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Utah News Dispatch11 months ago

No one knows whether Trump’s $50B for rural health will be enough

By: Anna Claire Vollers – July 20, 20256:00 am A ranch owner brings in a load of hay from her ranch in Texas in 2024. Experts...
Utah News Dispatch11 months ago

‘The beginning of justice’

By: Danielle Prokop, Julia Goldberg – July 20, 20256:00 am The Trinity test (Public domain photo via Los Alamos National Laboratory) The July 16, 2025 80th...
Utah News Dispatch11 months ago

Utah ‘No Kings’ organizers say governor was ‘grossly misinformed’ about peacekeeper warning

By: Katie McKellar – July 19, 20256:00 am First responders tend to a man injured in a shooting at the “No Kings” protest in Salt Lake...
Utah News Dispatch11 months ago

Tracking Medicaid patients’ work status may prove difficult for states

By: Shalina Chatlani – July 19, 20256:00 am A construction worker sprays water on his face during a break in maintenance work along Pennsylvania Avenue in...
Utah News Dispatch11 months ago

Utah Gov. Cox says state warned ‘No Kings’ organizers it was a ‘bad idea’ to use ‘peacekeepers’

By: Katie McKellar – July 18, 20256:01 am People take part in the “No Kings” protest in Salt Lake City on Saturday, June 14, 2025. (Photo...
Utah News Dispatch11 months ago

While agreeing with the ‘principle,’ Cox worries about rural consequences of defunding public media

By: Alixel Cabrera – July 18, 20256:01 am Gov. Spencer Cox responds to a reporter’s question during the PBS Utah Governor’s Monthly News Conference held at...
Utah News Dispatch11 months ago

Elon Musk says he’ll launch the ‘America Party.’ Can he get candidates on the ballot?

By: Jonathan Shorman – July 18, 20256:01 am Elon Musk listens as reporters ask President Donald Trump and South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa questions in the...
Utah News Dispatch11 months ago

With public safety update, ‘disappointed’ SLC mayor asks state to take city requests more seriously

By: Alixel Cabrera – July 17, 20256:01 am Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall provides a public safety plan update at a news conference in front...
Utah News Dispatch11 months ago

Utah confirms another measles case, bringing the state’s count to 10

By: Katie McKellar – July 17, 20256:01 am A worker fills a syringe with measles vaccine in Lubbock, Texas, in March. Measles cases have reached a...
Utah News Dispatch11 months ago

House committee rejects Trump effort to allow slaughter of wild horses

By: Dana Gentry – July 17, 20256:01 am Wild horses in the Northern Nevada Virginia Range. (Photo courtesy of the American Wild Horse Campaign) President Donald...
Utah News Dispatch11 months ago

A Chinese-owned company tried to buy land near Provo Airport. Utah blocked it, Gov. Cox says

By: Katie McKellar – July 17, 20256:01 am Utah Gov. Spencer Cox announces Utah officials had blocked an attempted land purchase by a Chinese-owned company of...
Utah News Dispatch11 months ago

These immigrants were supposed to be protected. The administration came for them anyway

By: Emily Rodriguez – July 16, 20256:00 am People take part in the “No Kings” protest in Salt Lake City on Saturday, June 14, 2025. (Photo...
Utah News Dispatch11 months ago

Utah County mosquito pool tests positive for West Nile virus

By: Alixel Cabrera – July 16, 20256:00 am A Utah County Health Department staff member collects samples. The department is monitoring for West Nile virus. (Photo...
Utah News Dispatch11 months ago

Public school enrollment continues to fall

By: Robbie Sequeira – July 16, 20256:00 am Students work in a class at Wasatch Junior High School in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, March 12,...
Utah News Dispatch11 months ago

Could Utah re-file its public lands lawsuit? The state — and a judge — are deliberating

By: Alixel Cabrera – July 15, 20256:00 am Third District Court Judge Thaddeus May during a hearing on Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance’s complaint against Utah’s public...
Utah News Dispatch11 months ago

Utah corrections officials say they’ll be ready to execute Ralph Menzies by firing squad

