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Corps: Utah County Levees Have Problems

Nov 4 2013 // Salt Lake County, Utah’s levee systems are in unacceptable shape, according to a review by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.Officials with the Corps’ Sacramento District announced Friday that they found several...

Utah Man Who Topples Rock Faces Questions Over Lawsuit

Nov 4 2013 // A Utah Boy Scout leader whose toppling of an ancient rock formation in a state park was captured in a viral online video is facing questions over a personal injury lawsuit he filed a month before the incident.Glenn Taylor...

Utah Man Who Topples Rock Faces Questions Over Lawsuit

Oct 22 2013 // A Utah Boy Scout leader whose toppling of an ancient rock formation in a state park was captured in a viral online video is facing questions over a personal injury lawsuit he filed a month before the incident.Glenn Taylor...

Group Pushes For Lower DUI Standard in Utah

Oct 16 2013 // A conservative think tank and advocate for harsher liquor laws in Utah is pushing to lower the legal limit for a driver’s blood alcohol level, arguing it would reduce roadway deaths.The Salt Lake City-based nonprofit...

Utah Man Blames Bathroom Emergency For High-Speed Chase

Oct 10 2013 // A Utah man has been sentenced to seven days in jail after a high-speed chase that he blamed on a bathroom emergency.Thirty-nine-year-old Jeffrey Laub told a judge Monday that he ate something that upset his stomach and was...

Salt Lake City-Based MGIS Expands into Utah Market

Sep 26 2013 // The MGIS Companies, Inc. (MGIS) and Freedom Specialty, a Nationwide Insurance company, have entered the Utah medical malpractice insurance market. MGIS provides a broad range of insurance products and services designed for...

Utah Registers 39 Workplace Deaths in 2012

Sep 23 2013 // New figures from Bureau of Labor Statistics show there were 39 workplace deaths in 2012 in Utah – the same total as the year before.The preliminary data shows that transportation-related deaths were the most frequent in...

Signs Going Up For More 80 Mph Zones In Utah

Sep 19 2013 // Get ready to rev your engine if you’re driving on rural Utah interstates: Signs are going up this week increasing the speed limit on many stretches to 80 mph.The Legislature approved the new, faster zones during the...

MGIS Names Fischerkeller Assistant Vice President in Utah

Sep 9 2013 // The MGIS Companies Inc. named Paul Fischerkeller assistant vice president of medical professional liability insurance sales. Fischerkeller will be responsible for managing and growing the firm’s MPL business,...

Utah Registers 39 Workplace Deaths In 2012

Sep 4 2013 // New figures from Bureau of Labor Statistics show there were 39 workplace deaths in 2012 in Utah – the same total as the year before.The preliminary data shows that transportation-related deaths were the most frequent in...

Safety Fears Spur Regulations For Trampoline Gyms In Utah, California

Aug 13 2013 // Stephen Merrill was finishing his freshman year of college two years ago when he and a group of friends went to an indoor trampoline park in Utah for a day of flipping, jumping and bouncing.At one point, Merrill leaped...

Utah County Considers Regulating Trampoline Parks

Jul 23 2013 // Utah County officials are considering regulating trampoline parks after the county’s emergency room doctors reported dozens of serious injuries from the centers in the past year and a half.Lance Madigan of the Utah...

Lawsuit Filed Over Utah Boy’s Falling Tombstone Death

Jul 22 2013 // The parents of a Lehi boy who was killed after a tombstone fell on him last year are suing the cemetery’s association.According to a lawsuit filed in Utah’s Third District Court, 4-year-old Carson Dean Cheney...

Lawsuit Filed Over Utah Boy’s Falling Tombstone Death

Jul 8 2013 // The parents of a Lehi boy who was killed after a tombstone fell on him last year are suing the cemetery’s association.According to a lawsuit filed in Utah’s Third District Court, 4-year-old Carson Dean Cheney...

The Buckner Co. Taps Robbins in Utah

Jul 1 2013 // Merrilee Robbins was named senior account executive in The Buckner Co.’s trucking insurance division. Robbins will work from the firm’s Ogden, Utah officce. Robbins has 23 years in the insurance industry, and...

Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Utah Police Agency

Jun 14 2013 // The family of a young woman fatally shot by West Valley City police has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the officers involved and the former police chief.Danielle Willard’s parents filed the lawsuit Wednesday...

Nevada Assembly Approves Driver Privilege Cards

May 29 2013 // The Nevada Assembly gave final legislative approval to a bill establishing driver privilege cards for people in the country illegally.SB303 was approved on a 30-9 vote and now heads to Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval, who...

Thomson Named VP of Employee Benefits for SterlingRisk in Utah

May 29 2013 // SterlingRisk Insurance Services named Michael Thomson vice president of employee benefits for its Utah. Thomson has more than 20 years of employee benefits insurance experience. He has provided employee and risk management...

Utah Workers Comp Fund Distributes $8 Million Dividend

May 21 2013 // The board of directors for Utah’s Workers Compensation Fund declared a dividend to be distributed to a majority of policyholders in May. Policyholders can expect to receive 5 percent of their 2012 earned premium....

Group Sues EPA To Force Utah To Clean Air Faster

May 20 2013 // An environmental group is suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, claiming it hasn’t pushed Utah hard enough to clean up air pollution across urban areas of northern Utah.WildEarth Guardians says the EPA let...