A Utah inmate jailed for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl now faces charges for trying to hire a hitman to kill the teenager to keep her from testifying, police said. Kristoffer Jones, an inmate at the Purgatory Correctional Facility in Hurricane, Utah, allegedly “solicited several inmates to either kill or assist in coordinating the murder” […]
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Highway Patrol warned of hazardous driving conditions Wednesday, saying wet pavement contributed to four rollovers of tractor-trailer rigs on major highways. The Highway Patrol reported rollovers early Wednesday on Interstate 80 in Salt Lake City and in Summit County and on Interstate 15 in southern Utah. There were no […]
Editor’s Note: During impeachment inquiry hearings, KUER is offering news roundups from around the state and audio of those stories as a resource for our audience. SALT LAKE COUNTY Mayoral Portraits The taxpayer cost of mayoral portraits has risen significantly over the last two decades. Outgoing Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski’s portrait is expected […]
SALT LAKE CITY — A bill that would have put some oversight on police’s use of facial recognition technology didn’t go anywhere on Utah’s Capitol Hill in the face of pushback from lawmakers on the right and left who felt it didn’t do enough. Sen. Daniel Thatcher, R-West Valley City, proposed a bill that would […]
Please enable Javascript to watch this video SALT LAKE CITY — A revised bill that overhauls Utah’s tax code could be released as soon as Friday. Speaking to reporters, House Speaker Brad Wilson, R-Kaysville, said the next public hearing on the revised bill would be Monday afternoon. “Overall, Utahns are going to be paying less […]
The Salt Lake City Council received a briefing Tuesday on new e-scooter rules that would set stricter limitations on where the devices can be parked but that create few new standards to reduce sidewalk ridership. The proposed ordinance, which is subject to approval by the City Council, “clearly puts it into city law where they […]
Please enable Javascript to watch this video SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Highway Patrol troopers have responded to dozens of weather related slide-offs and crashes after wet and snowy weather hit parts of Utah Wednesday. “We see a lot of people, also, that overcorrect, and they start to panic when they start seeing their vehicle […]
Immigrant workers could receive state-sponsored visas under a federal pilot program proposed by Utah Republican Rep. John Curtis and supported by Gov. Gary Herbert. In a prepared statement, Curtis said Tuesday his proposal would take “another step towards fixing our broken immigration system” by allowing states to implement visa programs that meet local industry needs […]
In just over a month, a Utah FBI task force dedicated to stopping child exploitation arrested 30 men now charged with trying to entice minors for sex online. Law enforcement officials released the names of those 30 alleged offenders Tuesday to give the public a “snapshot” of the prevalence of these crimes. They said that […]
Utah as a state is known for many curious and wonderful things without question. For example, in August 2019 SLmag created a feature called the Field Guide to Our Mountains. We’ve got the greatest snow, it’s kinda why many of us are here. In addition, in May 2019 we included some Utah human history with […]
