Author: Lindsay Whitehurst
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Utah sues over massive, multistate 2015 mine waste spill
SALT LAKE CITY — The state of Utah has sued mine owners and contractors for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over a spill of mine waste that fouled rivers in three Western states with a massive plume of bright-yellow wastewater tainted with arsenic, lead and other heavy metals. Utah wants cleanup compensation and unspecified damages…
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Check in to get away: Zion park aims to require reservations
SALT LAKE CITY— It would be a first for a U.S. national park: requiring reservations to get in. But it’s an option that Zion National Park is considering to manage an overwhelming surge of visitors to its sweeping red-rock vistas and canyons in Utah. Zion, which welcomed 4.3 million people last year, is weighing online…
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5 Utah students stabbed in boy’s locker room; teen detained
OREM, Utah — As a group of boys at a Utah high school changed Tuesday morning into gym clothes for physical education class, a straight-A student pulled out a knife in the locker room and stabbed five of his classmates, sending the injured running for their lives and covered in blood, police said. The 16-year-old…
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Former University of Northern Colorado coach arrested after Utah school evacuated for threats
SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah man who was once a promising college basketball coach has been arrested after police said he forced the evacuation of an elementary school with what he claimed was a trunk full of explosives, authorities said Tuesday. After three hours of negotiations, no weapons or explosives were found and no…
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In Utah speech, Dalai Lama says actions spread compassion
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save SALT LAKE CITY — The Dalai Lama delivered his message of peace and compassion Tuesday to thousands of people during a visit to Utah that included a luncheon with the governor and a planned meeting…
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Gladys Knight sings ‘Happy Birthday’ during traffic stop
SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah police officer who pulled over a car carrying iconic soul singer Gladys Knight was treated to an impromptu rendition of “Happy Birthday” Wednesday night. Knight was a passenger in the car stopped for speeding in the town about 40 miles south of Salt Lake City, Pleasant Grove Police Capt.…
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Painted faces at parks need painstaking removal
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A series of graffiti-like paintings on rocks in national parks across the West set off a furor on social media this month, angering people who say they desecrated some of the nation’s most famously picturesque landscapes. They’ve also created a headache for park managers who have the delicate task of…
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Vail Resorts buys one of Utah’s largest ski areas
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One of Utah’s larger ski areas was sold to Vail Resorts Inc. on Thursday, resolving a legal battle between ski titans and paving the way for the creation of what could be the country’s largest resort. The $182.5 million deal, effective immediately, gives Vail the base area and parking lot at Park City Mountain Resort,…
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Governor: Utah should defend anti-polygamy law
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s governor says the state should appeal a court ruling that favors the family on the TV show “Sister Wives” and strikes down key parts of a law criminalizing polygamy. Republican Gov. Gary Herbert said Thursday at his monthly televised news conference on KUED that state laws should be defended…
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No ruling on Utah ski area’s rare snowboarding ban
SALT LAKE CITY — A reignited culture clash between snowboarders and skiers didn’t come to an immediate conclusion Monday after boarders suing one of the last ski resorts in the country to prohibit their hobby argued in a Utah courtroom that the ban is discriminatory and based on outdated stereotypes. U.S. District Judge Dee Benson…