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Alliance for a Better Utah has called on him to step aside from redistricting cases, while the state courts say recusal standards were followed.
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan lifted stays on the cases and ordered 48 hours' notice before ground-disturbing work on removed lands.
American Fork’s funding cap and reported totals still need reconciliation. The county’s response explains the process but doesn’t resolve the numbers.
Trails, canyon country and places to explore.
Courses, layouts and official tee-time links.
Meet the animals and plants that call Utah home.
Art, science and the stories of Utah’s past.
Resorts, mountain guides and snowy escapes.
National parks, state parks and wide-open spaces.
A Division of Wildlife Resources official says there is little natural food for bears this year.
Mason Hunt's family told the Board of Pardons and Parole they have no closure, and the full board will vote.
The Utah Highway Patrol says an unidentified black sedan made an improper pass and left, and no leads have emerged in six months.
About 1,200 students at American Preparatory Academy recited a patriotism pledge as McMahon promoted patriotic education.
The board replaced the interim leadership and Utah County is helping the organization open its warming center Nov. 1.
Proposition 7 would raise just over $1 million a year, with groceries, fuel and prescription medicine exempt, and county leaders expect tourists to pay much of it.
The Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission rates conduct and judicial qualities rather than case outcomes, and the results are searchable by county online.
Auditors called Rocky Mountain Power's cybersecurity tools mature but said state oversight of the utility is limited.
Ogden police say they are reviewing the Sept. 3 incident and developing a policy on interactions with ICE, and the Department of Homeland Security disputes his account.
Transbasin diversions moved about 165,000 acre-feet to the Great Basin in 2024, and this year's drought sharply cut inflow to Strawberry Reservoir.
A federal magistrate judge extended a stay in the city and county's lawsuit to Jan. 18 and barred converting the building into a detention center in the meantime.
The increase would add about $70 a year for an average home, with a hearing set for Dec. 8.
Video shows deputies restraining protester Aspen Azalea after the commission's unanimous vote.
Taylor Knuth alleges O'Leary falsely said opponents of the Box Elder County data center were working for China.
Sheriff Jared Rigby, who has pleaded not guilty, has lost access to a statewide law enforcement database.
The Canyon-2-Canyon Trail runs from Bryce Point to Red Canyon in the Dixie National Forest.
Clerk Brian McKenzie says the county expects about 60% turnout among more than 200,000 active voters.
Charging documents say a phone search showed an adult website was accessed less than two minutes before the collision.
Prosecutors allege Josephine Bangerter failed to book clients' trips or refund them, then left the country in 2019.
A bill that stalled in the 2026 Legislature is expected to be refiled in 2027, with Sen. Heidi Balderree as sponsor.
The order does not give a reason, and a dismissal without prejudice generally means charges can be refiled.
The city says the peak day, Sept. 19, had roughly 4,700 riders and that no injuries have been reported.
The City Council was set to consider a $3.6 million budget amendment that includes the money.
ESPN says it was the most-watched regular-season Big 12 game since 2022.
CBS Sports' Jon Rothstein reported that the NCAA will appeal the ruling, which would stay the injunction if the NCAA prevails.
Snap will cancel more than $16.7 million in lease payments owed by Utah consumers and pay the state $150,000.
County Clerk Lannie Chapman said the missing ballots have been canceled and replacements will be issued.
Senior MJ Barragan shot a career-low 65 to take the individual lead in Hawaii.
Organizers said it was the largest of the three annual rallies and hope to hold more.
Save Our Canyons presented a petition with 1,281 signatures to the Emigration Canyon Council, which took no vote.
Today, October 21
NOAA’s historical record for October 21, 2000 documents hail in Utah. A severe thunderstorm dropped three-quarter-inch hail in Orderville. NOAA’s Kane County event narrative records that specific hail size and town, without supplying a broader damage account.