INDIANAPOLIS-Last week, a Utah State track and field athlete was given the chance to participate in the 2018 NCAA Career in Sports Forum at the NCAA’s headquarters in Indianapolis. The program ran from May 31-June 3 and Aggies junior thrower Michala Zilkey was granted the opportunity to attend by virtue […]
AKRON, Ohio-This past weekend, a pair of Utah Valley wrestlers excelled at the 2018 UWW Cadet and U-23 nationals. Both placing on the podium for the Wolverines were Tate Orndorff and Kimball Bastian. Orndorff, a freshman out of Spokane, Wash., led the way by wrestling his way to a pair […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A Cedar City woman charged in the death of her 14-month-old daughter will stand trial later this year. The Spectrum reports Judge Keith Barnes granted a request for trial in the case against 24-year-old Cherokee Dea on Tuesday. She is charged with first-degree murder and felony child […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Facebook could receive an additional $5.8 million in sales tax breaks on a new data center planned for Utah. Sales tax incentives for the nearly 1-million-square-foot facility would be on top of $150 million in property tax breaks approved by Utah County in May. The […]
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — West Valley City police say a four-year-old girl is in critical condition after being rescued from a pool at an apartment complex. KUTV-TV reports she is the third child to drown or nearly drown in the last four days. Carlos Hernandez, who also lives at the […]
PROVO, Utah-Wednesday, BYU women’s volleyball head coach Heather Olmstead announced the 2018 slate for her squad. Women’s volleyball in recent seasons is among the Cougars’ most successful athletic programs and Olmstead has given her team plenty of chances to test its mettle moving forward. BYU will face five 2017 NCAA […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A judge has ordered a former U.S. intelligence officer charged with attempted espionage to be held without bail pending trial. Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Lund told the court in a memorandum Monday that 58-year-old Ron Rockwell Hansen could be a flight risk because of his […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Volunteers and state wildlife officials are once again rounding up geese living in the Salt Lake City area so they can be relocated to the wild. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the annual roundup has been going on for 13 years to remove geese that cause problems […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah wildlife officials have approved a plan to let loose about 50 desert bighorn sheep this fall in a southern Utah mountain range despite concerns from woolgrowers who fear the plan could have negative effects on the domestic sheep they manage. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City police are looking for leads after a man was allegedly attacked while trying to defend two gay men who were being chased after the Utah Pride Festival. Detective Greg Wilking said Tuesday the two men were leaving the festival around 10:30 p.m. […]
