All the headlines from our Utah Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
May 18 2018 // A Utah driver turned on the semi-autonomous functions of her Tesla vehicle and then didn’t touch the steering wheel again for 80 seconds before slamming into a firetruck stopped at a red light last week, a summary of...
May 15 2018 // Police are investigating whether a Tesla sedan’s semi-autonomous Autopilot feature was engaged when it rear-ended a fire department truck in Utah.The Tesla Model S crashed into the truck at 60 mph apparently without...
May 14 2018 // A Tesla sedan with a semi-autonomous Autopilot feature has rear-ended a fire department truck at 60 mph apparently without braking before impact, but police say it’s unknown if the Autopilot feature was engaged.The...
Apr 30 2018 // Leavitt Group Insurance Agency of Vernal, Utah has added Tyson Hancock as an insurance agent. Hancock specializes in commercial insurance in the oil, gas, and agriculture industries as well as insurance for individuals and...
Apr 16 2018 // Despite safety concerns, a recreational ax-throwing venue in Salt Lake City, Utah, has been approved for a license to serve beer.The state liquor commission approved Social Axe Throwing’s request for a recreational...
Apr 12 2018 // A Utah family who sued the Boy Scouts of America for policies they claimed discriminated against their son with Down syndrome has withdrawn the lawsuit after the organization said it would help the boy earn his Eagle Scout...
Apr 6 2018 // Two Utah construction companies have agreed to pay $1.2 million to settle a whistleblower’s lawsuit alleging abuse of a federal program that helps small businesses.The U.S. Attorney’s Office says the Salt Lake...
Apr 2 2018 // Despite safety concerns, a recreational ax-throwing venue in Salt Lake City, Utah has been approved for a license to serve beer.The state liquor commission approved Social Axe Throwing’s request for a recreational...
Apr 2 2018 // A judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by owners of a Utah Subway shop where a worker was wrongly accused of drugging a police officer’s drink.U.S. District Judge Dee Benson ruled that police in Layton did...
Mar 23 2018 // A judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by owners of a Utah Subway shop where a worker was wrongly accused of drugging a police officer’s drink.U.S. District Judge Dee Benson ruled that police in Layton did...
Mar 23 2018 // Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has signed a bill allowing terminally ill people to use certain forms of marijuana. Herbert’s office announced Wednesday that he signed the measure allowing people to use the drug if a doctor...
Mar 22 2018 // Officials of a northern Utah county are suing drug manufacturers, distributors and doctors in an effort to mitigate the consequences of the nation’s opioid crisis.Summit County has filed a lawsuit in state district...
Mar 22 2018 // Five women claimed in a lawsuit that the city of Provo, Utah and former Mayor John Curtis failed to take action to protect them from alleged sexual harassment and assault by the city’s former police chief.The city...
Mar 21 2018 // The father of a boy who has Down syndrome is suing the Boys Scouts of America for blocking his son from becoming an Eagle scout and revoking his merit badges.Logan Blythe has been a scout through the National Parks Council...