SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Mormon church says it won’t oppose strengthening hate-crimes legislation in Utah to include protections for LGBT people. The announcement Thursday could break a long-running legislative logjam on the issue. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ lobbyist Marty Stephens said that the church […]
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.-Friday and Saturday, Dixie State men’s basketball commences the second half of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Season on the Western Slope. They will first face the Colorado Mesa Mavericks at Grand Junction, Colo. Friday and square off against Western Colorado Saturday at Gunnison, Colo. The Trailblazers come […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A self-proclaimed Latter-day Saint antiquities dealer has pleaded guilty to stealing books from the Brigham Young University library. The Daily Herald reports Orem resident Kevin Mark Ronald Schuwer pleaded guilty to stealing eight books and a historic picture from the Harold B. Lee Library between September and November […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man accused of fatally shooting a Provo police officer has been charged with aggravated murder by prosecutors who say he had told friends he was willing to get in a shootout with police to avoid returning to prison. Prosecutors say in charges filed […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Utah have proposed two bills to restrict abortions, including a ban on the procedure after 15 weeks that would be among the strictest laws in the nation. The state should bar second-trimester procedures that “shock the conscience,” said Rep. Cheryl Acton, the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Five people have been charged in a gang-related shooting at a Utah mall that sent hundreds of shoppers fleeing for the exits, but police are still searching for a teenager accused of firing the shots that wounded two people. Murray Police Officer Kenny Bass said […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney says he doesn’t think using the government shutdown to push for funding for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border is the right way “to get things done.” The Standard-Examiner newspaper reports the Utah senator made the comments Tuesday night in Farmington, Utah, during […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 35 points and made a season-high six 3-pointers to lead the Utah Jazz to a 114-108 win over the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday night. Ricky Rubio added 17 points and six assists, Rudy Gobert had 15 points and 11 rebounds, Joe Ingles […]
Boys Basketball Region 14 PRICE, Utah-Derek Hillam posted 28 points and 6 rebounds while the Carbon Dinos edged Juab 59-58 Wednesday in Region 14 boys basketball action. Delta 78 ALA 61 Region 15 RICHFIELD, Utah-Adam Huff posted 14 points on 6-10 from the field and the Manti Templars bested Richfield 55-48 in Region […]
BOZEMAN, Mont.-Thursday, the Big Sky Conference-leading Weber State men’s basketball continues its conference season by facing the Montana State Bobcats at the Breeden Fieldhouse. The 12-6 (6-1 in Big Sky) Wildcats have won three straight games after vanquishing Northern Colorado 78-64 last Saturday. The Wildcats’ star junior guard Jerrick Harding […]
