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81-year-old injured by hit-and-run driver in South Salt Lake
SOUTH SALT LAKE, Utah, July 18, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — Police are seeking the public’s help catching up with a hit-and-run driver in South Salt Lake who put a man in the hospital. SSL Police late Thursday night shared a photo of the suspect black sedan involved in...
Silver Alert issued after 67-year-old West Valley man goes missing
PHOENIX — Authorities issued a Silver Alert on Thursday for a missing 67-year-old West Valley man with a cognitive condition. Robert Yates was discovered missing from his home near 96th Avenue and Van Buren Street in Tolleson around 7 p.m. the previous night. He might be wearing a baseball...
Wasatch Back affordable housing has positive return on investment, study says
Mountainlands Community Housing Trust advocates for and helps create affordable housing in Summit and Wasatch counties. And a study the nonprofit commissioned shows affordable housing has net positive economic impacts for the Wasatch Back. But local leaders fear the study leaves out costs and downsides. Consultants at Economic & Planning...
Lyman loses records request challenge, but lawsuit for Cox signatures is still pending
State Rep. Phil Lyman continued his effort to inspect election processes and question the legitimacy of incumbent Gov. Spencer Cox’s campaign on Thursday, in a busy day that included a State Records Committee meeting in the morning and a court hearing in the afternoon. It was a packed house and with an at-times unruly crowd […] The post Lyman loses records request challenge, but lawsuit for Cox signatures is still pending appeared first on Utah News Dispatch.
Siblings can expedite learning opportunities both academically and emotionally
WEST JORDAN — Formal learning may be on break for the summer, but experts tell parents not to overlook the powerful lessons siblings can teach each other at home. Peyton Aspiazu is one smart 5-year-old. She knows her letters and numbers and is proud to share her newly minted skills with her 2-year-old brother, Cooper Aspiazu.
Four dead in a week: Heat leads to tragedies in state and national parks
Belyruth Ordóñez was an avid hiker. Over the past few summers, the 30-year-old and her parents had traveled to parks around Utah, where they lived, to hit the trails together. But on Saturday, the heat proved too severe and tragedy struck. Temperatures in Utah's Snow Canyon State Park...
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