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3 weeks ago | 
gephardtdaily.com | Tim Gurrister
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Utah, April 4, 2025 (Gephardt Daily) — The driver was killed after his truck left the roadway, struck an overpass abutment and caught fire in Washington County. On Thursday, April 3, 2025 at approximately 12:04 p.m., a GMC pickup truck was southbound on SR-7 around milepost 8, according to the Utah Highway Patrol.
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3 weeks ago | 
gephardtdaily.com | Tim Gurrister
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 4, 2025 (Gephardt Daily) — State wildlife officials have issued guidelines for those wishing to witness the odd mating dance of the state’s sage grouse. The Division of Wildlife Resource’s 2024 survey of the foot-tall lovebirds counted 4,623 males at 230 “leks” in the division’s 11 Sage Grouse Management Areas (SGMAs) statewide.
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3 weeks ago | 
gephardtdaily.com | Tim Gurrister
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 4, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — State wildlife officials have issued guidelines for those wishing to witness the odd mating dance of the state’s sage grouse. The Division of Wildlife Resource’s 2024 survey of the foot-tall lovebirds counted 4,623 males at 230 “leks” in the division’s 11 Sage Grouse Management Areas (SGMAs) statewide.
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3 weeks ago | 
gephardtdaily.com | Tim Gurrister
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Utah, April 4, 2025 (Gephardt Daily) — The driver was killed after his truck left the roadway, struck an overpass abutment and caught fire in Washington County.. On Thursday, April 3, 2025 at approximately 12:04 p.m., a GMC pickup truck was southbound on SR-7 around milepost 8, according to the Utah Highway Patrol.
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3 weeks ago | 
gephardtdaily.com | Tim Gurrister
PETERSON, Utah, April 4, 2025 (Gephardt Daily) — Multiple agencies responded to a multi-vehicle crash in Weber Canyon, but could not save one seriously injured man. Wednesday, at 10:50 a.m. Mountain Green Fire and Morgan County Fire & EMS personnel responded to a serious accident on I-84 near Peterson, in Morgan County, the Mountain Green Fire Protection District reported.
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3 weeks ago | 
gephardtdaily.com | Tim Gurrister
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 30, 2025 (Gephardt Daily) — In the wake of a sudden cancellation of $98 million in federal grants, Utah’s Department of Health and Humans Services has announced the beginning of layoffs.
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1 month ago | 
gephardtdaily.com | Tim Gurrister
VIRGIN, Utah, March 22, 2025 (Gephardt Daily) — A smokehouse was likely a total loss after it caught fire, drawing at least six Hurricane Valley Fire and Rescue units, including four fire trucks. Crews were dispatched to a report of a structure fire Friday afternoon, finding it “significantly involved,” says a Hurricane Valley Fire & Rescue news release. “Crews quickly initiated fire attack operations to prevent the fire from spreading to nearby structures.
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1 month ago | 
gephardtdaily.com | Tim Gurrister
CLEARFIELD, Utah, March 22, 2025 (Gephardt Daily) — Police are asking for the public’s help locating a juvenile who ran away from a group home March 18. “Have you seen Tristan Sargent?” the Clearfield Police Department asks in an online post. The 14-year-old is describe as 6-foot-1, 158 pounds with green eyes and blonde hair, last seen wearing gray gym shorts and a gray t-shirt. “Tristan ran away from a group home located in Clearfield after a fight with another juvenile,” police said.
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1 month ago | 
gephardtdaily.com | Tim Gurrister
BRIGHAM CITY, Utah March 8, 2025 (Gephardt Daily) — A veteran Box Elder County judge has been jailed over allegations of child sexual abuse. Kevin Christensen, 64, appointed Box Elder County’s Justice Court Judge in 1996, was booked into the Davis County Jail on suspicion of six felonies involving alleged soliciting sex online from minors. His arrest came after an investigation started Feb. 28 by the FBI’s Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force, according to charging documents.
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1 month ago | 
gephardtdaily.com | Tim Gurrister
WASATCH COUNTY, Utah, March 8, 2025 (Gephardt Daily) — Keeping things mysterious, the Wasatch County Sheriff‘s Office has brought in an outside agency to investigate one of its own without sharing even the general nature of the allegations against him. The officer was placed on paid administrative leave Jan. 21, after more than a year of disciplinary actions, the sheriff’s office said in announcing that the Cache County Sheriff‘s Office has been asked to investigate.
