Living Planet Aquarium moving to Draper
The Living Planet Aquarium is planning a move to Draper after working out a public-private financing package.
The plan is still conceptual, Maureen Riley warns. How it will be executed is unclear, and it's likely to change.
It's late February, and that means many of you have gathered your W-2s and other 2011 financial information.
Education bill requiring suicide training passes committee
SALT LAKE CITY — After hearing alarming testimony on the rate of suicides in Utah, the House Education Standing Committee unanimously forwarded a bill that would require suicide prevention training for Utah public school... Read more »
House committee passes $3M charter school bill
SALT LAKE CITY — The House Education Standing Committee voted Wednesday to send a bill to the full House that seeks $3 million in one-time funds to establish a Charter School Reserve Account. Sen. John Valentine,... Read more »
Utah House passes abstinence-only sex education bill
SALT LAKE CITY — State lawmakers moved a step closer Wednesday to making human sexuality instruction in Utah public schools abstinence-only or nothing at all. After long and sometimes uncomfortable debate, the House passed... Read more »
Bill updates texting while driving ban to new technology
SALT LAKE CITY — Texting while driving became illegal in Utah in 2009. Three years later, rapidly changing cellphone technology has lawmakers scrambling to catch up. A new proposal, SB98, would update the texting ban to... Read more »
Vets say 'stolen valor' issue before Supreme Court not a victimless crime
WASHINGTON — It has been almost 200 years since Napoleon Bonaparte said, "A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon." A case heard in the Supreme Court Wednesday... Read more »
Leonardo contractor sues Salt Lake City for $1M
SALT LAKE CITY — The contractor hired by Salt Lake City to renovate and remodel the building that now houses The Leonardo is suing the city for failing to pay nearly $1 million for completed construction work. In a lawsuit... Read more »
Slain, wounded Weber County officers honored in Utah Senate, House
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Legislature paused Wednesday to honor six officers who were shot, one fatally, while serving a drug warrant in Ogden on Jan. 4. In ceremonies in the Senate and in... Read more »
Utah attorney general joins others in challenging new Google privacy policy
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff has teamed up with a number of his fellow attorneys general in taking a stand against a new Google privacy policy. Their concern is that the new policy will increase the... Read more »
Senate approves bill restricting minors from tanning beds
SALT LAKE CITY — A bill that would penalize minors for using tanning beds without parental consent, passed through the Senate Wednesday. SB41 sponsor Sen. Pat Jones, D-Salt Lake City, called it a "big win," as the fifth... Read more »
Quadruplets on-track for Feb. 29 delivery
After more than 32 weeks of carrying quadruplets, Natalie Consolo has taken to joking — every single day — that she's ready to deliver those babies. Read more »
Downtown businesses adopting City Creek monikers
The Salt Lake City Marriott Downtown announced that it will now be known by its new name, the Salt Lake Marriott Downtown at City Creek. Read more »
Police: Drunk man gives keys to 15-year-old who had also been drinking, resulting in crash
Salt Lake police are trying to sort through the details of a rollover accident involving a 15-year-old unlicensed driver who had been drinking. Read more »
Mike Lee pushes states' rights during visit to Legislature
As the youngest member of the U.S. Senate, Mike Lee says he has often had trouble getting into Senate chambers. Read more »
Appeals court denies request from Brigham City doctor to delay prison sentence
Pill doctor Dewey C. MacKay will not be allowed to stay out of prison pending the appeal of his conviction. Read more »
Salt Lake Valley Health Department looks to tweak noise pollution regulation
Living next to a noisy construction zone might not be the same as having the occasional rambunctious, partying neighbors, but the Salt Lake Valley Health Department is proposing action to deal with... Read more »
Appeal filed in Debra Brown's 'factual innocence' case
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Attorney General's office filed an appeal Tuesday with the Utah State Supreme Court, challenging the "factual innocence" ruling of Debra Brown. Brown was... Read more »
Man pulled from Salt Lake house fire dies
An autopsy was expected to be conducted Wednesday on an 81-year-old man who died after being pulled from his burning house on Tuesday. Read more »
Photos: Catholics celebrate beginning of Lent with Ash Wednesday Mass
Catholics marked the beginning of Lent with Ash Wednesday Mass Read more »
People magazine to publish Elizabeth Smart wedding photos
The bride wore a white dress. The groom a traditional Scottish kilt. People magazine has the exclusive photos from Elizabeth Smart's last-minute marriage in Hawaii. Read more »
Bill would require all Utah schools K-12 to recite pledge daily
Every morning in every Utah public school class, students may be required by law to stand, put their hands over their hearts and recite the Pledge of Allegiance, under legislation that advanced... Read more »
Bountiful woman stabbed boyfriend to death, police say
A Bountiful woman was booked into the Davis County Jail overnight after police say she stabbed and killed her boyfriend. Read more »
Progress made, but it could be weeks before decision is made on S.L. Marathon
U.S. Road Sports met the city's deadline for staging the Salt Lake marathon — mostly. Read more »
Bill to ban e-cigarettes, hookah smoking passes House
The Utah House approved a proposal to ban the smoking of hookah pipes and e-cigarettes in public places,. Read more »
New Utah revenue numbers 'disappointing'
New projections released Tuesday giving lawmakers another $14 million to spend this session fell short of some expectations. Read more »
Susan Cox Powell, sons to be memorialized with sculpture
Hiram Bertoch lives just a few blocks from the West Valley home Susan Cox Powell once shared with her husband and two sons. Read more »
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