SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Walmart is enlisting their customers in a new public push to sell higher-alcohol beer in Utah. The Deseret News reports the retail giant has posted signs saying “Walmart supports efforts to change Utah’s beer laws,” and including a phone number to learn more. In Utah, beer must […]
Salt Lake City got the green light to bid for an upcoming Winter Olympics — most likely for 2030 — in an attempt to bring the Games back to the city that hosted in 2002 and provided the backdrop for the U.S. winter team’s ascendance into an international powerhouse. The […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch is backtracking after saying that he wasn’t concerned that prosecutors implicated President Donald Trump in a crime. The Republican in a statement said he spoke “imprudently” in a CNN interview Tuesday. During the interview, he dismissed federal prosecutors who said Trump directed his […]
Boys Basketball Region 14 DELTA, Utah-Reid Price netted 24 points and the Union Cougars edged Delta 67-64 Friday in Region 14 boys basketball action at the Palladium. Derek Smith’s 42 points led the Rabbits in the loss. Region 18 GUNNISON, Utah-Sam Orton scored a game-high 20 points as the Kanab […]
Prosecutors in Sanpete County are charging five people with trying to smuggle drugs into a state prison facility in Gunnison. Talon Hamann, Kelcy Roberts, Patrick Sullivan, Colton Olsen and Brian Olsen were all charged with attempted drug distribution Tuesday. Investigators say the five created a plan to place drugs in […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Hope4Utah’s idea that it takes a village to raise a child — and to save one — may expand to college and university campuses. Hope4Utah’s Hope Squad programs, which trains students to recognize the warning signs of depressed or suicidal peers and report the signs to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Chicago native who has been on death row in Utah for more than three decades for the death of a Provo woman is seeking a new trial. Douglas Stewart Carter, 63, is asking the state Supreme Court to order a new hearing based on […]
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — New Texas Tech coach Matt Wells has a six-year, $18.8 million contract, with Utah State getting an $800,000 buyout. The school released details of the contract Thursday. Wells, who replaced Kliff Kingsbury after the former Texas Tech quarterback was fired, could earn incentives of up to […]
Boys Basketball Region 20 TROPIC, Utah-Sergio Vasquez posted 26 points and the Bryce Valley Mustangs routed Diamond Ranch 80-53 Thursday in Region 20 boys basketball action. Gavin Ellsworth had a game-high 27 points in the loss for the Diamondbacks. JUNCTION, Utah-Acey Orton stepped up with 20 points and the Panguitch […]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Tami Alade had 14 blocks, Kathryn Plummer had 12 kills and Stanford beat BYU 25-15, 25-15 and 25-18 on Thursday night to advance to the NCAA volleyball championship and avenge its only loss of the season. Seeking its eighth title, Stanford will face the winner of an […]
