The Utah Supreme Court issued a major ruling on Tuesday allowing officials to subdivide property in a polygamous town on the Utah-Arizona border cities of Hildale and Colorado City. In the year 2005, the courts took control of the FLDS Church’s land-holdings arm, the United Effort Plan (UEP) Trust, amid allegations that polygamist leader Warren Jeffs and other sect leaders mismanaged it, leaving … [Read more...]
High Risk Oil And Gas Wells Unchecked in Utah
A majority of the new oil and gas wells drilled on federal land in Utah are unchecked, according to review obtained by The Associated Press. Four in ten of the new oil and gas wells the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) identified as high priority in view of their locations like national forests and fragile watershed, as they pose greater risks have not been examined. Utah posseses one of … [Read more...]
Utah Summer Games Kicks off on a Grand Note
The lighting of the cauldron with Olympic music at the background marked the official beginning of the 29th Utah Summer Games on Thursday evening. The Opening Ceremonies kicked off at Southern Utah University’s Eccles Coliseum in Cedar City. Hundred American flags lined along the track at the Coliseum served as a backdrop to the march of athletes, who paraded behind banner bearers advertising … [Read more...]
Utah’s ‘mountain man’ Troy James Knapp gets over 10 yrs jail term on Burglary charges
A Utah man, who evaded possible arrest for over six years, was awarded 10 years and six months imprisonment by a court. Troy James Knapp, popularly known as Mountain man, was arrested by the Utah police last year for ransacking cabins across a wide swath of Utah. He has also confessed before the court about his crimes related to burglary and a firearms offence. He was given the name … [Read more...]
Utah ‘Mountain Man’ gets 10-year jail term on Burglary, Theft charges
After evading arrest for over six years, a Utah man was finally sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison by a court on Monday. Troy James Knapp, popularly known as Mountain man, was arrested by the Utah police last year for ransacking cabins across a wide swath of Utah. He was named ‘Mountain Man’ as he trekked hundreds of miles alone on his snowshoes with a rifle slung over his … [Read more...]
House Republicans support proposal for alternative to expand Medicaid
The proposal for an alternative to expand Medicaid garnered support on Monday from the House Republicans. The devise addresses the so-called ‘Medicaid coverage gap’ existent in states. It opts not to enhance Medicaid covering 54,000 bad adults who don’t validate for subsidies to put toward a squeeze of private coverage on a sovereign marketplace, www.HealthCare.gov. The proposed legislation … [Read more...]
Utah Education Official bats for Technology in Schools
Observing the absence of digital devices in preschool classrooms, a U.S. Department of Education deputy secretary on Tuesday said that the students can have immense benefit of digital technology and absence of such equipments from the schools is a concerning issue in Salt Lake City. Libby Doggett, Head of early-childhood education office in Obama administration, visited the Granite School … [Read more...]
Utah teen held for chasing stolen car of his grandfather
A 14-year-old boy was arrested by the Syracuse police for chasing through a park and residential area in a stolen car. Police began chasing the stolen car after it entered the park because of safety concerns and entered into the residential area. According to the police officials, the chase ended on Saturday evening when the car struck a truck. The truck driver intentionally blocked the boy … [Read more...]
Utah High School Yearbook Photos Altered To Show Less Skin
Wasatch High School administrators on Friday refused to apologize in the case of adding Photoshopped clothing to show less skin by covering the bare shoulders of at least seven girls in their yearbook photos. “We only apologize in the sense that we want to be more consistent with what we`re trying to do in that sense we can help kids better prepare for their future by knowing how to dress … [Read more...]
Utah teen gets up to 15 yrs imprisonment, but plea deal was just 180 days
The father of a Utah teenager, who is facing up to 15 years in prison on robbery charges, has claimed that the poor legal advice unfairly upgraded his son's plea deal sentence from 180 days in jail to 1 to 15 years in prison. 16-year Cooper Van Huizen was awarded with 1 to 15 years of imprisonment for taking part in a house robbery with friends. The judgement has left his parents and closed … [Read more...]
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