All the headlines from our Utah Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 7 2018 // Voters in Utah have decided to legalize medical marijuana.With most precincts reporting in, Utah’s medical cannabis ballot measure, or Proposition 2, led by a margin of 53 percent to 47 percent. Under the measure...
Nov 5 2018 // Workers’ compensation provider, Texas Mutual Insurance Co., is partnering with The University of Texas at Dallas’ (UT Dallas) Naveen Jindal School of Management for a brand-new Risk Control and Safety...
Nov 2 2018 // The former head of Utah Valley University’s anti-discrimination office has reached a settlement with the college after the woman filed a lawsuit accusing the school of unfairly firing her after she raised concerns...
Oct 25 2018 // A Utah lawmaker drove to Las Vegas and tried marijuana for the first time ahead of an upcoming vote on a proposition that would legalize its use in his state for individuals with qualifying medical conditions.Salt Lake...
Oct 19 2018 // Utah State Forester Brian Cottam says the state’s wildfire season appears to be over and that it is adding up to be Utah’s most expensive ever. KSL-TV reported that Cottam told the Utah Executive Appropriations...
Oct 12 2018 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr has approved four new out-of-state companies to sell insurance products in Arkansas.The Arkansas Insurance Department (AID) has granted Certificates of Authority to...
Oct 10 2018 // Backers of broad marijuana legalization are looking to break through a geographic barrier in November and get their first foothold in the Midwest after a string of election victories in Northeastern and Western...
Oct 4 2018 // Remnants of a tropical storm drenched parts of the desert Southwest this week, trapping some drivers on swamped streets of Phoenix, Ariz. as authorities prepared for possible flash flooding in the state, central Utah and...
Oct 1 2018 // The National Weather Service issued flash flood watches for parts of four states in the Southwest for late Monday and Tuesday. Areas covered by watches due to what the weather service’s Las Vegas office calls...
Oct 1 2018 // Costs to fight wildfires in Utah are increasing by about $1 million a day right now and authorities expect the season to last throughout October.State Forester Brian Cottam says on average, there are roughly 1,100 fire...
Sep 24 2018 // Costs to fight wildfires in Utah are increasing by about $1 million a day right now and authorities expect the season to last throughout October.State Forester Brian Cottam says on average, there are roughly 1,100 fire...
Sep 17 2018 // Sandy, Utah-based WCF Insurance has appointed Kathryn Clark as senior vice president of safety and health. Clark will also take on the title and duties of WCF’s chief risk officer as of Jan. 1, 2019.Patrick Harris...
Sep 14 2018 // A small earthquake hit the southwestern Utah desert overnight. The University of Utah’s seismograph stations recorded the 3.8 magnitude earthquake just before midnight Tuesday. The epicenter was 15 miles northwest of...
Aug 9 2018 // Leavitt Group is has acquired majority ownership in ComTech Specialty in St. George, Utah. The combined agency will rebrand as ComTech – Leavitt Group. Leavitt Group is a network of insurance brokers. ComTech...
Jul 31 2018 // A 3-year-old Utah girl had two fingers amputated when they were caught in a faulty grocery store escalator, her family says in a lawsuit filed against the store and the escalator manufacturer.The girl’s mother,...
Jul 24 2018 // Utah bikers vented their frustrations about the state of driving safety in response to an unprecedented number of deadly motorcycle crashes.The Deseret News reports a group of about 30 motorcyclists met with law...
Jul 23 2018 // The city of Provo, Utah has reached a $750,000 settlement with five women who say it failed to take action to protect them from alleged sexual harassment and assault by a former police chief.Mayor Michelle Kaufusi said in...
Jul 5 2018 // Large wildfires grew across the American West on July 4, keeping thousands of people out of their homes for the July 4 holiday and forcing some strict bans on fireworks to prevent new fires from igniting in the hot, dry...
Jul 3 2018 // More than 100 homes in the Colorado mountains were destroyed by a growing wildfire, while hundreds of others across the parched U.S. West remained under evacuations Tuesday.A fire near Fort Garland, roughly 200 miles...
May 23 2018 // The Iroquois Group’s Southwest team has named Mike Walker regional manager for Utah. Walker will work primarily to develop the firm’s member base in Utah. Walker has more than 27 years of experience in the...