Latest Utah Headlines
All the headlines from our Utah Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Group Pushes For Lower DUI Standard in Utah
Oct 16 2013 // A conservative think tank and advocate for harsher liquor laws in Utah is pushing to lower the legal limit for a driver’s blood alcohol level, arguing it would reduce roadway deaths. The Salt Lake City-based...
Utah Man Blames Bathroom Emergency For High-Speed Chase
Oct 10 2013 // A Utah man has been sentenced to seven days in jail after a high-speed chase that he blamed on a bathroom emergency. Thirty-nine-year-old Jeffrey Laub told a judge Monday that he ate something that upset his stomach and...
Salt Lake City-Based MGIS Expands into Utah Market
Sep 26 2013 // The MGIS Companies, Inc. (MGIS) and Freedom Specialty, a Nationwide Insurance company, have entered the Utah medical malpractice insurance market. MGIS provides a broad range of insurance products and services designed for...
Utah Registers 39 Workplace Deaths in 2012
Sep 23 2013 // New figures from Bureau of Labor Statistics show there were 39 workplace deaths in 2012 in Utah – the same total as the year before. The preliminary data shows that transportation-related deaths were the most frequent in...
Signs Going Up For More 80 Mph Zones In Utah
Sep 19 2013 // Get ready to rev your engine if you’re driving on rural Utah interstates: Signs are going up this week increasing the speed limit on many stretches to 80 mph. The Legislature approved the new, faster zones during the...
MGIS Names Fischerkeller Assistant Vice President in Utah
Sep 9 2013 // The MGIS Companies Inc. named Paul Fischerkeller assistant vice president of medical professional liability insurance sales. Fischerkeller will be responsible for managing and growing the firm’s MPL business,...
Utah Registers 39 Workplace Deaths In 2012
Sep 4 2013 // New figures from Bureau of Labor Statistics show there were 39 workplace deaths in 2012 in Utah – the same total as the year before. The preliminary data shows that transportation-related deaths were the most frequent in...
Safety Fears Spur Regulations For Trampoline Gyms In Utah, California
Aug 13 2013 // Stephen Merrill was finishing his freshman year of college two years ago when he and a group of friends went to an indoor trampoline park in Utah for a day of flipping, jumping and bouncing. At one point, Merrill leaped...
Utah County Considers Regulating Trampoline Parks
Jul 23 2013 // Utah County officials are considering regulating trampoline parks after the county’s emergency room doctors reported dozens of serious injuries from the centers in the past year and a half. Lance Madigan of the Utah...
Lawsuit Filed Over Utah Boy’s Falling Tombstone Death
Jul 22 2013 // The parents of a Lehi boy who was killed after a tombstone fell on him last year are suing the cemetery’s association. According to a lawsuit filed in Utah’s Third District Court, 4-year-old Carson Dean Cheney...
Lawsuit Filed Over Utah Boy’s Falling Tombstone Death
Jul 8 2013 // The parents of a Lehi boy who was killed after a tombstone fell on him last year are suing the cemetery’s association. According to a lawsuit filed in Utah’s Third District Court, 4-year-old Carson Dean Cheney...
The Buckner Co. Taps Robbins in Utah
Jul 1 2013 // Merrilee Robbins was named senior account executive in The Buckner Co.’s trucking insurance division. Robbins will work from the firm’s Ogden, Utah officce. Robbins has 23 years in the insurance industry, and...
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Utah Police Agency
Jun 14 2013 // The family of a young woman fatally shot by West Valley City police has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the officers involved and the former police chief. Danielle Willard’s parents filed the lawsuit Wednesday...
Nevada Assembly Approves Driver Privilege Cards
May 29 2013 // The Nevada Assembly gave final legislative approval to a bill establishing driver privilege cards for people in the country illegally. SB303 was approved on a 30-9 vote and now heads to Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval, who...
Thomson Named VP of Employee Benefits for SterlingRisk in Utah
May 29 2013 // SterlingRisk Insurance Services named Michael Thomson vice president of employee benefits for its Utah. Thomson has more than 20 years of employee benefits insurance experience. He has provided employee and risk management...
Utah Workers Comp Fund Distributes $8 Million Dividend
May 21 2013 // The board of directors for Utah’s Workers Compensation Fund declared a dividend to be distributed to a majority of policyholders in May. Policyholders can expect to receive 5 percent of their 2012 earned premium....
Group Sues EPA To Force Utah To Clean Air Faster
May 20 2013 // An environmental group is suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, claiming it hasn’t pushed Utah hard enough to clean up air pollution across urban areas of northern Utah. WildEarth Guardians says the EPA let...
Utah Bans Teen Drivers From Using Cellphones
May 15 2013 // Before she pulls out of the driveway, Stefhany Robles switches her phone on silent or turns it off. The 16-year-old junior at Salt Lake City’s West High School says the distraction isn’t worth shooting off a...
Utah National Guard Opening New $8 Million Fire Station
May 14 2013 // The Utah Air National Guard is ready to open its new $8 million fire station at the base in Salt Lake City. Guard leaders held a formal ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday at the base next to Salt Lake City International...
Utah to Be First to Use Dual-Model Health Exchange
May 13 2013 // The federal government has approved Utah to become the first state to have a dual-model health insurance exchange in which the state and the federal government divide responsibilities. The plan allows Utah to continue to...
