OREM, Utah-Friday, Utah Valley University announced Dr. Jared Sumsion as the school’s new athletic director. Sumsion has previously served as the UVU interim athletic director and prior to that as senior associate athletic director for external operations. In his new role, Sumsion will also serve as associate vice president of […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah-Thursday, Dixie State men’s golf star, Nicklaus Britt, a former Millard High standout, was honored by the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. Britt, a senior, and freshman Triston Gardner, each represented the Trailblazers on the first-team all-RMAC squad. Britt posted three Top-10 finishes in 10 events this season, including […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A University of Utah student who was fatally shot by a man she briefly dated was honored during the school’s commencement ceremony. KUTV reports nearly 8,500 graduates on Thursday night participated in the university’s 150th general commencement. Some of them wore pins to remember Lauren McCluskey. McCluskey, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police have arrested a woman in South Salt Lake on suspicion that she fed her boyfriend drain cleaner with the intention to kill him. A jail booking report shows that 43-year-old Elle Yoshio Weissman was arrested Tuesday after telling investigators she had given her live-in […]
MAGNA, Utah (AP) — The Utah Power Plant in Magna is shutting down for good after 75 years of operation. Mining company Rio Tinto Kennecott on Wednesday announced the official retirement of the plant following regulatory approval. The plant provided electricity that served as a reliable resource for mining at […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man has admitted to beating his estranged wife to death with a crowbar and pummeling his 13-year-old daughter with the same tool. The Deseret News reports 55-year-old Walter Eugene Brantzeg of Salt Lake City pleaded guilty to the crimes Thursday as part of […]
LOS ANGELES – Thirteen runners left on base doomed No. 25 BYU baseball in a 5-1 loss at Loyola Marymount on Thursday. “We were just bad in all aspects of the game tonight,” BYU head coach Mike Littlewood said. “But we still have two games in the series to bounce […]
Baseball 3-A Play-In Game @ North Sevier H.S. SALINA, Utah-Jarett Reidhead and Kyler Helquist each doubled and Tyler Lindsey took the win on the mound as the Grand Red Devils outlasted North Sanpete 15-13 in the 3-A state baseball tournament play-in game at North Sevier High School Thursday. Grand next faces Juab Saturday at […]
LOGAN, Utah-Per a Thursday resort, Utah State football will appear on national television eight times during the 2019 season. This consists of five home games and three road games. Four of the broadcasts are on the ESPN family of networks and the other four are on CBS Sports Network. The […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — The Huntsman family plans to donate $12 million toward new professorships at Utah State University’s business school. The Salt Lake Tribune reported Wednesday that the endowment is in honor of late family patriarch Jon M. Huntsman Sr., a billionaire chemical industrialist who died in February 2018. Jon Hunstsman […]
