utah highway patrol

No deaths on Utah’s highways this weekend, that’s the good news. Utah Highway Patrol did have a busy weekend working their part of a statewide sweep to prevent tragedy on our highways. UHP reported they made 54 DUI arrests. Here are the numbers: 2,946 Traffic Stops 1.982 Speedin... Read More ... Read More ...

The Utah Highway Patrol is hanging out the "now hiring" sign.  A UHP spokesperson says the agency is hoping to hire 30 new troopers statewide.  The deadline for applications for the positions is Sunday, May 17th.  More information is available on the Utah Department of Public Safety's website. ... Read More ...

Authorities have identified a man who was shot and killed by Emery County Sheriff's deputies and UHP troopers earlier this month. Investigators say 41-year-old Mark Stoddard of Huntington pointed a gun at officers on December 21st when they had pulled him over for a DUI check...

A K9 at the Iron County Sheriff's Office is being praised for a major drug bust. The black Labrador Retriever, named Bolos, recently helped the Utah Highway Patrol sniff out two kilos of cocaine. Troopers also recovered one-thousand OxyContin pills, and a stolen gun...

The Utah Highway Patrol is again telling drivers that they need to slow down and save lives when winter storms are making roads slick and icy. UHP Captain Jeff Nigbur was unhappy that troopers were put in danger by careless drivers last week...

Two men from out-of-state have been charged after UHP caught them transporting about 150 pounds of marijuana through Summit County. According to court records, 43-year-old Robert Clark and 33-year-old Edward Green were carrying the pot in a pickup truck on I-80 last month when a trooper pulled them over for a traffic violation...

A traffic stop on I-15 near Cedar City Sunday night led to two people being arrested and the confiscation of 24 pounds of Methanphetamine. 23-year-old Aurina Renee Lopez from Long Beach, California, and Edgar Miguel Perez-Medina from Fontana, California, were arrested and booked into jail...

This morning about 1:30 am  there were reports of horses on the freeway on I-15 near milepost 20. Troopers began to respond to the area to locate the horses. However, before we could arrive, a black Hyundai Veloster traveling northbound struck a black horse in the left lane near milepost 21. ...

The Utah Highway Patrol is joining in a multi-state effort to get people to fasten their seat belts and keep them fastened. The agency announced yesterday that it was teaming up with surrounding states to enforce “click it or ticket border to border seat belt laws across state lanes. T...