Utah Politics News

August 5, 2009 - 04:50 pm
NEWS FEED: Salt Lake Tribune

Depleted uranium headed to Utah

More trains filled with depleted uranium are coming to Utah.
Even as state regulators consider a moratorium on new shipments of depleted uranium, a radioactive material that becomes more hazardous over time, the U.

August 5, 2009 - 01:00 pm
NEWS FEED: StandardNet

Bell officially nominated to be lieutenant governor

The Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY - Lt. Gov. Gary Herbert has tapped Senate Assistant Majority Whip Greg Bell, from Fruit Heights, to succeed him as lieutenant governor once he's sworn in as the state's top executive.

August 5, 2009 - 01:00 pm
NEWS FEED: StandardNet

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August 5, 2009 - 01:00 pm
NEWS FEED: StandardNet

FBI, other agencies disarm pipe bomb in Farmington

FARMINGTON -- A potentially dangerous pipe bomb was found and disarmed by several law enforcement agencies early Tuesday evening, according to the Salt Lake City Federal Bureau of Investigation.

August 5, 2009 - 01:00 pm
NEWS FEED: StandardNet

Task force asked to look at Utah canal system

SALT LAKE CITY -- Lt. Gov. Gary Herbert has tasked a state water panel with investigating who is responsible for bringing Utah's antiquated canal systems into the 21st Century.

August 5, 2009 - 01:00 pm
NEWS FEED: StandardNet

Remodeler hospitalized; paint fumes may have sparked blast

KAYSVILLE -- Neighbors rushed to help a Kaysville man who was burned from his head to his feet Tuesday in an explosion that may have been caused by paint fumes. "He was hurting," said Ruth De La Torre.

August 5, 2009 - 01:00 pm
NEWS FEED: StandardNet

Utah man charged for allegedly having pipe bomb

FARMINGTON -- A man has been arrested and charged after police say he made a pipe bomb and kept it at his home.

August 5, 2009 - 01:00 pm
NEWS FEED: StandardNet

Rabid bat attacks two girls in Liberty

LIBERTY - An attack by a rabid bat has health officials reminding residents to stay away from wild animals.

August 5, 2009 - 01:00 pm
NEWS FEED: StandardNet

Court reinstates road ban in national forests

WASHINGTON -- A federal appeals court Wednesday blocked road construction in more than 50 million acres of pristine national forests.

August 5, 2009 - 01:00 pm
NEWS FEED: StandardNet

Convicted child molester still maintains innocence, seeks reimbursement for time served

OGDEN -- A man who says he was wrongfully imprisoned for 15 years and is suing the state for damages had his first day in court Tuesday. The case is the first to come to court under a two-year-old state law that lays out the process for wrongfully imprisoned inmates to seek compensation for their years behind bars.