Utah weather: Another comfortable afternoon with flooding concerns once again this weekend
Happy Wednesday, Utah! Another comfortable and dry afternoon ahead with plenty of sunshine and just a few clouds.
Residents decry proposed Wasatch Highlands town east of Heber
Heber Valley resident Joe Coombs and several others spoke out against preliminary municipalities at a public hearing Oct. 27. “I believe in every war in 1776 for things like this,” Coombs said at the event in Wasatch High School's auditorium. He was referring to the controversial 2024 law allowing landowners to form a town on undeveloped land on the promise of building new homes.
Alamogordo group pushes back on demolition of historic observatory
ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s one of New Mexico’s most storied observatories, as Sarah Moody recalls, “It was opened in 1947 by the Air Force base to study solar weather, because they learned that it was affecting the radio communications at the time,” going on to say, “The big telescope, the Dunn Solar Telescope, was […]
They were not on a floodplain, but lost their homes anyway
Floodwaters damaged more than 50 homes in Farmington’s Harper Valley neighborhood, leaving families without flood insurance wondering how they will rebuild.
Las Cruces in ‘infested zone’ after new screwworm cases at NMSU
Las Cruces and other southern New Mexico communities are now in ‘infested zones’ after new cases of New World screwworm were discovered. New Mexico officials have announced two cases of screwworm in Doña Ana County after a sheep on the New Mexico State University campus and a cow at an off-campus location were found to be infected by the flesh eating larvae.
Santa Fe Couple Finds 11 Completed Ballots Stuffed Into Their Vacation Mail
A Santa Fe couple found 11 completed absentee ballots belonging to other voters in mail held while they were away on vacation. County Clerk Katharine Clark retrieved the ballots herself that night, driving through flooding during a tornado warning. Clark said she learned about the ballots from a Nextdoor post...
Cybersecurity incident forces New Mexico hospital to turn away patients
The University of New Mexico Health System was hit by a cybersecurity problem that resulted in ambulances being redirected and patients’ appointments being canceled or rescheduled. Dozens of medical facilities within the state’s network were affected by the breach. The cause of the incident is currently unknown as...
SDDOC: Search underway for RC state prison offender
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – A search is underway for a state prison offender. According to a news release from the South Dakota Department of Corrections, 41-year-old James Traversie left the Rapid City Minimum Center on Wednesday to go to his assigned work release employment, but never showed up at his jobsite. He is currently […]
Rapid City Regional Airport opens first phase of terminal expansion
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - Rapid City Regional Airport is giving travelers an early look at its terminal expansion, opening new airline ticket counters and a new inline baggage system designed to streamline check-in and improve passenger flow. Passengers will now check in on the east side of the terminal...
Forget your ID at the polls? Voting by affidavit has changed … slightly
Forget your identification when you went to the polls? Voters in Idaho can attest to their identity using an affidavit, a legally binding document that comes with consequences for declaring incorrect information. Changes to the voter affidavit process under this year’s Senate Bill 1322 now require telephone verification of voter...
