Utah

Meet The Restaurateurs Fighting To Save The Grand Staircase-Escalante Monument

12:44pm July 30, 2018

by Sara Ventiera

Hell's Backbone Grill is an acclaimed restaurant founded nearly 20 years ago at the edge of the Utah monument. Now, amid controversy, its owners are battling Trump's plans to downsize the land.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster waves next to President Trump during a rally at Airport High School in West Columbia, S.C., on Monday.

Politics & Government

Primaries To Watch: Will Trump Endorsements Be Enough To Protect GOP Incumbents?

3:18pm June 26, 2018

by Jessica Taylor

The president's record of picking winners is mixed, and two races test his ability to move voters today. Democratic activists try to win a big governor's race and knock off a party leader in Congress.

A Canadian mining firm says it will begin exploration work soon on land that was previously part of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah.

National

Firm Prepares To Mine Land Previously Protected As A National Monument

4:21pm June 21, 2018

by Shannon Van Sant

The land used to be within the boundary of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah. President Trump slashed the protected acreage by nearly half last year.

Flames and smoke billow skyward as a wildfire burns near Durango, Colo. on June 7, 2018. The 416 Fire continued to burn more than 27,000 acres Wednesday morning, causing the closure of a nearby national forest.

National

Wildfires Blaze Across Parts Of Southwest

2:30am June 14, 2018

by Daniella Cheslow

The fires have shut down the San Juan National Forest and destroyed homes in the tourist hub of Moab, Utah.

Carb-heavy comfort food is familiar to Mormons, here in the form of a popular dish called funeral potatoes.

Mormon Funeral Potatoes: The Carb-Heavy Meal For The End of The World

8:00am May 30, 2018

by Ash Sanders

Call it disaster preparedness cooking: A Utah company began running Facebook ads for an instant version of a staple Mormon comfort food ... because pantries should be stocked for the Second Coming.

Laurie Holt holds a photograph of her son, Joshua Holt, at her home, in Riverton, Utah. Holt, who has been held in a Venezuelan jail for two years, uploaded a video plea for his released to Facebook this week.

World News

State Dept. Has 'Serious Concerns' For Safety Of Utah Man Imprisoned In Venezuela

5:23am May 18, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Earlier this week, 26-year-old Joshua Holt, who has been jailed in the South American country since 2016, uploaded a video to Facebook expressing fear that fellow inmates were trying to kill him.

Madison Jensen, 21, died on Dec. 1, 2016, of a cardiac arrhythmia due to dehydration and opiate withdrawal while in custody of the Duchesne County, Utah, jail.

National

Utah Jails, Prisons To Get New Safety Standards After Deaths And Controversy

1:46pm January 30, 2018

by Whittney Evans

Questions about the number of inmates dying in custody drew attention to the standards. A former Corrections chief said existing safety standards contained trade secrets, and would not release them.

Broken Bow Arch rises from Willow Canyon in the Escalante Canyons region of Utah's Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.

Trump Orders Largest National Monument Reduction In U.S. History

9:32pm December 04, 2017

by Kirk Siegler

In a speech in Utah on Monday, President Trump announced that his administration will shrink the Bears Ears National Monument by roughly 85 percent and the Grand Staircase by about half its size.

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President-elect Donald Trump calls out to the media as Mitt Romney leaves Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in Bedminster, N.J., shortly after Election Day. Romney was under consideration for secretary of state at the time. Now, he's eyeing a Senate rac

Politics & Government

Is Trump Waging A Hidden Campaign Against Mitt Romney?

7:26pm December 04, 2017

by Mara Liasson

When the president went to Utah on Monday, he may have been working to keep Romney from having a path through that state to the Senate — and a perch as the top non-Trump Republican in Washington.

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Alex Wubbels, the nurse who was arrested for refusing to let a police officer draw blood from an unconscious patient, has settled with Salt Lake City and the University of Utah for $500,000. Wubbels is shown here during an interview in September.

Utah Nurse Arrested For Doing Her Job Reaches $500,000 Settlement

12:46pm November 01, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

Body camera footage showed a Salt Lake City officer roughly arresting nurse Alex Wubbels for following a hospital policy. She plans to use some of the money to help others get access to police video.