SOUTH OGDEN — Just as demand for its services has doubled in the #MeToo era, a groundbreaking nonprofit group that helps sexual assault victims may lose its home.

LOGAN — Three of the four hopefuls for northern Utah’s seat in the U.S. House sparred Wednesday in their only debate, touching on immigration, gun control, global warming, development on public lands and more.

FARMINGTON — Farmington has a new city manager.

The sponsor of a repeatedly defeated Utah hate crimes bill is urging supporters not to be too discouraged.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Gov. Gary Herbert has appointed and sworn in Paradise farmer and former congressional aide Casey Snider to fill a Utah House vacancy created by the resignation of former Rep. Curt Webb, a fellow Republican.

ROY — The city of Roy will be growing.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal budget deficit has surged to $779 billion in fiscal 2018, its highest level in six years as President Donald Trump's tax cuts caused the government to borrow more heavily in order to cover its spending.

OGDEN — Weber State University is hosting a forum Thursday focused on the seven initiatives that will appear on election ballots.

Elections are coming up on Nov. 6. 

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. Rep. Mia Love clashed with her Democratic challenger Monday as she defends her seat in a close race where suburban voters have been wary of President Donald Trump and national Democrats are hoping for a win in a push to regain control of the House of Representatives.

OGDEN — Want to know who's telling the truth and who's stretching things when the candidates for the 1st District U.S. House seat meet in a debate on Wednesday?

ROY — After more than a year of debate and discussion, the Roy City Council is finally expected to act on the proposed annexation of six unincorporated islands within the city limits.

LAYTON — The Utah Transit Authority's Midtown Trolley in Layton now has the equipment to back up its name.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Low-income people in states that haven’t expanded Medicaid are much more likely to forgo needed medical care than the poor in other states, according to a government report released Monday amid election debates from Georgia to Utah over coverage for the needy.

OGDEN — A new, city-run information booth that doubles as a coffee shop and food stand is now open just outside the Ogden Municipal Building.

Prosecutors and civil liberties groups are calling for more treatment for mentally ill criminal arrestees, with the goal of helping more defendants to recover and avoid lengthy incarceration.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah civil rights advocacy group is worried that not all elections officials are prepared for an upcoming new provision.

FARMINGTON — Three expert witnesses condemned the medical treatment given Heather Miller, who fell from a Davis County Jail bunk and bled to death internally, court documents show.

OGDEN — A federal judge Thursday rejected a claim that Ogden officers used excessive force in wrestling an agitated man to the floor of the police station, breaking his leg.

WILLARD — The severe shock that critically injured a tow truck operator in 2014 ignited a controversy that continues today: Are Willard Bay State Park visitors at risk from electricity arcing from overhead high-voltage power transmission lines?

OGDEN — With Ogden’s Nine Rails Creative District starting to take shape, a new advisory committee of sorts has formed to help guide it.

NORTH OGDEN — North Ogden Police Department veteran Dirk Quinney has been tabbed to take over leadership of the department.

HUNTSVILLE — The transportation department’s five-month, $11.5 million reconstruction of Trappers Loop is now finished.

OGDEN — Ogden-Hinckley Airport manager Jon Greiner announced his plan to retire more than six months ago, but the city is still searching for his successor.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah's GOP U.S. Senate nominee Mitt Romney says he would have supported the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh.

WEST HAVEN — Kim Dixon always figured the open farm field east of her West Haven home would be developed.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A high-stakes partisan row quickly broke out Thursday over a confidential FBI report about allegations that Brett Kavanaugh sexually abused women three decades ago, with Republicans claiming investigators found “no hint of misconduct” and Democrats accusing the White House …

SALT LAKE CITY — The nation’s top law enforcement official visited the Utah Capitol Wednesday morning to tout falling rates of violent crime in Utah and around the country.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The EPA is pursuing rule changes that experts say would weaken the way radiation exposure is regulated, turning to scientific outliers who argue that a bit of radiation damage is actually good for you — like a little bit of sunlight.

WASHINGTON (AP) — About 225 million electronic devices across the United States will wail and buzz Wednesday afternoon as the Federal Emergency Management Agency conducts an emergency alert test.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A popular program that supports conservation and outdoor recreation projects across the country expired after Congress could not agree on language to extend it.

HARRISVILLE — The two hopefuls for the District 8 seat in the Utah House face off in a debate on Wednesday, the only planned public encounter between candidates for state office from Weber County.

OGDEN — Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Jenny Wilson will visit the Weber State campus on Wednesday, addressing three classes and, later, stumping for votes in the Ogden area.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday he wants the FBI to do a "comprehensive" investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by Brett Kavanaugh. But he also said he stands by his Supreme Court nominee "all the way."

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Grocery and convenience stores in Utah that are already limited to selling only lower alcohol beer will face additional restrictions intended to curb excessive in-store advertising and consumer confusion.