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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah tribal leader has been ousted from office after being accused of improperly accepting gifts from Washington's NFL team, which has long been criticized for its name. Members of the council of the Cedar City-based Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah say they voted unanimously to remove Chairwoman Gari Lafferty. Lafferty maintains the dispute is about her leadership style.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — President Barack Obama is scheduled to deliver an economic speech this morning at northern Utah's Hill Air Force Base. This will be his first visit to Utah as president. The White House has released few details about the visit or whether the president will make any public appearances.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah host of a genealogy-themed radio show has helped local detectives contact family members of a woman whose remains were found recently in Davis County after she went missing decades ago. Fruit Heights resident Scott Fisher is the host of the syndicated genealogy radio show "Extreme Genes." He helped locate the family of Theresa Rose Greaves, who disappeared in August 1983.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man got a surprise when he stopped to pull a large orange bag off the highway, fearing that it would become a traffic hazard. The Deseret News reports Dan Kennedy he found stacks of cash inside the bag and called Utah Highway Patrol to report the money. Utah Highway Patrol says the bag fell out of a Brink's armored truck when it drove over a bump on the exit ramp. It was unclear how much money it contained.
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