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Utah School Bus Driver Allegedly Under Influence on Field Trip

Oct 15 2014 // A Utah school bus driver was arrested Monday on suspicion of DUI after driving erratically and nearly hitting a car on a busy stretch of highway while taking 67 elementary-school students on a field trip, authorities...

Atwell Joins The Buckner Co.’s Healthcare Practice in Utah

Oct 8 2014 // Salt Lake City, Utah-based The Buckner Co. has named Robert F. Atwell as the firm’s healthcare practice leader. Atwell’s primary focus will be on serving the region’s healthcare community. Atwell has 40...

Gabers with Leavitt in Utah Named to Voluntary Benefits Association Board

Oct 6 2014 // Heather Garbers, a voluntary benefits executive with Leavitt Group’s Salt Lake City, Utah office, GBS Benefits Inc., was named to the Voluntary Benefits Association’s advisory board.Garbers is a voluntary plan...

Case Of Utah Boy Who Killed Himself Gets Settled

Oct 1 2014 // The family of a 14-year-old Utah boy who say their son was bullied prior to committing suicide outside a school in a Salt Lake City suburb has reached a settlement with the school district, the two sides announced...

Forecast Calls for More Drought Next Year Across West

Sep 23 2014 // Forecasters say severe drought or worse will continue into next year across much of the West, including parts of western Utah, most of Nevada and practically all of California.Below-normal precipitation and normal or...

Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges Filed on Utah Man

Sep 19 2014 // A Utah man who suffered a knee injury while working at the Montana State Prison is charged with defrauding the state worker’s compensation fund by collecting total disability benefits while running a construction...

Utah City Argues It’s Not at Fault for Landslide

Sep 8 2014 // A Utah city says it’s not to blame for a landslide that crushed a home in early August and forced evacuations in a mountainside community.No one was injured when the hillside tumbled on Aug. 5 in a subdivision about...

Utah City Argues it’s Not At Fault For Landslide

Aug 21 2014 // A Utah city says it’s not to blame for a landslide that crushed a home earlier this month and forced evacuations in a mountainside community.No one was injured when the hillside tumbled on Aug. 5 in a subdivision...

San Diego Comic-Con Files Trademark Suit Against Utah Convention

Aug 18 2014 // Organizers of the biggest comic-book convention in the nation sued their counterparts in Salt Lake City over the event’s name, saying it confuses fans into thinking the two are affiliated.San Diego Comic-Con’s...

San Diego Comic-Con Files Trademark Suit Against Utah Convention

Aug 11 2014 // Organizers of the biggest comic-book convention in the nation sued their counterparts in Salt Lake City over the event’s name, saying it confuses fans into thinking the two are affiliated.San Diego Comic-Con’s...

Steep Fines Reported by Utah Rideshare Drivers

Aug 11 2014 // Drivers for smartphone-based ridesharing services are facing steep fines from Salt Lake City officials, who assert the drivers are running unlicensed taxi services.Some drivers for the app-based service Lyft say...

The Buckner Company in Utah Makes Leadership Changes

Aug 4 2014 // Salt Lake City, Utah-based The Buckner Co. is making several leadership changes.Terry H. Buckner, formerly the president and CEO, will now serve as chairman and CEO. Buckner plans to focus more of his attention now on...

Jury Awards Families $2.4M in Lawsuit Over Utah Couple’s Kayaking Death

Jul 25 2014 // A jury has faulted state and local agencies in the 2010 deaths of a Utah married couple kayaking in the Jordan River.Family members of Kelly Frye-Glasser and Joseph Glasser on Tuesday won their case arguing that officials...

As America Overall Ages with Boomers, Energy States See Youth Boom

Jul 21 2014 // Seven states, including five in the Great Plains, saw their median age decline between 2012 and 2013, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates. At the same time, the median age for the United States as a whole ticked up...

As America Overall Ages with Boomers, Energy States See Youth Boom

Jul 7 2014 // Seven states, including five in the Great Plains, saw their median age decline between 2012 and 2013, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates. At the same time, the median age for the U.S. as a whole ticked up from 37. 5...

Harris Named Utah Captive Audit Manager

Jul 2 2014 // Benjamin M. Harris will be joining the Utah’s Captive Insurance Division as an audit manager.Harris, a CPA, will join Travis Wegkamp, also an audit manager, in directing the examinations for the captive insurers in...

As America Overall Ages with Boomers, Energy States See Youth Boom

Jun 26 2014 // Seven states, including five in the Great Plains, saw their median age decline between 2012 and 2013, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates. At the same time, the median age for the U.S. as a whole ticked up from 37.5...

Answer Financial Inc. Opens Insurance Sales Office in Utah

Jun 4 2014 // Encino, Calif.-based Answer Financial Inc. will open a fourth office in Ogden, Utah. The office, adjacent to operations for sister company Esurance, opens this summer. The office is currently taking applications for sales...

Firm Fights Ruling in Utah Couple’s Critical Online Review

May 27 2014 // A Paris-based company says it will fight a U.S. judge’s ruling against its attempt to force a Utah couple to pay $3,500 over a critical online review.Descoteaux Boutiques, which owns online retailer Kleargear.com,...

Judge Awards Utah Woman $250K In Dog Bite Suit

Apr 8 2014 // A judge has ruled in favor of an Ogden, Utah woman in a lawsuit over a severe dog bite.Second District Judge Mike DiReda found that Sara Loving was owed $250,000 in damages from defendants James and Cindy Davis for...