PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Lin-Manuel Miranda says that he knows “‘Hamilton’ is the first line in my obituary.” But a pair of new documentaries premiering at the Sundance Film Festival this week capture a wider view of Miranda’s life through some of the people who have been most foundational […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two students at a Utah military academy have died of influenza. Weber-Morgan Health Department officials say an epidemiologist confirmed the students tested positive for different strains of flu. Neither the school nor the health department identified the students. A GoFundMe page says an eighth-grader at […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah legislator’s proposed resolution discouraging schools from renaming mascots involving Native Americans has prompted a protest at the state Capitol. James Courage Singer, co-founder of the Utah League of Native American Voters, told a crowd of about 50 protesters Saturday that Native American mascots […]
Utah officials say the unemployment rate is now the lowest ever recorded. The Salt Lake Tribune the 2.3% unemployment rate also ties for lowest among U.S. states. Data released Friday shows the industries seeing the fastest growth are construction, education and health services and leisure and hospitality services. Washington County had […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Friends and family were set to gather Friday afternoon in a small Utah town for a funeral to remember a mother and three of her children who police say were killed by her teenage son. Prosecutors say 16-year-old Colin “CJ” Haynie “methodically” killed his mother […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A Utah man has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison without parole for the strangulation death of a woman in her home. The Daily Herald reported 35-year-old Jerad Gourdin was sentenced for first-degree felony homicide for pecuniary gain. Authorities say 60-year-old Belen Perez […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man who was seriously injured in a motor home fire near Salt Lake City has died. Police in Murray say the 62-year-old man, whose name has not been released, was cooking Jan. 14 when the fire broke out after he went to finish his […]
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — The normally private Taylor Swift has premiered a revealingly intimate documentary at the Sundance Film Festival. In it, the pop star discloses a past eating disorder, chronicles her inner battle over speaking out about politics and says her 2017 sexual assault court case was a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A lawyer says the killing of a Utah mother and three of her children by a gunman identified by police as her 16-year-old son is “nearly unbearable” for the father who survived. Attorney David Isom represents the husband and father and wrote in a statement […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren’s campaign is ramping up its Utah operation with new staff hires. The campaign said in a statement to the Associated Press Thursday that Marcus Stevenson will lead the campaign’s organizing efforts. He managed David Garbett’s campaign for Salt Lake City […]
