A judge has ruled that Ralph Leroy Menzies is competent enough to be executed for the 1986 kidnapping and death of a Utah woman. Her son said her family is pleased by the ruling.

District Court Judge Matthew Wald issued a temporary restraining order on May 27 halting the Stillwater Conservation District’s work on a $5 million Forest Service project to restore Armstrong ...

U.S. District Judge Matthew Kennelly approved the settlement on May 7. The judge also granted attorney fees totaling $860,035 and awarded $100,000 to Hudgins as class representative.