National Park Service Utah wildlife officials said Friday fish in Jones Hole Creek have tested positive for whirling disease. This story and more in Friday evening s news brief.
Friday evening, March 12, 2021
State
Rep. Chris Stewart Files Bill To End Daylight Saving Time
Twice a year, Utahns move their clocks ahead or back an hour depending on the season. It’s widely referred to as daylight saving time. Now, Rep. Chris Stewart, R-UT, is sponsoring a bill in Congress to end the biannual practice. Stewart called it outdated and unpopular. He says changing time “does nothing but confuse our schedules.” The legislation would give states the option to stay on daylight saving time permanently. For now, it’s still a thing. Don’t forget to move your clocks ahead by an hour Sunday at 2 a.m.
West Valley City officer found not justified in what is his fourth shooting in seven years
Sgt. Jason Vincent fired at, but missed, Damien Evans as the man ran from police.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill walks through the findings of the Officer Involved Critical Incident Protocol in the use of Deadly Force by VFAST as a federal task force was searching for Damien Evans to serve an arrest warrant after he violated his parole last summer, during a news conference, on Friday, March 12, 2021. | Updated: March 13, 2021, 2:18 a.m.
Damien Evans had narrowly avoided being hit by three cars as he sprinted from swarming officers through a nearly empty Salt Lake City parking lot one sunny afternoon last August. The officers were trying to arrest him for a parole violation, but Evans didn’t want to go back to jail.