Utah

The latest Utah news from Tuesday evening, April 27, 2021.

Utah’s population grew by about 18% over the past decade, according to U.S. Census data. However, it didn’t add enough people to require a fifth Congressional representative.

The past ten years were marked by doings and undoings in Utah. From changes to public lands management and ballot propositions, to church policies and…

Three states in the Mountain West have ballot initiatives this November focused on expanding access to Medicaid. Over time, these traditionally Republican…

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert declared a state-wide drought emergency this week. It’s one of two states in our region that were especially hard-hit this…

Remnants of a hurricane from the Pacific Ocean are dumping rain throughout the Mountain West region today and tomorrow.Residents in Utah assembled…

The head of the Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City has released a public report that details sexual abuse allegations involving Utah priests and nearly…

A series of small forest fires that started this week in northern Utah and southern Wyoming are being investigated as arsons.Six fires were started on…

KUER News on Thursday won eight first-place awards from the Utah Society of Professional Journalists annual Headliners contest, sweeping the criminal…

Provo’s popular Freedom Festival held on the Fourth of July each year just became a little more inclusive, at least on paper. A new non-discrimination…

Medical marijuana for the terminally ill, over-the-counter birth control and legal protection to breastfeed in public. Those are just a few of over 400…

Ever since he was a young boy, Will Durham admits he’s had an affinity for neon. It’s hard not to when you grow up casino-studded town like Reno, Nevada.…