Latest Utah Headlines
All the headlines from our Utah Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Utah Republican Party Settles Americans With Disabilities Act Lawsuit
Jan 7 2020 // The Utah County Republican Party and Utah Republican Party have settled a lawsuit filed by two party members over the Americans with Disabilities Act. As part of the settlement the Utah Republican Party will update...
Utah Woman Sues Mississippi Fair Over Super Slide Injury
Dec 12 2019 // A Utah woman sued Mississippi’s Fair Commission for negligence and emotional anguish, saying she went airborne on a 40-foot (12-meter) super slide and injured her back. Lindsay Casperson of Kaysville, Utah, filed the...
Utah Extends Fire Restrictions in 11 Counties Until December Due to Dry Conditions
Nov 18 2019 // Seasonal fire restrictions are being extended in 11 Utah counties by a month due to what officials say are dry conditions and continued problems with controlling wildfires. The state Department of Natural Resources says...
Insurtech Root Expands Into Renters Market; Product Launched in 3 States
Nov 14 2019 // Root Insurance, a property casualty insurtech, has launched a streamlined renters insurance designed and personalized for consumers starting at $6 a month. In addition to covering customers’ personal property and...
UT/TT Poll: It’s a Highly Partisan Issue but Texans Say Climate Change Is Happening
Nov 7 2019 // Two-thirds of Texas registered voters believe climate change is happening, but their urgency about it varies considerably, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. Less than a quarter of voters —...
UT Study: Earthquakes in West Texas Have Dramatically Increased
Nov 5 2019 // West Texas has seen a dramatic increase in earthquakes, jumping from 19 in 2009 to 1,600 in 2017 alone, according to a new study published on Nov. 4 by the University of Texas at Austin. The study, which was published in...
Utah’s Vaping Rate Reportedly 6 Times Higher Than National Average
Oct 30 2019 // Jeffrey Manzanares started vaping nicotine two years ago because he thought it would be a safe way to quit smoking. Instead, it almost killed him. The 33-year-old construction worker spent 17 days in a Utah hospital last...
Utah Vape Shops Sue Health Department Over E-Cigarette Rule
Oct 28 2019 // Several Utah vape shops sued the state’s Department of Health over its emergency rule restricting the sale of flavored e-cigarettes amid a national outbreak of lung damage linked to vaping. In the lawsuit filed last...
Vape Pioneer Whose Product Sickened Dozens Started in Southern California
Oct 22 2019 // Some of the people rushing to emergency rooms thought the CBD vape they inhaled would help like a gentle medicine. Others puffed it for fun. What the vapors delivered instead was a jolt of synthetic marijuana, and with it...
Minor Earthquake Confirmed in Northern Utah’s Box Elder County
Sep 26 2019 // A minor earthquake shook was confirmed in parts of Box Elder County in northern Utah. County spokesman Mitch Zundel said there were many reports of people feeling the quake of magnitude 3.9 at 10:15 a.m. MDT on Tuesday,...
Bus in Utah With Chinese-Speaking Tourists Crashes in, Killing 4
Sep 23 2019 // A tour bus crashed on a highway running through the red-rock landscape of southern Utah on Friday, killing four people from China and injuring dozens more. The bus from Southern California rolled onto a guard rail,...
The Buckner Co. in Utah Names Kupfer Chief Sales Officer of Employee Benefits
Jul 30 2019 // The Buckner Co. has named Brad Kupfer chief sales officer of employee benefits. Kupfer will manage Buckner’s sales process for employee benefits in six offices. As a member of the senior executive team, Kupfer will...
Utah Medical Marijuana Program Getting on Track, 8 Growers Picked
Jul 22 2019 // Utah chose eight companies to legally grow medical cannabis for the first time in the conservative state, though the decision to award a smaller number of licenses raised concerns among advocates about whether supply would...
Utah Movie-Filtering Company Ordered by Jury to Pay $62M to Studios
Jul 1 2019 // A Utah-based movie-filtering company has been ordered to pay more than $62 million to Disney and other Hollywood studios. A California jury decided the damages last month against the company VidAngel, which had ripped the...
E-Scooter Program Coming to Utah City This Summer
Jun 28 2019 // Provo Mayor Michelle Kafusi has announced 200 electric scooters are coming to the Utah city this August. Kafusi tweeted this week that the city has launched a pilot program with bike sharing program Zagster to bring 200...
Utah Movie-Filtering Company Ordered by Jury to Pay $62M to Studios
Jun 20 2019 // A Utah-based movie-filtering company has been ordered to pay more than $62 million to Disney and other Hollywood studios. A California jury decided the damages this week against the company VidAngel, which had ripped the...
Police Say Defects May Have Caused Balcony Collapse that Injured Utah Couple, 5 Kids
Jun 19 2019 // A Utah couple and five of their nine children are recovering from injuries after the balcony on their home collapsed. Spring City police say the accident occurred about 9:30 p.m. Sunday. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Adam...
WCF Agents in Utah Join Leavitt Group
Jun 12 2019 // Ten WCF direct agents have joined Leavitt Group. Calob Johnston and Mary Ann Moser will join Dixie Leavitt Agency in St. George, Utah. Eric Torgersen, David Melling, and Angie Thurman will join Wasatch Leavitt Agency in...
Utah Ski Resort Doesn’t Want Any Part of Lawsuit Against Gwyneth Paltrow
Jun 12 2019 // A Utah ski resort where Gwyneth Paltrow is accused of crashing into and injuring a skier asked this week to be dismissed from a lawsuit, contending the dispute should be settled between the Oscar-winning actress and the...
Video Game Effort Could Help Regulate Future Drone Traffic
May 20 2019 // By Lindsay Whitehurst Drones ferrying medical supplies, packages and even pizza could one day be crisscrossing the skies above U.S. cities, and a team at the University of Utah is working with regulators to keep that...
