After the description of a proposed amendment to the Utah Constitution on November’s ballot sparked controversy, Democratic lawmakers are seeking more neutrality in future drafts. With HB101, titled Ballot Proposition Amendments, a bill sponsored by House Minority Leader Angela Romero, ...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency's flood maps plan for the Utah Lake shoreline and Provo River have not been updated since the 1980s. But after a decade-plus-long effort by state and local officials to help FEMA modernize the maps to reflect current climatic, ecological and ...
Nicholas Rossi, the man accused of allegedly faking his own death and fleeing the country to evade rape charges in Utah, will have to stand trial in September. At a pretrial hearing Tuesday where Rossi appeared virtually from the Utah County Jail before 4th District Judge Derek Pullan, his ...
A teacher within the Alpine School District has been arrested for allegedly downloading content depicting child sex abuse. Travis Adamson, 50, of Provo, an art teacher at Oak Canyon Junior High School in Lindon, was taken into custody and booked on suspicion of sexual exploitation of a minor ...
The county’s newest commissioner and four other elected officials were sworn in to their respective offices Monday afternoon at the Historic Utah County Courthouse. Skyler Beltran, an interim commissioner since September, stood by his wife and two children as he took an oath and officially ...
With the 2025 Utah legislative session set to begin later this month, lawmakers are giving the public a preview into some bills focused on public safety and immigration. From facilitating deportations by changing the state’s criminal code, to ramping up efforts to stop fentanyl trafficking, ...