By: Katie McKellar – July 15, 20256:00 am The chair used for firing squad executions is shown in the execution chamber at the Utah State Correctional...
Utah News Dispatch11 months ago

Pam Bondi drops case mid-trial of Utah doctor accused of faking COVID-19 cards, destroying vaccines

By: McKenzie Romero – July 15, 20256:00 am The Orrin G. Hatch United States Courthouse is pictured in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, May 7, 2025....
Utah News Dispatch11 months ago

Nevada mine delayed amid lithium price plunge

By: Jeniffer Solis – July 13, 20256:02 am The south basin of Rhyolite Ridge. (Photo: Ioneer) A proposed lithium-boron mine in Nevada has been delayed for...
Utah News Dispatch11 months ago

Federal funding cuts, cost of living dominate questions as Democrats end town hall series in Utah

By: Alixel Cabrera – July 12, 20256:00 am Panelists at “The People’s Townhall,” Rep. Sara Jacobs, R-California, Brian King, Rep. Grant Miller, Clare Collard, Jeff Worthington...
Utah News Dispatch11 months ago

Utah town of Bluff awarded international dark sky designation

By: Katie McKellar – July 12, 20256:00 am The town of Bluff, Utah was certified by DarkSky International as a Dark Sky community on June 24,...
Utah News Dispatch11 months ago

Utah man dies in fall in Glacier National Park climbing accident

By: Micah Drew – July 12, 20256:00 am The east face of Mount Gould in Glacier National Park viewed from the Many Glacier Valley. (Glacier National...
Utah News Dispatch11 months ago

Utah hospitals ‘deeply concerned’ about Medicaid cuts. Rural areas could lose an estimated $870M

By: Katie McKellar – July 12, 20256:00 am Blue Mountain Hospital, a critical access hospital in Blanding, Utah. (Courtesy of the Utah Hospital Association) Kane County...
Utah News Dispatch11 months ago

Salt Lake D.A. uses Utah’s newly created ‘child torture’ law

By: Kyle Dunphey – July 11, 20256:00 am The Salt Lake County District Attorney building in Salt Lake City is pictured on Wednesday, January 3, 2024....
Utah News Dispatch11 months ago

With Rep. Owens absent, Democrats to hold Utah town hall in his place

By: Alixel Cabrera – July 11, 20256:00 am Brian King speaks at the Utah Democratic Convention at Ogden High School on May 31, 2025. (Alixel Cabrera/Utah...
Utah News Dispatch11 months ago

Measles reaches highest level in 33 years, now in 39 states

By: Tim Henderson – July 11, 20256:00 am A worker fills a syringe with measles vaccine in Lubbock, Texas, in March. Measles cases have reached a...
Utah News Dispatch11 months ago

With the Oak Ridge Fire mostly contained, the work shifts to the ‘tough’ job of recovery

By: Shondiin Silversmith – July 11, 20256:00 am Navajo Nation Council Delegate Brenda Jesus talks with her team as they prepare to visit homes in the...
Utah News Dispatch11 months ago

Judge sets date for Ralph Menzies to die by firing squad as attorneys say his dementia is worsening

By: Kyle Dunphey – July 10, 20256:01 am Death row inmate Ralph Menzies appears in 3rd District Court on Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (Pool photo by...
Utah News Dispatch11 months ago

Commission won’t reconsider Rocky Mountain Power’s rate hike, calls request ‘offensive’

By: Alixel Cabrera – July 10, 20256:01 am Power transmission lines near the Lake Side natural gas power plant in Vineyard are pictured on Sunday, Feb....
Utah News Dispatch11 months ago

Utah home prices slowed in 2024 — but housing market still ranks among nation’s most expensive

By: Katie McKellar – July 10, 20256:01 am New homes are under construction in Spanish Fork on Tuesday, July 16, 2024. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for...
Utah News Dispatch11 months ago

Trump administration approves another energy project in Utah with expansion of oil train facility

By: Kyle Dunphey – July 9, 20256:00 am A Union Pacific train travels along the Colorado River near Cameo on May 16, 2023. (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline)...

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