Last week, Utah’s soon-to-be Governor, Gary Herbert, backed off on a promised probe into the cause of the failure of the Logan Northern Canal on July 11th with spokeswoman Angela Welling calling it…
The Salt Lake County District Attorney’s office has filed charges of one count of attempted murder, a first degree felony, and two counts of aggravated assault, third-degree felonies, against a…
Dr. Warren Stack, the so-called ‘Candy Man,’ is off to prison to serve the eight year sentence Judge Tena Campbell handed down in federal court in Salt Lake City. The charges against Stack stem from…
Just as the victims of the landslide caused by the collapse of the Logan Northern Canal were being laid to rest, federal engineers were floating proposals for the future of the canal. The first is…
Kidde, along with the Consumer Product Safety Commission, has voluntarily recalled certain P12000 model smoke detectors manufactured between August 2008 and May 2009. It is believed that an…
As I reported the other day, a 9-year-old-girl fell in the Provo River near Bridal Veil Falls on Monday and was swept downstream away from the helping hands of nearby family members. She was found…
A Wonder Bread truck driver was arrested Monday by the Utah Highway Patrol after a road rage incident on Interstate 15 in Weber County. A Roy family traveling in a Mazada 6 were approached from…
Last November, Michael Starks, an 18-year-old freshman at Utah State University and Sigma Nu pledge, died of alcohol poisoning after a hazing event. On the night of his death, Starks’ future…
A weekend tragedy highlights a risk that may not be so obvious in the heat of summer. A father is dead after attempting to save his young sons from the effects of cold water. The family was at Upper…
Six people were killed and three were seriously injured in a two-car, high speed crash that happened at 1:00 a.m. Saturday morning near the Great Salt Lake State Park. A Dodge Stratus with seven…
A new report has shown the cost of medical malpractice lawsuits is insignificant to the total cost of health care. As detailed in the report, the total share of malpractice costs was less than 1% of…
This is my fourth installment in a series on the Logan Northern Canal disaster. The canal failed last Saturday and a landslide completely destroyed a home; three people inside, a mother and her two…
