Latest Utah Headlines
All the headlines from our Utah Topic Page, ordered by recency.
CDC Assisting Utah Investigation of Zika Virus Infection
Jul 18 2016 // The Centers for Disease Control is assisting in the investigation of a case of Zika in a Utah resident who is a family contact of the elderly Utah resident who died in late June. The deceased patient had traveled to an...
Utah Train Worker Error Caused Derailment, Report Shows
Jul 7 2016 // A Salt Lake City train derailed nearly two months ago because the operator thought he was supposed to go straight and took a curve at more than twice the recommended speed, according to newly released police...
Construction Zone Crashes in Utah Kill 67 in 5 Years
Jul 6 2016 // State data shows a total of 67 people have been killed in Utah construction zone crashes in the last five years. The transportation department data also shows 288 people were seriously injured over the same period, the...
Collapse of Utah Insurance Co-Op Leaves Millions in Claims Unpaid
Jul 5 2016 // The collapse of Utah’s nonprofit insurance cooperative is leaving Utah hospitals with millions in unpaid claims. Arches Mutual Insurance Co. owes $33 million that the Utah Department of Insurance says will likely...
NFP Acquires Utah’s First West Brokerage Services
Jun 30 2016 // National insurance broker and consultant, NFP Corp., has acquired First West Brokerage Services Inc. (First West), based in Orem, Utah. Founded in 1987, First West is a full service benefits insurance broker and consultant...
UT Study Links Recent Texas Quakes to Oil Activity
May 19 2016 // A new study by researchers at the University of Texas at Austin concludes that human activity has been a factor in earthquakes throughout the state for nearly 100 years. The study conclusions are in a paper to be published...
Uptick in Fatal Crashes Involving Marijuana in Utah
May 17 2016 // Utah officials say the number of fatal car wrecks in Utah in which drivers tested positive for marijuana has more than doubled in the last three years, according to annual report from the state’s Department of Public...
Leavitt Group in Utah Names Pareti Director of Voluntary Benefits Enrollment
May 10 2016 // Leavitt Group in Utah has named Kelly Pareti director of voluntary benefits enrollment. Pareti will be working with employee benefits agencies to provide enrollment and voluntary benefits solutions to clients. Pareti...
Utah Hunting Guide Files Suit Against Boy Scouts Following Reckless Shooting
May 9 2016 // A Utah hunting guide is suing the Boy Scouts of America in federal court, claiming someone on a hunting trip he led in 2014 shot him in the eye. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that 61-year-old Craig Bingham filed a lawsuit...
Leavitt Group in Utah Names Woolsey VP of Personal Lines
May 5 2016 // Leavitt Group in Utah has named Rachael Woolsey vice president of personal lines. Woolsey worked for MetLife prior to Leavitt Group for nearly 17 years counseling independent agencies and serving in a variety of...
Utah Doghouse Highway Death Results in Wrongful Death Lawsuit
May 4 2016 // A northern Utah woman whose husband and 4-year-old daughter were killed when a doghouse fell out of a man’s truck and caused a highway pileup has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. Alyssa Chambers filed the suit last...
Utah Earthquake Country Examined
May 2 2016 // Signs of earthquakes are everywhere in the chaotically beautiful geology of southwest Utah and the region where the mile-high Colorado Plateau falls off into the corrugated Basin-and-Range landscape that dominates...
Retrofitting in Utah, Nevada Spurred by Earthquake Report
Apr 26 2016 // A new report raising the likelihood of a destructive earthquake striking Salt Lake City, Utah in the next half century has underscored the urgency to retrofit more than 30,000 older brick homes and other unreinforced...
Rural Utah Fire Departments Grind to Keep Up Daytime Manpower
Apr 19 2016 // Fire chiefs in rural Cache Valley say when someone calls 911, they always manage to send a team to help, but the harsh reality is they don’t have enough volunteers to handle daytime calls. “It’s a tough...
Utah Employers Must Accommodate Breast-Feeding Workers
Apr 18 2016 // Utah is joining more than a dozen states to require businesses to offer breast-feeding and pregnant employees accommodations such as extra breaks during work. Republican Gov. Gary Herbert signed a law earlier this month...
$1M in Damage at University of Utah from Water Main Break
Apr 13 2016 // Fire officials say a water break has caused $1 million in damage to a University of Utah building. The new estimates from last week’s flooding show it impacted 70,000 square feet of offices and equipment. Officials...
Wal-Mart Settles Utah Suit Over Firing of Disarming Workers
Apr 12 2016 // A group of former Wal-Mart workers in Utah who said the company violated their right to self-defense by firing them for disarming suspected shoplifters has settled their lawsuit against the mega-chain. The workers argued...
Utah Judge Limits Suit over Drunken Attack at Ski Resort’s Oktoberfest
Apr 4 2016 // A Utah judge in late-March tossed out part of a lawsuit filed by a family who says they were beaten by drunken revelers at a ski resort’s Oktoberfest celebration because the event has turned into a booze-fueled Rocky...
Utah Employers Must Accommodate Breast-Feeding Workers
Mar 31 2016 // Utah is joining more than a dozen states to require businesses to offer breast-feeding and pregnant employees accommodations such as extra breaks during work. Republican Gov. Gary Herbert signed a law this week that makes...
Utah Woman Files Suit Against Polygamy Reality TV Show for Trespassing
Mar 28 2016 // A Utah woman who is part of a polygamous group alleges that makers of a reality TV show barged into her house without permission and pressured her daughter into being in a series about people leaving polygamy. Susan Nelson...
