Latest Utah Headlines
All the headlines from our Utah Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Utah Dealership Launches Larry H. Miller Insurance Services
Jan 29 2021 // Sandy, Utah-based Larry H. Miller Group of Companies in partnership with Leavitt Group in Utah has launched Larry H. Miller Insurance Services, an independent insurance agency that will offer auto, home, life and business...
Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Expands Homeowners Coverage Into Georgia, Utah
Jan 14 2021 // Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies has added Georgia and Utah to the list of states where the insurer offers its homeowners product. With these additions, the company now offers its personal lines products in 22...
Small Earthquake Confirmed Near Colorado-Utah Border
Dec 21 2020 // A small earthquake hit a rural area Saturday near the Colorado-Utah border, the University of Utah Seismograph Stations confirmed. The magnitude 4.3 earthquake took place at 7:11 p.m on Saturday. The epicenter was 3 1/2...
Utah Pharmacy Sued Over Alleged Prescription Violations
Dec 9 2020 // Fedral prosecutors in Utah have sued a pharmacy after claiming employees allegedly filled hundreds of opioid prescriptions for members of the same family in the small city of Morgan. The state U.S. attorney’s office...
PrimeOne Insurance Co. in Utah Has Ratings Outlooks Revised to Stable
Nov 25 2020 // AM Best has revised the outlooks to stable from negative and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B+ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “bbb-” of PrimeOne Insurance Co. in Salt Lake City,...
Female Football Star in Utah Files Lawsuit for Schools to Offer Girls’ Teams
Oct 28 2020 // Sam Gordon’s staggering football skills made her famous at age 9. But they didn’t make her fully welcome on the field. As the only girl in a tackle football league in Utah, she heard parents from opposing teams...
Utah Meatpacking Plant Had 441 COVID Cases, 1 Death
Oct 12 2020 // A newly released inspection report has revealed that a coronavirus outbreak at a meatpacking plant in northern Utah was more widespread than local health officials previously reported. The Utah Occupational Safety and...
Trench Collapses, Kills Construction Worker in Utah
Oct 9 2020 // Authorities say a 36-year-old man died after the trench he was working in collapsed at a construction site south of Provo, Utah. Spanish Fork Police Lt. Brandon Anderson tells KSL-TV that emergency crews were called to the...
WCF Names Stireman Regional Vice President in Utah
Oct 6 2020 // WCF Insurance has promoted Laura Stireman to Utah regional vice president. Stireman and her team Kevin McGee, Randah Urbina, and Tovik Olsen, will now focus on assisting Utah agencies with WCF’s staged growth into...
Utah’s Wildfire Costs Soar with Human-Caused Blazes
Sep 21 2020 // Utah’s wildfire season has broken records for the number of human-caused fires and the costs to taxpayers. During a presentation of the Utah State Legislature’s powerful Executive Appropriations Committee, the...
Flash Flood Swamps Residences, Vehicles in Utah
Aug 26 2020 // The St. George, Utah, area along the border between Utah and Arizona was inundated with flash floods after a torrential downpour on Sunday. A large thunderstorm rained down more than an inch of water throughout the...
Alera Group Acquires Banasky Insurance in Utah
Aug 21 2020 // Alera Group has acquired Banasky Insurance Inc., which has locations in Price and Draper, Utah. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Banasky Insurance offers property/casualty insurance solutions for clients, including...
Lawsuit Accuses Utah State University of Discrimination in Student Expulsion
Aug 10 2020 // A lawsuit filed in federal court accuses Utah State University of unlawfully discriminating against and expelling a student with Down syndrome during her first term. Emily Arthur was in the Aggies Elevated program which...
Lawsuit Accuses Utah State University of Discrimination in Student Expulsion
Aug 3 2020 // A lawsuit filed in federal court accuses Utah State University of unlawfully discriminating against and expelling a student with Down syndrome during her first term. Emily Arthur was in the Aggies Elevated program which...
Lawsuit Claims UT-Austin Unfairly Denied Admission to White Students
Jul 24 2020 // A national organization has filed a lawsuit against the University of Texas at Austin on behalf of two white students who were denied admission, marking the third time the school has been sued by this group over an...
Magnitude 3.7 Earthquake Hits Southwest Utah
Jul 22 2020 // A minor earthquake struck a remote corner of Utah early Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. The USGS reported that the magnitude 3.7 quake shook the desert at 3:44 a.m. local time. The epicenter was in...
After Olympic High, Bankruptcy Low, Rulon Gardner Now Wrestles With Insurance Risks
Jul 21 2020 // Rulon Gardner is living a quiet life, just the way he likes it. He is 48 now, sells insurance and has a second job coaching wrestling at a Salt Lake City-area high school. It’s been 20 years since Gardner, a...
Return-to-Work Safety: Employers Find Testing Employees More Trouble Than It’s Worth
Jul 6 2020 // From nursing homes in New York and a landfill in Utah to Disney World and the Las Vegas Strip, employers are wrestling with workplace safety in the age of Covid-19 and making fraught calculations about how to safeguard...
Fireworks Spark Utah Wildfire, Evacuations, Officials Say
Jun 29 2020 // Fireworks caused a wildfire in Utah that forced out residents of houses and an apartment building early on June 28 as the flames encroached on a residential area, officials said. A suspect was cooperating with law...
Investors’ Suit Alleges Firm Inflated Stock with Misleading Claims About Its Covid Test
Jun 17 2020 // An investor lawsuit against a Utah company alleges its principals falsely claimed its coronavirus diagnostic test was “100% accurate” and before doubts about the claim became widely reported, directors and...
