Latest Utah Headlines
All the headlines from our Utah Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Speed Limit to go up Along Utah’s Wasatch Front
Nov 17 2014 // The Utah Department of Transportation is moving ahead with plans to raise freeway speed limits along the Wasatch Front from 65 mph to 70 mph. UDOT officials say while they’re seeking comment from affected cities and...
Utah Now Scene of Legal Battle Involving Rolling Stones
Nov 11 2014 // Insurance underwriters involved in a legal battle with the Rolling Stones over a $12.7 million claim have won permission to seek evidence in Utah about the mental health of Mick Jagger’s girlfriend before she took...
Utah School Bus Driver Allegedly Under Influence on Field Trip
Oct 15 2014 // A Utah school bus driver was arrested Monday on suspicion of DUI after driving erratically and nearly hitting a car on a busy stretch of highway while taking 67 elementary-school students on a field trip, authorities...
Atwell Joins The Buckner Co.’s Healthcare Practice in Utah
Oct 8 2014 // Salt Lake City, Utah-based The Buckner Co. has named Robert F. Atwell as the firm’s healthcare practice leader. Atwell’s primary focus will be on serving the region’s healthcare community. Atwell has 40...
Gabers with Leavitt in Utah Named to Voluntary Benefits Association Board
Oct 6 2014 // Heather Garbers, a voluntary benefits executive with Leavitt Group’s Salt Lake City, Utah office, GBS Benefits Inc., was named to the Voluntary Benefits Association’s advisory board. Garbers is a voluntary plan...
Case Of Utah Boy Who Killed Himself Gets Settled
Oct 1 2014 // The family of a 14-year-old Utah boy who say their son was bullied prior to committing suicide outside a school in a Salt Lake City suburb has reached a settlement with the school district, the two sides announced...
Forecast Calls for More Drought Next Year Across West
Sep 23 2014 // Forecasters say severe drought or worse will continue into next year across much of the West, including parts of western Utah, most of Nevada and practically all of California. Below-normal precipitation and normal or...
Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges Filed on Utah Man
Sep 19 2014 // A Utah man who suffered a knee injury while working at the Montana State Prison is charged with defrauding the state worker’s compensation fund by collecting total disability benefits while running a construction...
Utah City Argues It’s Not at Fault for Landslide
Sep 8 2014 // A Utah city says it’s not to blame for a landslide that crushed a home in early August and forced evacuations in a mountainside community. No one was injured when the hillside tumbled on Aug. 5 in a subdivision about...
Utah City Argues it’s Not At Fault For Landslide
Aug 21 2014 // A Utah city says it’s not to blame for a landslide that crushed a home earlier this month and forced evacuations in a mountainside community. No one was injured when the hillside tumbled on Aug. 5 in a subdivision...
San Diego Comic-Con Files Trademark Suit Against Utah Convention
Aug 18 2014 // Organizers of the biggest comic-book convention in the nation sued their counterparts in Salt Lake City over the event’s name, saying it confuses fans into thinking the two are affiliated. San Diego Comic-Con’s...
San Diego Comic-Con Files Trademark Suit Against Utah Convention
Aug 11 2014 // Organizers of the biggest comic-book convention in the nation sued their counterparts in Salt Lake City over the event’s name, saying it confuses fans into thinking the two are affiliated. San Diego Comic-Con’s...
Steep Fines Reported by Utah Rideshare Drivers
Aug 11 2014 // Drivers for smartphone-based ridesharing services are facing steep fines from Salt Lake City officials, who assert the drivers are running unlicensed taxi services. Some drivers for the app-based service Lyft say...
The Buckner Company in Utah Makes Leadership Changes
Aug 4 2014 // Salt Lake City, Utah-based The Buckner Co. is making several leadership changes. Terry H. Buckner, formerly the president and CEO, will now serve as chairman and CEO. Buckner plans to focus more of his attention now on...
Jury Awards Families $2.4M in Lawsuit Over Utah Couple’s Kayaking Death
Jul 25 2014 // A jury has faulted state and local agencies in the 2010 deaths of a Utah married couple kayaking in the Jordan River. Family members of Kelly Frye-Glasser and Joseph Glasser on Tuesday won their case arguing that officials...
As America Overall Ages with Boomers, Energy States See Youth Boom
Jul 21 2014 // Seven states, including five in the Great Plains, saw their median age decline between 2012 and 2013, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates. At the same time, the median age for the United States as a whole ticked up...
As America Overall Ages with Boomers, Energy States See Youth Boom
Jul 7 2014 // Seven states, including five in the Great Plains, saw their median age decline between 2012 and 2013, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates. At the same time, the median age for the U.S. as a whole ticked up from 37. 5...
Harris Named Utah Captive Audit Manager
Jul 2 2014 // Benjamin M. Harris will be joining the Utah’s Captive Insurance Division as an audit manager. Harris, a CPA, will join Travis Wegkamp, also an audit manager, in directing the examinations for the captive insurers in...
As America Overall Ages with Boomers, Energy States See Youth Boom
Jun 26 2014 // Seven states, including five in the Great Plains, saw their median age decline between 2012 and 2013, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates. At the same time, the median age for the U.S. as a whole ticked up from 37.5...
Answer Financial Inc. Opens Insurance Sales Office in Utah
Jun 4 2014 // Encino, Calif.-based Answer Financial Inc. will open a fourth office in Ogden, Utah. The office, adjacent to operations for sister company Esurance, opens this summer. The office is currently taking applications for sales...
