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The Utah Highway Patrol is urging drivers to take extra time and be extra cautious as they hit the highways during bad weather. The warning comes after troopers investigated over 300 crashes on state highways yesterday. A UHP sergeant's vehicle was hit by a driver as he did traffic control on an on-ramp from State Route 201 to eastbound Interstate 80...

According to the Utah Highway Patrol website, just before midnight Wednesday evening, on I-15 northbound at mile marker 62, a trooper observed the driver of a Chrysler 200 speeding and fail to signal a lane change. He initiated a traffic stop on the vehicle and became aware of possible criminal behavior from the two vehicle occupants...

Three people are behind bars and several pounds of illegal drugs are off the streets after two separate traffic stops in Iron County Saturday. The Iron County Sheriff’s Office says a Utah Highway Patrol Trooper pulled over a vehicle and requested a K-9 Officer. K- ...

The woman killed in a head-on collision on State Route 18 in Washington County Tuesday afternoon has been identified. Troopers say the victim’s name is Alyssa S. Jenkins. They say she is 30 from Santa Clara. ******************************************************************************************************************  According to the Utah Highway Patrol, one person is dead after a crash on SR

The Utah Highway Patrol says nearly three-dozen drivers were arrested for DUI on New Year's Eve and the first few hours of New Year's Day. Most of the 33 arrests were in Salt County, where 18 people were charged. The UHP count is three times higher than the number of arrests reported last New Year's Eve, and does not include any arrests made by local police...

Utah is celebrating the one year anniversary of implementing the lowest drunk driving threshold in the U.S. On this date last year, the state law making it illegal to drive with a blood-alcohol level above point-zero-five went into effect...

The Utah Highway Patrol says a man wanted for a possible DUI is dead after reportedly pointing a gun at law enforcement in Emery County. The unidentified man was pulled over Saturday afternoon but drove away after pointing a gun at an Emery County deputy...

The Utah Highway Patrol is warning drivers of the potential for crashes and injuries due to heavy ice falling from semi-trucks and other vehicles. The UHP said that was the case Monday on State Route 36 near Stockton, where a sheet of ice came off the top of a semi and landed on a vehicle going the other way...

The Utah Highway Patrol is done giving state drivers any leeway when it comes to speeding. A spokesman announced yesterday that top officials at the UHP have declared a zero-tolerance policy for speeding, especially when drivers are traveling at 70 and 80 miles per hour...

Troopers busted two drivers for hauling drugs on I-15 near Cedar City Friday. At around 10:30 Friday morning troopers say they stopped the two drivers heading northbound for “equipment violations,” a tweet from UHP stated. During the stop, a K9 was deployed and notified troopers that there may be narcotics in the vehicle. Investi...