-
6 days ago | 
kslnewsradio.com | Ashley Imlay |Kennedy Camarena |Bridger Beal-Cvetko |Verl Johansen
SALT LAKE CITY — Opponents of a new law that bans public sector collective bargaining scored a win on Saturday as Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson confirmed they gathered enough signatures to get the issue on the ballot. The coalition of labor unions needed to get at least 140,748 active voters’ signatures — 8% of the state’s total active voters. The signatures needed to include at least 8% of voters in at least 15 of 29 Senate districts, Henderson’s office noted.
-
1 week ago | 
kslnewsradio.com | Bridger Beal-Cvetko |Verl Johansen
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Sen. Mike Lee is defending his proposal to sell off up to 3 million acres of public lands, saying pushback is driven by “falsehoods being circulated by the left.”His proposal, unveiled last weekend, identifies more than 250 million acres of land eligible for sale as part of the Senate’s tax and budget package — of which 2 million to 3 million acres across 11 Western states will actually be sold.
-
1 week ago | 
ksltv.com | Mariah Maynes |Verl Johansen
SALT LAKE CITY — In the wake of a recent festival shooting in West Valley, neighboring Taylorsville City is making last-minute changes to its community celebration, Taylorsville Dayzz. According to the city, the adjustments are being made to “reflect the city’s commitment to maintaining public safety.”“We’re making every effort to maintain a fun and safe environment for Taylorsville Dayzz,”Each year, Taylorsville Dayzz includes a carnival, parade, car show, 5K and kids’ run and fireworks.
-
2 weeks ago | 
kslnewsradio.com | Mike Anderson |Bryanna Willis |Verl Johansen
LOGAN — Researchers at Utah State University are working with NASA to develop a hybrid rocket motor that could help astronauts land on and take off from the moon in future Artemis missions. The program is headed up by Dr. Stephen Whitmore, a retired NASA engineer who now heads up USU’s Propulsion Research Lab. The next-generation hybrid rocket motors use clean, non-toxic fuels, which are vastly different from what was used in the Apollo missions.
-
3 weeks ago | 
kslnewsradio.com | Tim Vandenack |Verl Johansen |Carlysle Price
OGDEN — In a bid to help military veterans in the justice system contending with drug and mental health issues, Weber County leaders are pursuing creation of a special court meant to help them address their particular needs. “The focus is really more on getting them treatment, support and rehabilitation rather than incarceration,” said Jim Retallick, director of the Weber Public Defender Group and a key force behind the effort.
-
3 weeks ago | 
kslnewsradio.com | Daniel Woodruff |Verl Johansen |Carlysle Price |Bryanna Willis
CLEARFIELD — Social service providers say they’re working to help students being displaced as the result of an education and job training center in Davis County shutting down. Nearly a hundred Job Corps centers nationwide are closing as the Trump administration scales back federal programs. Some providers in Utah who serve the homeless are getting swamped with calls trying to figure out what to do with some of the youth currently enrolled in Job Corps.
-
4 weeks ago | 
kslnewsradio.com | Daniella Rivera |Ivy Farguheson |Verl Johansen
SALT LAKE CITY — A majority of Utah law enforcement agencies have not complied with a new law requiring them to provide sexual assault data to the state. “This is a really important issue,” said Rep. Angela Romero, D-Salt Lake City. Unlike other types of violent crime in Utah, rape is consistently recorded at than the national average. “In Utah, we’re in the top 10,” Romero said.
-
4 weeks ago | 
kslnewsradio.com | Ivy Farguheson |Verl Johansen |Bryanna Willis
PAYSON — Troopers have identified the two drivers who were killed in a wrong-way crash on I-15 in Payson on Tuesday afternoon. A blue Kia SUV was northbound about 2 miles south of the freeway’s junction with state Route 164 when it “cut across the northbound lanes, came through the median cable barrier,” and hit a green Jeep Gladiator head-on in the southbound lanes, UHP Cpl. Jared Heywood said. The drivers of both vehicles died on impact, a statement from UHP says.
-
1 month ago | 
kslnewsradio.com | Mike Stobbe |Bryanna Willis |Verl Johansen
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday announced that COVID-19 vaccines are no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant women. In a 58-second video posted on the social media site X, Kennedy said he removed COVID-19 shots from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendations for those groups.
-
1 month ago | 
kslnewsradio.com | Mitch Harper |Bryanna Willis |Verl Johansen
SALT LAKE CITY – BYU football quarterback Jake Retzlaff has been accused of sexual assault in a civil lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed in Third District Court in Salt Lake County on Wednesday, May 21. KSL Sports obtained a copy of the lawsuit. Jake Retzlaff is listed as a defendant in the case, with Jane Doe A.G. as the plaintiff. He has not been charged with a crime. The lawsuit alleges that Jane Doe A.G. and Retzlaff connected over social media in October 2023.
