Latest Utah Headlines
All the headlines from our Utah Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Insurers Win Antitrust ‘Steering’ Lawsuits Filed by Body Shops
Mar 16 2020 // A federal appellate court threw out most of the claims by automotive body shops in Indiana, Utah and Mississippi that alleged that major insurers violated antitrust laws and engaged in anticompetitive practices by steering...
Self-Driving EasyMile Shuttles Suspended After Passenger Injury in Ohio
Feb 26 2020 // U.S. vehicle safety regulators on Feb. 25 said they had ordered a suspension of passenger operations for 16 autonomous shuttles operated by France-based EasyMile after a passenger was injured in an unexplained braking...
NFP Names Ongkiko Managing Director of Utah Office
Feb 26 2020 // NFP has named Michael Ongkiko managing director of its Utah Office. Ongkiko will lead the Utah office and be responsible for developing new business opportunities, expanding relationships and growing the NFP service...
Icy Roads Caused Dozens of Crashes in Utah
Feb 19 2020 // Icy roads caused multiple crashes and temporary highway closures in Utah on Monday, officials reported. There were at least 84 crashes statewide Monday morning since midnight, according to the Utah Highway Patrol. Most...
Idaho Football Players Win Settlement in False Arrest Lawsuit
Feb 18 2020 // A Utah county agreed to pay more than $10,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by two Idaho State University football players who said they were falsely arrested during a bank robbery investigation. Nehemiah McFarlin and Atoatasi...
UT-Austin Acknowledges 17 Cases of Employee Sexual Misconduct
Jan 13 2020 // Seventeen employees at the University of Texas at Austin, including three faculty members and one research fellow, were found to have violated the flagship’s sexual misconduct policies between November 2017 and...
Utah Republican Party Settles Americans With Disabilities Act Lawsuit
Jan 7 2020 // The Utah County Republican Party and Utah Republican Party have settled a lawsuit filed by two party members over the Americans with Disabilities Act. As part of the settlement the Utah Republican Party will update...
Utah Woman Sues Mississippi Fair Over Super Slide Injury
Dec 12 2019 // A Utah woman sued Mississippi’s Fair Commission for negligence and emotional anguish, saying she went airborne on a 40-foot (12-meter) super slide and injured her back. Lindsay Casperson of Kaysville, Utah, filed the...
Utah Extends Fire Restrictions in 11 Counties Until December Due to Dry Conditions
Nov 18 2019 // Seasonal fire restrictions are being extended in 11 Utah counties by a month due to what officials say are dry conditions and continued problems with controlling wildfires. The state Department of Natural Resources says...
Insurtech Root Expands Into Renters Market; Product Launched in 3 States
Nov 14 2019 // Root Insurance, a property casualty insurtech, has launched a streamlined renters insurance designed and personalized for consumers starting at $6 a month. In addition to covering customers’ personal property and...
UT/TT Poll: It’s a Highly Partisan Issue but Texans Say Climate Change Is Happening
Nov 7 2019 // Two-thirds of Texas registered voters believe climate change is happening, but their urgency about it varies considerably, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. Less than a quarter of voters —...
UT Study: Earthquakes in West Texas Have Dramatically Increased
Nov 5 2019 // West Texas has seen a dramatic increase in earthquakes, jumping from 19 in 2009 to 1,600 in 2017 alone, according to a new study published on Nov. 4 by the University of Texas at Austin. The study, which was published in...
Utah’s Vaping Rate Reportedly 6 Times Higher Than National Average
Oct 30 2019 // Jeffrey Manzanares started vaping nicotine two years ago because he thought it would be a safe way to quit smoking. Instead, it almost killed him. The 33-year-old construction worker spent 17 days in a Utah hospital last...
Utah Vape Shops Sue Health Department Over E-Cigarette Rule
Oct 28 2019 // Several Utah vape shops sued the state’s Department of Health over its emergency rule restricting the sale of flavored e-cigarettes amid a national outbreak of lung damage linked to vaping. In the lawsuit filed last...
Vape Pioneer Whose Product Sickened Dozens Started in Southern California
Oct 22 2019 // Some of the people rushing to emergency rooms thought the CBD vape they inhaled would help like a gentle medicine. Others puffed it for fun. What the vapors delivered instead was a jolt of synthetic marijuana, and with it...
Minor Earthquake Confirmed in Northern Utah’s Box Elder County
Sep 26 2019 // A minor earthquake shook was confirmed in parts of Box Elder County in northern Utah. County spokesman Mitch Zundel said there were many reports of people feeling the quake of magnitude 3.9 at 10:15 a.m. MDT on Tuesday,...
Bus in Utah With Chinese-Speaking Tourists Crashes in, Killing 4
Sep 23 2019 // A tour bus crashed on a highway running through the red-rock landscape of southern Utah on Friday, killing four people from China and injuring dozens more. The bus from Southern California rolled onto a guard rail,...
The Buckner Co. in Utah Names Kupfer Chief Sales Officer of Employee Benefits
Jul 30 2019 // The Buckner Co. has named Brad Kupfer chief sales officer of employee benefits. Kupfer will manage Buckner’s sales process for employee benefits in six offices. As a member of the senior executive team, Kupfer will...
Utah Medical Marijuana Program Getting on Track, 8 Growers Picked
Jul 22 2019 // Utah chose eight companies to legally grow medical cannabis for the first time in the conservative state, though the decision to award a smaller number of licenses raised concerns among advocates about whether supply would...
Utah Movie-Filtering Company Ordered by Jury to Pay $62M to Studios
Jul 1 2019 // A Utah-based movie-filtering company has been ordered to pay more than $62 million to Disney and other Hollywood studios. A California jury decided the damages last month against the company VidAngel, which had ripped the...
