September 19, 2017 US wildfires force officials to mobilize active-duty infantry As large wildfires rage on more than 1 million acres in the West, the U.S. military is sending help to fight blazes that have forced the evacuation of thousands since July.
September 18, 2017 Utah teacher who quizzed students on their sex lives and drug use placed on leave A Utah high school teacher has been placed on administrative leave for assigning students a questionnaire that asked about their sex lives, whether they'd used drugs or alcohol or had abortions and scored their answers to rate them as a "nerd," ''indecent" or "hopeless and condemned," district officials said Monday.
September 17, 2017 Utah mom killed, daughters injured when teen boy driver swerves into oncoming traffic A Utah mother was killed and her two daughters were injured on Saturday after a 15-year-old driver veered out of his lane and crashed into the family’s vehicle, officials said.
July 6, 2017 Utah police K-9 shot and killed while apprehending wanted fugitive A Utah K-9 named Dingo was shot and killed Thursday while attempting to apprehend a wanted fugitive.
July 6, 2017 Salt Lake City police arrest woman in connection with hit-and-run that killed 1, injured 5 Police have arrested a woman in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash that occurred in downtown Salt Lake City Tuesday night.
July 5, 2017 Salt Lake City police hunt for driver who barreled onto sidewalk, killing 1 and injuring 5 Authorities in Sat Lake City are searching for a woman who drove onto a sidewalk near a homeless shelter Tuesday, killing one woman and injuring five others.
July 5, 2017 US Interior secretary begins Utah tour to eye monument sites U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is set to start a four-day Utah trip to assess whether the designation of 3.2 million acres of national monuments in the state's southern red rock region should be scaled back or rescinded.
July 5, 2017 Mormon choir performance at Trump inauguration draws ire The announcement that the Mormon Tabernacle Choir will perform at President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony hasn't been met with universal applause.
July 5, 2017 Parents disarmed their son who brought guns to Utah school Police said two fast-acting Utah parents disarmed their own 15-year-old son in the hallway of a Utah middle school Thursday after the troubled teenager brought the family's shotgun and handgun to school and fired at least one round without injuring anyone.
July 5, 2017 Crews battling 35 large, uncontained wildfires in the West Thirty-five large, uncontained wildfires were burning in the West, and firefighters were making initial attacks on another 112 new blazes to prevent them from spreading.
