Latest Utah Headlines
All the headlines from our Utah Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Study: Utah Health Breach Could Approach $406M
May 1 2013 // A 2012 security breach that exposed the personal information of 780,000 Utah residents to hackers could cost as much as $406 million, a new study finds. The Salt Lake Tribune reported in the aftermath of the breach, the...
Claim That Quake Caused Utah Mine Disaster Rejected
Apr 23 2013 // A University of Utah study had rejected a company’s claims concerning the cause of a 2007 collapse at Utah’s Crandall Canyon coal mine that killed nine people. The scientists presented findings of their...
Utah Mine Landslide 1 Of Largest In History
Apr 18 2013 // A massive landslide that halted operations at a major Utah copper mine last week was one of the largest in the history of open pit mining, an expert said this week. The assessment came after Kennecott Utah Copper announced...
Ex-Utah Cop Headed To Jail For Insurance Fraud
Apr 18 2013 // A former police officer in Price, Utah has been sentenced to jail for defrauding his car insurance company. Robert Iain Walker was sentenced last week to serve up to five years in prison but the sentence was suspended in...
Chevron Slapped With Violation Notice Over Utah Spill
Apr 16 2013 // State regulators have slapped Chevron with a violation notice over a March fuel spill near a northern Utah bird refuge. The Utah Division of Water Quality is asking Chevron to provide a report on cleanup operations and a...
1980s Computer Monitor Blamed For Utah Church Fire
Mar 25 2013 // Investigators are blaming a 1980s-era computer monitor for a fire that ravaged a Clearfield church this week. The Standard-Examiner reports the old monitor had overheated and sparked the Tuesday afternoon blaze in the...
Utah Prepares For Another Busy Wildfire Season
Mar 12 2013 // The mountains still may be covered in snow, but officials already are preparing for another busy wildfire season in Utah amid growing concern over the cost to battle them. State officials told the Deseret News that the...
Business Moves – West
Feb 25 2013 // Shea, Leavitt Shea Insurance in Las Vegas, Nev. has been acquired by the Leavitt Group. Terms of the deal were not made available. With the acquisition Scott Villamor, who owned Shea Insurance, joins Leavitt Group’s...
Study: Agriculture Plays Important Role in Utah Economy
Feb 25 2013 // Agriculture continues to play an important role in Utah’s economy, according to a Utah State University study. The study found that when taking into account related industries such as food processing, agriculture...
Former Utah Agent Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud
Feb 25 2013 // Former insurance agent Mitch Kelling has pled guilty to insurance fraud. Kelling plead guilty to felony charges in Utah Seventh District Court on Jan. 29. Kelling had been operating under the name “Kelling...
Study: Agriculture Plays Important Role in Utah Economy
Feb 11 2013 // Agriculture continues to play an important role in Utah’s economy, according to a Utah State University study. The study found that when taking into account related industries such as food processing, agriculture...
MMIC to Acquire Utah Medical Insurance Association
Feb 5 2013 // MMIC, a large Midwest medical professional liability firm, has entered into an agreement to acquire Utah Medical Insurance Association, a provider of medical professional liability insurance for physicians in Utah,...
Former Utah Agent pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud
Feb 5 2013 // Former insurance agent Mitch Kelling has pled guilty to insurance fraud. Kelling plead guilty to felony charges in Utah Seventh District Court on Jan. 29. Kelling had been operating under the name “Kelling...
Fraud Concerns Linger Over Illinois Driver License Law
Jan 29 2013 // As Illinois becomes the fourth and most populous U.S. state to issue driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants, nagging concerns remain about whether there are enough safeguards to avoid the identity fraud and other...
Former Utah High School Student Gets $100K Settlement
Jan 28 2013 // A former Utah high school student has received $100,000 in a settlement related to his claims that he was racially abused by fellow students that included members of white supremacist group. Anthony Armstrong, a biracial...
Utah Driver Accused Of Texting, Driving In Fatal
Jan 28 2013 // A 28-year-old Utah man has been ordered to stand trial for automobile homicide after police say he was texting while driving when he struck and killed a teenage pedestrian. Jeffrey Lloyd Bascom of Jensen faces a felony...
Utah Traffic Fatalities Mark Steady Decline
Jan 16 2013 // Safer roads and more traffic enforcement have helped reduce traffic fatalities in Utah to their lowest level in more than 50 years. The Utah Department of Transportation said traffic accidents claimed 215 lives last year,...
Utah Man Accused of Killing Officer Sues Insurer
Jan 15 2013 // An Ogden man accused of killing a police officer during a drug raid at his home is suing his insurance company over its rejection of his homeowner’s damage claim stemming from the shootout. Matthew Stewart, in his...
Utah License Plate Scanners Spark Legislative Debate
Jan 8 2013 // License plate scanners in widespread use by law enforcement agencies hold the potential for misuse by divorce lawyers or police who use information on a motorist’s whereabouts as fodder for an “interrogation...
Lawsuit Over Arizona Man’s Taser Death In Utah Settled
Dec 31 2012 // A settlement has been reached in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of an Arizona man who died in 2009 after a southern Utah police officer shocked him with a Taser, lawyers for both sides said. The parties...
