polygamy
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP: Polygamous town picks outsider as police chief
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Utah Polygamous town under scrutiny picks outsider as chief SALT LAKE CITY – A polygamous community on the Utah-Arizona border has hired an outsider as its new police chief, selecting a retired Salt Lake City area police officer with no ties to the fundamentalist Mormon group that controlled the town for a century until federal…
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Out West Roundup: Most municipal workers quit in Utah polygamous sect town
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Utah Most municipal workers quit in Utah polygamous sect town SALT LAKE CITY – The new mayor of a mostly polygamous town on the Utah-Arizona border is finishing off a complete overhaul of municipal staff and boards after mass resignations when she took office in January to become the first woman and first non-member of…
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Out West Roundup: New Mexico governor’s tense tenure with state lawmakers nears end
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New Mexico New Mexico governor’s tense tenure with lawmakers nears end SANTA FE – The rocky relationship between New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez and state lawmakers is coming to a close as the Republican governor prepares to leave office and both sides ponder what might have been. Democratic leaders said they wished there had been…
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Out West Roundup: Counties across Wyoming big economic winners from eclipse tourism
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Wyoming Counties across Wyoming big economic winners from eclipse tourism CHEYENNE – Cheyenne and Laramie County were among the biggest winners in Wyoming from tourism activity associated with the Great American Eclipse in August. And while the overall number of out-of-state visitors fell short of higher-end estimates, the Wyoming Office of Tourism is touting the…
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Out West Roundup: Polygamous sect slowly losing control over remote Utah town
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Utah Polygamous sect slowly losing control over remote Utah town HILDALE, Utah – In a place where political contests are virtually unknown, the campaign signs offer the latest hint that a polygamous group is losing its grip on this remote red rock community straddling the Utah-Arizona border. “For Hildale mayor vote Donia,” reads one sign…
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Jailed polygamous leaders say they can still be trusted
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The question of how far a person’s religious rights extend was back at the forefront during the latest hearing in a food stamp fraud case that led to the arrest of several top-ranking leaders in a polygamous sect based on the Utah-Arizona border. Attorneys for John Wayman and Seth Jeffs conceded earlier this month that their…
