independent redistricting process. […]
Utah girl vanishes in Mexico while visiting family
The FBI is asking the public to help locate a Utah teen who went missing last month while visiting family in Mexico. Elizabeth “Ellie” Gonzalez, 14, of Ogden, went missing June 30 while visiting her grandmother in Mexico City, FBI Special Agent Steven Hymas said at a press conference Wednesday. Surveillance camera footage showed Gonzalez […]
‘I’ll Write Somebody In’: Republican Utah Governor Spencer Cox Says He Will Not Vote For Trump
Utah’s Republican governor, Spencer Cox, told CNN on Wednesday that he has no plans to vote for Donald Trump for president. Governor Cox told the outlet that he plans to endorse another candidate for president and that he has not voted for a Republican National Convention front-runner since 2012. A portion of the interview in […]
Utah father, daughter die after bulldozer fell on top of their car
A father and daughter in Utah were killed over the weekend when a bulldozer collapsed on their pickup truck. The Utah Highway Patrol announced in a news release that Richard David Hendrickson, CEO and president of outdoor furniture manufacturer Life Time Products, and his 16-year-old daughter, Sally, were killed in the crash in Ogden Canyon. […]
Man gets stranded in car on Utah mountain after following Google Maps ‘shortcut’
A 23-year-old man was rescued on a mountainside in Utah after becoming trapped in his car after following a “shortcut” route recommended by Google Maps. The man, whose name has not been released, was driving a Toyota Tercel up Strawberry Peak, an unmaintained dirt road, on the Fourth of July heading toward Vernal from Springville, […]
Driver gets stuck on Utah mountain after taking Google ‘shortcut’
Authorities say a Utah driver became stranded in the mountains after Google Maps showed him a shortcut that led down a rough dirt road. Wasatch County Search and Rescue said in a Facebook post that they received a 911 call from a stranded motorist around 12:40 a.m. on July 4. The driver, a 23-year-old man, […]
Mail-in ballots create controversy in Utah, leaving primary voters frustrated
Issues with mail-in voting continue to raise questions about the integrity of U.S. elections, leaving some Utah residents frustrated and thinking their recent votes may have been mistakenly invalidated. All Utah residents with valid voter registrations are automatically Vote by Mail For each primary and general election, ballots are mailed out and must be postmarked […]
Illegal alien with prior deportation accused of raping child in Utah
An illegal immigrant who has been deported from the United States at least once has been charged with raping a child in Utah. Those charges, the nature of which is unclear, led to his detention by immigration authorities, and less than two weeks later, an immigration judge ordered him deported. On July 4th at approximately […]
South American ‘crime tourist’ gangs suspected in several Utah burglaries
Foreign gangs appear to continue wreaking havoc in the country, with some suspected to be behind a series of thefts in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. Over the past few months, local and federal law enforcement agencies have been warning Americans about foreign gangs that are allegedly conducting “burglary trips” in suburban Detroit, Scottsdale […]