24 arrested in Operation Rio Grande-related bust of SLC home

Utah family’s plea: Give us a path to citizenship

Brianna Bodily  |  Posted   Sep 7th - 10:17am

Hope is the operating word in the Sanchez household as the family holds out for a chance to find citizenship in the U.S.

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Mormon women navigate cultural pressures around work, family and faith

Sara Israelsen-Hartley, Deseret News  |  Posted   Sep 7th - 10:12am

Understanding the gender-based wage gap in Utah requires taking a deep look at the cultural stereotypes and family biases surrounding what it means to be a working LDS woman and mother.

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Prime real estate: Amazon looks for 2nd headquarters

Joseph Pisani, Associated Press  |  Posted   Sep 7th - 10:04am

Amazon, bursting out of its Seattle headquarters, is hunting for a second home. Must haves: A prime location, close to transit, with plenty of space to grow.

Gov. Herbert urges Congress to let states solve health care issues

Linda Williams  |  Posted   Sep 7th - 9:56am

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert on Thursday urged Congress to get past the health care impasse and delegate the responsibility to find solutions to the states.

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Hurricane Irma toll hits 10, increasing threat for Florida

 Danica Coto and Anika Kentish, Associated Press  |  Posted   Sep 7th - 9:39am

Fearsome Hurricane Irma cut a path of devastation across the northern Caribbean, leaving at least 10 dead and thousands homeless after destroying buildings and uprooting trees on a track Thursday that could lead to a catastrophic strike on Florida.

10600 South interchange to close Friday

KSL.com  |  Posted   Sep 7th - 8:44am

UDOT is closing the 10600 South interchange Friday due to construction of a new underpass.

Facebook: Accounts from Russia bought ads during US campaign

Mary Clare Jalonick and Jake Pearson, Associated Press  |  Posted   Sep 7th - 8:20am

Hundreds of fake Facebook accounts, probably run from Russia, spent about $100,000 on ads aimed at stirring up divisive issues such as gun control and race relations during the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the social network said Wednesday.

H-bomb or not, experts say North Korea near its nuclear goal

Eric Talmadge, Associated Press  |  Posted   Sep 7th - 8:00am

North Korea's latest nuclear test was part theater, part propaganda and maybe even part fake. But experts say it was also a major display of something very real: Pyongyang's mastery of much of the know-how it needs to reach its goal of becoming a full-fledged nuclear state.

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Ways Intermountain Healthcare is reducing opioid pills per prescription

Intermountain Live Well  |  Posted   Sep 7th - 8:00am

Utah-based Intermountain Healthcare has pledged to reduce by 40 percent the average number of opioid tablets prescribed per acute pain prescription at its 22 hospitals and 180 clinics by the end of 2018.

Fees based on miles driven is decades away, but pilot program coming

Lisa Riley Roche  |  Posted   Sep 7th - 7:16am

Utah drivers may not have to pay government fees based on the miles they drive for decades, but a voluntary pilot program to test the substitute for gas taxes could be in place in a year or so.

Record $64M distributed to Utah schools from trust lands

 Marjorie Cortez  |  Posted   Sep 7th - 7:00am

At Salt Lake's Nibley Park School, an allocation of more than $44,000 from the Permanent State School Fund, means students have greater access to technology and the fine arts, said principal Frances Battle.

Utah Task Force 1 returns home after helping in Texas

 Ashley Moser  |  Posted   Sep 6th - 10:41pm

It has been a long two weeks for Utah Task Force One. The team has been in Houston assisting with rescue efforts after Hurricane Harvey.

Howdy Homemade Ice Cream opens in SLC employing mostly people with special needs

 Heather Simonsen  |  Posted   Sep 6th - 10:16pm

There's a new ice cream shop in Salt Lake City with a twist. What makes the employees different is an asset, not a liability.

With majority supporting Rio Grande Street closure, Biskupski likely to sign lease Thursday

Katie McKellar  |  Posted   Sep 6th - 10:15pm

After taking public input on closing off Rio Grande Street and signing it off to state officials to manage for the next two years, Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski said Wednesday she's got a clear "green light."

Officials: 'No acceptable reason' for delay in placing officers on leave after nurse arrest

 Katie McKellar  |  Posted   Sep 6th - 10:06pm

Salt Lake City leaders on Tuesday said "there is no acceptable reason" why the officers involved in the arrest of nurse Alex Wubbels were not placed on leave immediately after the incident.

College presidents, advocates urge Congress for DACA replacement

Ben Lockhart and Marjorie Cortez  |  Posted   Sep 6th - 9:45pm

The presidents of Utah’s eight public colleges and universities called on Utah’s congressional delegation Wednesday to “pursue a lasting, long-term solution” to immigration policies that allow "all students to be able to realize th

Irma lashes at Puerto Rico, leaves tiny Barbuda devastated

 Danica Coto and Anika Kentish, Associated Press  |  Posted   Sep 6th - 9:34pm

Hurricane Irma lashed Puerto Rico with heavy rain and powerful winds late Wednesday, leaving nearly 900,000 people without power as authorities struggled to get aid to small Caribbean islands already devastated by the historic storm.

Wildfire smoke swamps Utah, the West

 Amy Joi O'Donoghue  |  Posted   Sep 6th - 9:32pm

Wildfires that have scorched at least 2,200 square miles in nine Western states are filling the skies with smoke, raining ash on Portland and creating unhealthy air conditions as far east as Iowa as particles are carried by the jet stream.

Sen. Mike Lee backs baker, florist who refused work for same-sex couples

Dennis Romboy  |  Posted   Sep 6th - 9:31pm

Sen. Mike Lee has thrown his support behind a Colorado baker and a Washington state florist who are involved in court battles for refusing their services for same-sex couple’s weddings.

W.V. man who had been missing since Aug. 4 found safe

Jacob Klopfenstein, KSL.com  |  Posted   Sep 6th - 9:18pm

A West Valley City man who had been missing for more than a month was found safe Wednesday, according to West Valley City Police.

Prosecutors: Sen. Menendez 'sold his office' for ritzy trips

 David Porter, Associated Press  |  Posted   Sep 6th - 8:29pm

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez "sold his office for a lifestyle he couldn't afford" by accepting luxury trips and other favors from a wealthy doctor seeking political influence, a government prosecutor told jurors Wednesday during opening statements of the Democrat's corruption trial.