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Year: 2018

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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Six Utah Softball Players Named To Pac-12 All-Academic Teams

Six Utah Softball Players Named To Pac-12 All-Academic Teams

SALT LAKE CITY-Thursday, the University of Utah athletic department announced six of its softball players excel academically as well as athletically. Joining star pitcher Katie Donovan, the Pac-12’s scholar athlete of the year on the first team is junior Ally Dickman, an outfielder of Mission Viejo, Calif. Dickman also becomes […]

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Crash Near Meadow

Crash Near Meadow

MILLARD COUNTY, Utah-Per the official Twitter of UDOT, a significant crash occurred on Interstate 15 five miles south of Meadow. UDOT confirmed the incident struck at 11:58 am MDT and was at milepost 153 on southbound I-15. It’s significant enough that a clearance time of 1:15 pm this afternoon has […]

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Deep-red Utah pushes reform to parole, probation

Deep-red Utah pushes reform to parole, probation

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Deeply conservative Utah has become a focal point for an effort to reduce the number of people on probation and parole. State corrections leaders and the chief prosecutor of Utah’s most populous county signed on to a national push this month encouraging officials to use […]

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