Riverton News

A major new Utah law goes into effect in three days, and it's going to make renewing your driver license a much bigger hassle.

Riverton has increasingly become a popular country-style suburb, an inevitable development as a consequence of the Salt Lake Valley's expanding population.

Salt Lake County sheriff's deputies are on the lookout for a man who robbed the Jordan Credit Union in Riverton late Wednesday, claiming he had a bomb.

The owners of Twin Peaks Financial Services of Riverton operated a Ponzi scheme that now owes 90 investors at least $21 million, according to a report filed Monday in bankruptcy court.

A Riverton teen is expected to survive but will face a lengthy rehabilitation process following a "car-surfing" mishap.

Dan Leeth / Alamy / Alamy Scary slopes A A For some, icy crevasses, monster moguls, soaring cliffs and avalanche risks are all part of the fun.

Utahns are blessed. But some are blessed more than others. The U.S. Census Bureau reports that nearly every Utah household has a car, a phone, a refrigerator, indoor hot-and-cold plumbing, a stove, a toilet, a tub or shower, plenty of education, decent income and a nice home - which most of the world does not enjoy.

The Jordan School Board voted 6-1 Tuesday night to approve boundaries for its new high school being built in Herriman, and to adjust boundaries for Bingham and Riverton High Schools.

The system for dispatching some 911 calls in Salt Lake County is "inherently inefficient," according to the findings of a legislative audit released Wednesday.

A Utah man died in a crash when the vehicle went out of control on black ice and went down a small ravine in northeastern Oregon early Sunday.

One passenger died and four others were injured as a vehicle headed eastbound on I-84 hit black ice near Meacham early Sunday morning.

Some 170,000 residents of unincorporated Salt Lake County can expect a new monthly piece of mail starting next year - a bill for law enforcement services.

Join the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office Riverton Precinct on Nov. 14 for the Holiday Heroes 5K/1 mile run/walk. Local walkers and runners can bring food and items for those in need.

When the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office splinters into a stand-alone police department next year, its patrol deputies could escape the 2.75 percent pay cut now hanging over thousands of county employees.

Products include lozenges, eye drops, lip balm, and nasal spray. Freebie number two? There's several spooktacular events around town that offer free trick or treating.

Nurses Jennifer Knight, left, and Roxanne Wilson ready supply carts for the emergency room at the new Intermountain Riverton Hospital on in early October in Riverton.

Police in South Jordan are looking the vandals who threw rocks with hate messages at LDS church windows.

Vandals threw rocks tied with antagonistic notes at five LDS Church meetinghouses overnight Saturday in South Jordan and Riverton.

Five incidents of church vandalism over the weekend have detectives from at least two agencies investigating a possible hate crime, and federal authorities are expected to be called.

As Heather Christensen conducted Riverton High's marching band years ago, two youngsters ran up and down the stands clanking back and forth.