SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Senate President Wayne Niederhauser says fellow senators need to attend a planned Dec. 3 special legislative session to change a voter-approved medical marijuana ballot measure and that if necessary he’ll compel them to show up. A Thursday email sent by Niederhauser says he “will […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Quinn Taylor had 10 points and 15 rebounds to help Utah State cruise past Utah Valley 65-46 on Friday night to remain undefeated. Sam Merrill added 14 points and five assists for Utah State (4-0), which shot just 25 of 69 (36 percent) and missed 18 […]
BIMINI, Bahamas (AP) — Israel Barnes hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give Weber State a 78-76 win over Central Michigan in the second night of the Junkanoo Jam on Friday. Cody John grabbed the rebound off David DiLeo’s missed free throw with 7.8 seconds left and drove it inside the […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jimmy Butler scored 28 points in his home debut, Joel Embiid had 23 and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Utah Jazz 113-107 on Friday night. Butler, the four-time All-Star acquired Monday from Minnesota in a five-player trade, got a loud ovation during introductions and quickly made an […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Republican Rep. Mia Love lost a court challenge Friday to halt vote-counting in one key county, but took the lead with new vote tallies in a race so tight it’s within the recount threshold. Love, the first black Republican woman elected to Congress, flipped […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah judge on Friday rejected a bid by Republican U.S. Rep. Mia Love to halt vote counting in a Democratic-leaning county that’s key to the outcome of a House race so tight it’s nearing the threshold for a recount. Judge James Gardner’s decision ensures […]
1-A Season Preview (Girls Basketball) RICHFIELD, Utah-Adriana Delagadillo posted 13 points and 15 rebounds as the Wendover Wildcats downed Wayne 44-32 Friday at the 1-A season preview at the Sevier Valley Center. Brynnli Nelson led the Badgers in defeat with 10 points. RICHFIELD, Utah-McKina Stacey’s 9 points led the Rich […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled House passed a bill Friday to drop legal protections for gray wolves across the lower 48 states, reopening a lengthy battle over the predator species. Long despised by farmers and ranchers, wolves were shot, trapped and poisoned out of existence in most of the U.S. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Highway Patrol says a trooper successfully intercepted a wrong-way driver on a Salt Lake City-area freeway early Friday morning. The Highway Patrol says the trooper had a minor injury and that using the interception technique disabled his patrol car while stopping the other […]
Las Vegas-area water managers have become the first to advance a multi-state drought contingency plan that officials hope will ease the effects of Colorado River water shortages. The Southern Nevada Water Authority board unanimously approved the state’s plan Thursday. It comes ahead of a meeting next month of water users […]
