PROVO, Utah (AP) — Officials say a downtown Provo restaurant is likely a total loss after a fire started in the basement and then engulfed the establishment. Provo Fire and Rescue teams arrived Monday night to a fire at the Los Hermanos restaurant. Dean York with the Provo Fire Department […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Thursday, Utah men’s basketball hosts Arizona as the 13-10 (7-4 in Pac-12 play) Utes try to be as successful at the Huntsman Center as they have been on the road. After erasing a 22-point deficit Saturday to down UCLA 93-92, the Utes became the first Pac-12 squad to […]
SAN DIEGO-Thursday, BYU men’s basketball (16-10, 8-3 in WCC play) returns to action as they visit San Diego to take on the Toreros. Defense was a struggle early on in the season for the Cougars, but they have surrendered only 52 points per game in their last three contests. The […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah House of Representatives has unanimously approved removing a provision in the state constitution that allows slavery as punishment for a crime. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Democratic Rep. Sandra Hollins said Monday that the line no longer reflects the character of the state or its […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Mormon church has come out against a proposal to allow more alcohol in Utah beer, a position that could hurt the state’s chances of joining most of the country in shedding low alcohol limits. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opposes the […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a teen was killed and his brother was critically injured in a shooting in Ogden. Ogden Police Lt. Clint Christensen says the shooting happened around 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Family members identified the boy killed as 16-year-old Kamron Johnson. His brother, 22-year-old Eric Johnson, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man has agreed to pay nearly $400,000 for a fire that spread to national forest land north of Salt Lake City. The U.S. attorney’s office says Jayson Ross Orvis of Bountiful agreed to the settlement for the August 2017 fire that burned about […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah passed sweeping changes to a voter-approved Medicaid expansion Monday, cutting the number of people covered nearly in half and adding work requirements that the Trump administration is expected to approve. Republican Gov. Gary Herbert signed the plan hours after it cleared a final vote […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities have identified a central Utah man who died after an avalanche buried him as he was snowmobiling. Summit County sheriff’s officials say 49-year-old Jason Lyman, of Mona, was on a snowmobile about 45 miles (72 kilometers) northwest of Salt Lake City on Saturday when […]
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a 5-year-old called 911 after finding his mother bleeding from multiple stab wounds. West Valley City police say the woman, 46-year-old Belinda Thomas, of West Velley City, later died from the injuries. Officers arrested 50-year-old Darren Byrd on charges of aggravated murder, […]
