A wanted suspect barricaded himself inside a Taylorsville home, triggering a shelter-in-place order as SWAT responded nearby.

A train-versus-auto accident is causing 25-to-30-minute Green Line delays between Jackson/Euclid and Salt Lake City International Airport.

Salt Lake County has reported its first human West Nile case of 2026 as positive mosquito pools climb across Utah. The infected adult is expected to recover fully.

Volunteers say West Valley City Animal Services is relying on portable coolers as shelter humidity rises above recommended levels.

Salt Lake City hits the lower 100s Sunday with a Heat Advisory through Monday night. County cool zones are open and officials urge extra precautions.

Medetomidine — a veterinary sedative nicknamed "rhino tranq" — has been detected in Utah's illicit drug supply, complicating overdoses and emergency response.

A Weber State parade float trailer detached on an I-15 ramp in Ogden and struck a sedan. The sedan's driver was taken to a local hospital and is not critically injured.

Riverton approved a new fireworks restriction map through July 25 that closes creek and canal corridors and most land east of 1300 West to consumer fireworks.

The BLM has posted 35 Utah parcels — roughly 34,596 acres — for a possible oil-and-gas lease sale and opened a 30-day protest window that closes Aug. 21. Local groups and developers now have until 4 p.m. Mountain Time to file protests or comments.

A 30-year-old inmate is charged after an April attack at the Utah State Correctional Facility that left a cellmate hospitalized with a collapsed lung.

Children reported repeated belt beatings and forced punishments; a Draper man was booked and is being held while police and DCFS investigate.

A new Utah Foundation report urges earlier reentry planning, individualized case plans and metric changes to lower repeat prisonings while spotlighting high per‑inmate costs.

A Salt Lake man with prior terroristic‑threat convictions was charged after prosecutors say he left threatening voicemails for the Salt Lake County DA's office, court filings show.