Latest Utah Headlines
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Feds Pledge $1 Million To Utah For Flood Damage
Dec 26 2012 // The federal government is offering more than $1 million to help cover damage caused by flooding earlier this year in Southern Utah. Officials estimate that floodwaters from a broken dike caused damages of at least $2.8...
Charges Filed Against Former Utah Insurance Agent
Dec 20 2012 // The Utah Insurance Department’s fraud division has filed criminal charges against former insurance agent Stewart Ian Rodgers. Rodgers has been operating under the name “SIR Insurance Group Online.” The...
Utah: Chevron To Pay $1.8 Million In Settlement
Dec 17 2012 // Chevron Corp. has paid Utah $1.8 million in a settlement reached after the state claimed the oil company collected money from a cleanup fund meant only for firms without insurance, state officials said . Chevron...
Lawsuit Filed Over Ex-Utah Trooper’s DUI Arrests
Dec 17 2012 // A class-action lawsuit has been filed against the Utah Highway Patrol over alleged wrongful arrests for driving under the influence. Three attorneys filed the complaint Friday in 3rd District Court on behalf of what they...
Utah Governor Asks Obama to Approve His State’s Health Exchange
Dec 12 2012 // Utah Gov. Gary Herbert asked President Barack Obama on Tuesday for help getting the state’s small-business health insurance marketplace approved as good enough for Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care...
Ex-Utah Cop Sues Over Firing Over Training Allegations
Dec 11 2012 // A former Brigham City, Utah police officer is suing the city after being fired over alleged off-hours contact with a female officer he was training. Ronnie Aldridge, in his lawsuit filed in October in 1st District Court,...
Utah Sues BP Amoco For Dipping Into State Fund
Dec 6 2012 // Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff is suing oil giant BP Amoco for collecting state money to clean up spills from leaky storage tanks under service stations. Shurtleff says BP had its own insurance policies for cleanups...
More Workers Claiming Job Discrimination Over Language, Accents
Dec 4 2012 // More people in the workforce are claiming discrimination over their English-speaking ability or foreign accents, according to federal officials. Workplace discrimination complaints based on national origin — which often...
Utah Woman Injured in Carousel Accident Sues for $300K
Dec 3 2012 // A Washington City, Utah woman injured when a panel fell from the ceiling of a St. George carousel is suing for more than $300,000 in damages. A lawsuit claims Linda Williamson suffered head, neck, eye and back injuries...
Lawsuit: Fedex Fires Utah Driver Over Russian Accent
Nov 30 2012 // A Utah truck driver alleges FedEx fired him because of his Russian accent, even though he offered to appear before corporate higher-ups to demonstrate his English-speaking abilities. Ismail Aliyev has filed a federal...
Business Moves – West
Nov 19 2012 // Hub International, Raintree Hub International Ltd. acquired the assets of Raintree Insurance Agency Inc., a San Bernardino, Calif.-based insurance brokerage firm. Raintree will become part of the California operations of...
More Than 100 Crashes Blamed On Utah Snowstorm
Nov 14 2012 // A weekend snowstorm that dropped as much as 18 inches of snow on the Wasatch Front is being blamed for more than 100 car accidents. The Utah Highway Patrol reported 117 property damage crashes in Salt Lake, Utah, Davis and...
Utah Woman Injured in Carousel Accident Sues For $300k
Nov 13 2012 // A Washington City, Utah woman injured when a panel fell from the ceiling of a St. George carousel is suing for more than $300,000 in damages. A lawsuit filed this week claims Linda Williamson suffered head, neck, eye and...
Ex-Utah College Official Files Sex Harassment Suit
Nov 8 2012 // A former associate dean at a for-profit college’s Ogden, Utah campus has filed a sexual harassment lawsuit, claiming repeated, unwelcome sexual advances occurred on a business trip in Las Vegas. Lee Berger, in her...
Obama Approves Federal Flood Aid For Southern Utah
Nov 5 2012 // President Barack Obama signed a disaster declaration over the weekend for southern Utah areas hit by a severe storm and flooding in September. Obama declared a major disaster exists in the region and ordered federal aid to...
Utah Man Charged In Alleged Texting Crash Death
Nov 2 2012 // An eastern Utah man faces charges after allegedly texting and driving when he hit and killed teenager in Vernal. Charges have been filed against 28-year-old Jensen resident Jeffery Bascom after the deadly crash the night...
Native Seed Shortage Hampers Nevada, Utah Wildfire Recovery
Oct 30 2012 // High demand for native plant seeds in Nevada and Utah is pushing up the price and leaving short supplies following an extreme wildfire year that burned millions of acres nationally. In the Great Basin of Nevada and Utah,...
The Doctors Co. to Acquire Utah Medical Insurance Association
Oct 30 2012 // Utah Medical Insurance Association, a provider of medical professional liability insurance for physicians, and The Doctors Co., an insurer of physician and surgeon medical professional liability, have entered into a merger...
New Mexico Court Rules Against Family Given Brain In Bag
Oct 26 2012 // A family can’t bring damage claims in New Mexico against an out-of-state funeral home that placed a relative’s brain in a casket with an embalmed body shipped to New Mexico, the state Court of Appeals ruled...
Utah Lawmaker Mulls Climate Concerns in Wildfire Bill
Oct 9 2012 // At the request of a youth group, a Republican Utah lawmaker plans to address concerns about climate change in a bill dealing with wildfires. State Rep. Kraig Powell of Heber City has requested the drafting of legislation...
