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Heavy rainfall has boosted reservoir levels across Utah, including in Wasatch County. Deer Creek State Park reports water levels rose to over 50% full in October. That's an increase of more than 6,600 acre-feet between Oct. 6 and Nov. 5, enough to fill more than 3,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
New charging documents detail the obstruction of justice allegations against Wasatch County Sheriff Jared Rigby and former Summit County Sheriff Dave Edmunds. Jared Rigby tried to use false information, anonymous letters and fellow law enforcement leaders to discredit his challengers and secure a third term as Wasatch County’s sheriff.
On Jan. Rigby allegedly called Heber City Police Chief Parker Sever on Jan. 7 to inquire about the status of the records request, the same day Mainord filed to declare his candidacy for Wasatch County sheriff. Later that day, Rigby called Summit County Sheriff Kacey Bates to arrange an in-person meeting to discuss his campaign.
Preliminary general election results are in for Wasatch County, with Republican candidate Jeremy Hales leading the vote for sheriff. Hales, Wasatch County’s emergency management director, was running against unaffiliated candidate Paul Moore.
The Republican hopes to succeed Wasatch County Sheriff Jared Rigby, who exits under the cloud of a felony indictment. Wasatch County Emergency Management Director Jeremy Hales is leading the race for sheriff by more than 4,000 votes after elections officials released the first batch of results Tuesday night.
Republicans lead across the board in Wasatch County races, according to Tuesday night's election results. Republicans Rachel Kahler, Erik Rowland and Michael Murphy led the Wasatch County Council races in preliminary election results late Tuesday with more numbers expected Wednesday.
Wasatch County School District leaders want to keep a homebuilding program — and the legacy of its mentor — alive. The Wasatch County School District’s homebuilding program is running out of land. High school students build one home a year through the program.
A mare rescued from Lake Powell has been adopted by a Blanding, Utah resident. The horse, Emma Dean, is now settling into a new home with a pasture companion.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Department of Corrections is disputing the claims that inmates at the state prisons were not getting adequate care during a month-long lockdown. The lockdown was initiated at both state prison locations — Salt Lake City and Gunnison — after a correctional officer was violently attacked and seriously injured at the Central Utah Correctional Facility on Sept. 24.
The state’s southernmost ski area, and the one with the highest base, saw snow — but also warm temperatures. Brian Head Resort is pumping the brakes on the hype over this super El Niño winter — and on its targeted opening day. In August, Utah’s southernmost resort optimistically set this Friday as the tentative first day of its — and the state’s — 2026-27 ski and snowboard season.
A planned year-round market at Pioneer Park is off, but Salt Lake City’s summer market will return, and its winter market opens at the former Leonardo Museum for a second season on Saturday, Nov. 14.
Professional skijoring will return to the Wasatch Back this winter with high-speed competition at a new location. The 2027 Frontier Tour will stop in Utah twice along with new events in Denver, Colorado, and Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Skijoring pairs a horse and rider with a skier or snowboarder racing behind them through a snow-packed course of gates, jumps, rings and obstacles.
The Utah State Board of Education held a meeting on November 5, 2026, during which members celebrated new Utah Teacher of the Year Daren Lentz and swore in Katrina Gibson to a District 2 vacancy. The board also addressed various administrative rules, standards, and statutory change requests.