A woman who helped kidnap Elizabeth Smart and stood by as the Utah girl was sexually assaulted was released from prison Wednesday amid concerns that she remains a threat 15 years after the chilling crime.
Read moreA group of Utah residents sued the Beehive State and its lieutenant governor Wednesday, claiming an initiative to require counties to allow medical cannabis dispensaries runs afoul of the U.S. and state constitutions and must be removed from the November ballot.
Read moreHarsh drought conditions in parts of the American West are pushing wild horses to the brink and spurring extreme measures to protect them.
Read moreScientists at the Natural History Museum of Utah on Thursday revealed the discovery of fossils belonging to a bony-tailed dinosaur with armor-like skin that walked the earth 76 million year ago.
Read moreFrom Mississippi to the open lands of Utah, millions of voters are casting their ballots in primary elections across the nation Tuesday, as Democrats in four states look for a “blue wave” to sweep open seats and counteract the GOP election upset in 2016 of President Donald Trump.
Read moreOrganizers of a prominent Utah July Fourth festival struck a deal to allow five LGBT organizations to participate in the parade Thursday, reversing an initial rejection given just hours after signing a nondiscrimination agreement with Provo city leaders.
Read moreA Salt Lake City suburb sued the Utah Department of Health, claiming the state’s newly amended administrative rules endanger patients by allowing medically untrained dispatchers to decide what type of transport patients need.
Read moreMitt Romney was forced into a Republican primary in his bid for U.S. Senate in Utah after losing a nomination battle Saturday at the state’s far-right-leaning GOP convention.
Read moreThe 10th Circuit on Tuesday upheld a disputed new provision of Utah election law that allows an alternative method for candidates to get on the ballot.
Read moreFormer GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney will announce Thursday that he’s running for the Utah Senate seat held by retiring Orrin Hatch, three people with direct knowledge of the plan confirmed Wednesday.
Read moreInterior Secretary Ryan Zinke pushed back against accusations that he reduced two national monuments in Utah to pave the way for mining and oil and gas companies during an outdoor exposition in Salt Lake City on Friday.
Read moreUtah State Prison officials did not violate the constitutional rights of prisoners by dropping tear gas that vented into the cellblock, a 10th Circuit panel ruled Friday.
Read moreA lawyer contracted to handle indigent defense appeals in Weber County, Utah, claims in a federal complaint he was fired after a daily newspaper quoted him as criticizing the county and state for refusing to pay adequately to defend people from death sentences.
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Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and House Republicans have escalated their feud with Patagonia after the outdoor retailer told Americans that President Donald Trump “stole your land” in his move to shrink two sprawling Utah national monuments.
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President Donald Trump’s decision to drastically reduce and break up a national monument in Utah wasn’t the only blow Native American tribes say they were dealt last week.
Read moreIn a signing ceremony at the Utah statehouse on Monday, President Donald Trump ordered the drastic reduction of two Utah national monuments, Bear Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante.
Read moreEnvironmentalists took to the Utah state capitol en masse Saturday, rallying against President Donald Trump’s enormous slashes to Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments.
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A fatal carjacking attempt near the University of Utah late Monday left one student dead and touched off a campus-wide lockdown as hundreds of police officers swarmed buildings and nearby foothills and canyons in search of the suspected gunman.
Read morePresident Donald Trump told a Utah senator that he will shrink two national monuments in the state during a phone call Friday morning.
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