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Month: May 2018

Richfield High Names New Football Coach

Richfield High Names New Football Coach

RICHFIELD, Utah-Thursday evening, Richfield High School athletic director Richard Barton announced the Wildcats had hired a new football coach with an impeccable pedigree. Jason Hitchens, who has successfully coached high school football in the greater Los Angeles area in the past, has come to Richfield. Hitchens is best known for […]

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Utah State Football Reveals Two Kickoff Times

Utah State Football Reveals Two Kickoff Times

LOGAN, Utah-Thursday, Utah State football discovered when two of the Aggies’ games on the season will be played as television broadcast information was released. The August 31 season opener at Michigan State will be a Big Ten Network broadcast at 5:00 pm MDT. This commemorates the second consecutive season the […]

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Utah Football Announces Kickoff Times For Five Games

Utah Football Announces Kickoff Times For Five Games

SALT LAKE CITY-Thursday, Utah football announced the kickoff times for five games this upcoming season. These include the season opener, at Rice-Eccles Stadium, August 30 against in-state foe, Weber State of the FCS. This game will be broadcast on the Pac-12 networks with a kickoff time of 6:00 pm MDT. […]

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Utah Baseball Sees Two Receive Awards

Utah Baseball Sees Two Receive Awards

SALT LAKE CITY-Despite a disappointing season for the Utah baseball team, the Utes still had some bright spots on the season. One of them was junior outfielder DaShawn Keirsey Jr. who earned all Pac-12 honors for the third straight season. Keirsey, a San Diego product, was also named to the […]

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WCC Announces Conference Matchups For 2018-19 Men’s Basketball

WCC Announces Conference Matchups For 2018-19 Men’s Basketball

SAN BRUNO, Calif.-Thursday, the West Coast Conference announced the conference schedule for all men’s basketball teams which has changed from previous seasons. The present 16-game schedule in league play is the result of changes adopted by the WCC Presidents’ Council as a part of the Men’s Basketball Enhancement Plan for […]

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BYU Football Announces TV Plans For Five Games

BYU Football Announces TV Plans For Five Games

PROVO, Utah-In lean seasons or successful ones, BYU football remains one of the most popular brands in NCAA FBS football. Therefore, the Cougars will once again have numerous opportunities to appear on national television in the 2018 season as has traditionally been the case. Thursday, information was released on five […]

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FILE - This Feb. 19, 2013 file photo shows OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy in Montpelier, Vt. A report released Monday, Feb. 12, 2018, by U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill finds that companies selling some of the most lucrative prescription painkillers funneled millions of dollars to advocacy groups that in turn promoted the medications’ use. Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, contributed the most money to the groups, funneling $4.7 million to organizations and physicians from 2012 through last year, according to the report. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)

Utah files lawsuit against OxyContin drugmaker Purdue

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah has filed a lawsuit accusing manufacturers of the opioid OxyContin of creating a drug abuse epidemic in the state. Attorney General Sean Reyes said Thursday that drugmaker Purdue Pharma misrepresented the risk opioids posed and the likelihood of addiction, amounting to fraud, negligence and […]

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Utility seeks bids for alternative energy projects in Utah

Utility seeks bids for alternative energy projects in Utah

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A utility company is seeking proposals for the construction of new alternative energy projects in Utah. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Rocky Mountain Power said Tuesday it is looking for bids for projects generating a total of 308,000 megawatt hours of power — enough for about 34,000 […]

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Romney says he voted for his wife for president

Romney says he voted for his wife for president

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mitt Romney says he voted for his wife for president in 2016. Romney, a candidate for a U.S. Senate seat in Utah, told the Deseret News on Wednesday that he cast a write-in vote for Ann Romney even though he knew the choice wouldn’t go anywhere. Still, […]

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Utah prosecutors looking into alleged inhumane pig slaughter

Utah prosecutors looking into alleged inhumane pig slaughter

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah authorities are investigating concerns that a butcher shop inhumanely killed two pigs. Tooele County Attorney Scott Broadhead said Thursday his office is looking into Tooele Valley Meats after receiving word of a U.S. Department of Agriculture report referred by animal welfare activists People for […]

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