SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah junior high teacher is on leave after she instructed her students to read the lyrics of an Eminem song that slams President Donald Trump. Park City School District spokeswoman Melinda Colton said Tuesday that the teacher was put on leave last week after […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Ninety-nine Utah National Guard soldiers have been deployed to the Middle East. The Utah Army National Guard soldiers’ families wished them farewell on Monday during a deployment ceremony at the Utah Air National Guard hanger. The unit is the second of a two-part, nine-month deployment […]
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — The Big Sky Conference has adopted a rule that would ban student-athletes with convictions for violent crimes from participating in sports or receiving athletic scholarships at league schools. League Commissioner Andrea Williams says the Serious Misconduct Rule sets the expectations the conference has for its institutions […]
BASEL, Switzerland-Per the official Twitter account of Southern Utah University men’s basketball coach Todd Simon, one of his standout former Thunderbirds has signed a pro contract overseas. Simon confirms that Jamal Aytes, a 6’6″ 225-pound forward, has signed with the Basel Star Wings, a Swiss professional basketball club that competes […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Department of Natural Resources is moving forward with the appointment of a former legislator who sponsored a resolution dismissive of the science supporting climate change. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Kerry Gibson will serve as one of the department’s deputy directors. Gibson’s appointment was announced […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A Utah man recently freed from a Venezuelan jail after two years detailed his harrowing experience, describing how he initially was stuffed in a tiny, hot cell with cockroaches while his new wife had her fingers placed in pencil sharpeners. Joshua Holt spoke about his ordeal […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah judge has rejected the state’s argument that former Utah Attorney General John Swallow isn’t entitled to $1.6 million in reimbursement for legal fees in a failed criminal case against him. The Deseret News reports the ruling came Monday. It allows Swallow to continue his lawsuit […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Officials say the U.S Attorney’s Office in Utah soon will get six new prosecutors. The Deseret News reports U.S. Attorney John Huber says three of the new assistant U.S. attorneys will target violent crime cases, two will focus on immigration crimes and one will handle civil enforcement […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A former U.S. intelligence officer was charged with attempted espionage for trying to sell secrets to China, the Justice Department announced Monday. In a 41-page felony complaint, prosecutors claimed Syracuse, Utah, resident Ron Rockwell Hansen, 58, was paid up to $800,000 over several years for […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Mormon church is pulling the remaining 158 missionaries from Nicaragua because of ongoing violence and deteriorating conditions in the Central American country. The move announced Tuesday by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints means the religion will no longer have proselytizing church […]
