All the headlines from our Utah Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 20 2015 // Thousands of motorists have been cited since a tougher Utah seat belt law went into effect nearly two months ago, state transportation officials said.More than 6,000 drivers have been caught not wearing seat belts since...
Jul 8 2015 // Utah insurance agent Brent Hilton was sentenced to serve one to 15 years in prison and has been taken into custody from the Third District Court in West Jordan.Hilton pled guilty to one count of pattern of unlawful...
Jul 8 2015 // Utah state transportation officials are employing playful messages on highway digital signs in the latest attempt to encourage safe driving.The Standard-Examiner newspaper in Ogden reported that the signs say things such...
Jul 7 2015 // Thousands of motorists have been cited since a tougher Utah seat belt law went into effect nearly two months ago, state transportation officials said.More than 6,000 drivers have been caught not wearing seat belts since...
Jul 6 2015 // A former special education teacher in Utah wants $1.7 million in damages from the school district that she says fired her over complaints she made about another instructor.The Spectrum reported Carol Boehme said in her...
Jul 6 2015 // Some Oregonians woke on the Fourth of July to a significant jolt when a magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck near Springfield and Eugene.Hundreds of people reported to the U.S. Geological Survey that they felt the quake, which...
Jul 6 2015 // Farmers Insurance has launched what is believed to be the state’s first rideshare insurance coverage designed to provide seamless coverage for ridesharing drivers in Utah.The coverage comes less than two months after...
Jun 24 2015 // Salt Lake City, Utah-based The Buckner Co. has joined RiskProNet International, an association of independent insurance brokers in North America. The Buckner Co. is an insurance brokerage with six offices in Utah, Idaho...
Jun 22 2015 // A Utah cab company lawyer says it’s frustrating that new limits on airport cab fares won’t apply to ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft.Yellow Cab attorney Rocky Anderson said last week that cab companies...
Jun 19 2015 // Preston Guthrie has joined Leavitt Insurance Agency’s St. George, Utah office. Guthrie will focus on employee benefits and life insurance. He has a strong background in sales and life insurance. Preston...
Jun 18 2015 // When Utah’s brief legislative session came to a close in March, proponents of ridesharing services offered by transportation network companies rejoiced. The state had passed S.B. 294, sponsored by state Sen. Stuart...
Jun 15 2015 // Farmers Insurance on Monday launched what is believed to be the state’s first rideshare insurance coverage designed to provide seamless coverage for ridesharing drivers in Utah.The coverage comes less than two months...
Jun 10 2015 // A report issued today shows 4.5 million U.S. homes at high or extreme risk of wildfire as the multi-year drought continues.The report’s author said the worsening drought means 2015 has the potential to be one of the...
May 29 2015 // A man who suffered a knee injury while working at the Montana State Prison in 2000 has acknowledged defrauding the state workers’ compensation fund by collecting disability benefits while running a construction...
May 15 2015 // A jury has ordered a former nurse and a Provo, Utah care facility to pay $1.4 million for the death of a man who was given the wrong medications. The Deseret News reported that 71-year-old Jack Adams, of Spanish Fork, died...
May 14 2015 // A jury has ordered a former nurse and a Provo, Utah care facility to pay $1.4 million for the death of a man who was given the wrong medications. Deseret News reported that 71-year-old Jack Adams, of Spanish Fork, died in...
May 8 2015 // A former Utah State University employee who was fired for accepting gifts says he didn’t receive proper ethics training from the university.The Herald Journal reported that the university’s former outdoor...
May 6 2015 // Utah’s Workers Compensation Fund has declared a $12 million dividend that will be distributed to a majority of policyholders this month. Policyholders can expect to receive a dividend equal to 6 percent of their 2014...
Apr 24 2015 // Two former Dixie State University women’s basketball players are accusing the Utah college of racial, sexual and religious discrimination in a federal lawsuit.The Spectrum newspaper in St. George reported the two...
Apr 16 2015 // The U.S. Agriculture Department has declared two northeast Nevada counties natural disaster areas due to the lingering drought with an emergency order that also makes emergency low-interest loans available to farmers,...