Thousands protested ICE at Washington Square Park in Salt Lake City as part of nationwide ‘ICE OUT’ demonstrations and a National Shutdown strike.

One Salt Lake City bookstore will be closed Friday, but will reopen in the evening so people can gather to write letters or make safety kits. Another will stay open and donate a portion of its sales to a west-side school.

Police say four protestors were arrested after blocking downtown State Street and refusing to leave the road Friday afternoon.

Anti-ICE rallies are planned in Utah on Friday as part of a nationwide demonstration and strike amid debates over protesters' rights. The big picture: The rights to assemble, speak and petition the government are covered by the First Amendment,

In other news, new technology helped find previously unmapped fault lines in central Utah. And, a former Utah meteorologist died in a plane crash on Tuesday.

As several state leaders on both sides of the political aisle call for a thorough investigation into the fatal U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti in

Hundreds of Utah nurses and others joined together Thursday evening to honor Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse who was shot and killed by Border Patrol officers in Minneapolis while protesting immigration enforcement.

Anti-ICE protests continued Tuesday in Salt Lake and Utah counties following the fatal United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis Saturday.More than a hundred Kearns High School students walked out of class shortly before 1 p.

Utahns across the state are planning to gather Friday afternoon for a nationwide shutdown in protest of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

A bill introduced in the Utah State Legislature would crack down on spontaneous demonstrations that could block emergency vehicle responses to a life-threatening issue.