*Boys Basketball* NEPHI, Utah-Jonathan Parker posted 19 points on 6-12 shooting and the Union Cougars got past Juab 63-58 Wednesday in Region 14 boys basketball action. Ty Gillman added 18 more points in the win for the Cougars. In defeat, the Wasps were paced by Max Gurney’s 19 points on […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A mother and her two daughters have taken sanctuary in a converted classroom at a Utah church rather than move to Honduras on a federal deportation order. Unidad Inmigrante activist Amy Dominguez told The Salt Lake Tribune on Tuesday that Vicky Chavez fears for her […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Ruth Watkins, who will become the first female president of the University of Utah, has earned a reputation of being personable, collaborative and determined and is hoping to take advantage of being a relative newcomer to the state to improve the university. The Salt Lake […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A bill offering IUDs and other family planning assistance through Medicaid has passed through the state House and is headed to the state Senate. The Deseret News reports Republican Rep. Ray Ward, who is sponsoring the bill passed Tuesday, says while reversible and long-term birth […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Aides say U.S. Sen. Mike Lee escaped injury and was the only member of Utah’s Republican congressional delegation on a train carrying dozens of GOP lawmakers that collided with a truck on tracks in central Virginia. Lee spokesman Conn Carroll said in an email that […]
*Girls Basketball* RICHFIELD, Utah-Emma Jones posted 13 points and the Richfield Wildcats walloped Manti 58-16 in Region 15 girls basketball action Tuesday. Kjerstin Birch’s 4 points led the Templars in defeat. CASTLE DALE, Utah-Kinlee Toomer filled up the stat sheet with 16 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists as the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Thanks in part to a spike in international travel, Salt Lake City International Airport is reporting record passenger growth for the second year in a row. Bill Wyatt, executive director of the city’s Department of Airports, says passenger counts grew 4.5 percent from January through […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A Brigham Young University dean is issuing a clear condemnation of victim-blaming and underscoring the importance of consent at the institution that’s come under fire for its handling of sexual-assault cases. The Daily Herald in Provo reports Benjamin Ogles said at a speech Tuesday that victims […]
The Division of Wildlife Resources has awarded a Pleasant Grove man with the largest catch of splake fish ever caught in Utah. Buckley Jolley caught the 30.5-inch fish at Joes Valley Reservoir on the Emery / Sanpete County line in November. After some patience and finesse, he landed the fish […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah lawmaker wants to make it a possible death penalty offense to kill a security guard or paramedic, but prosecutors are warning that change could threaten capital punishment. The Deseret News reports Democratic Sen. Karen Mayne said Monday her plan would help protect emergency […]
