Body camera footage shows Salt Lake City police officers fired at least 20 shots at a man as he ran away. Twenty-two-year-old Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal was shot and killed May 23 after police who were responding to a call of a gun threat chased him when he ran from a motel. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Dozens of doctors, nurses and other health care workers and students knelt in support of anti-police brutality protests in Salt Lake City on Friday. About 100 people in Utah joined healthcare professionals around the country using the label White Coats for Black Lives to honor […]
When the National Women’s Soccer League was devising plans for a summer tournament later this month in Utah, it reached out to the players in the league who are moms. There are just a handful of mothers who play professionally in the NWSL. But when the league asks players to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah has suspended defensive coordinator Morgan Scalley for using a racial slur in a 2013 text message. Utes athletic director Mark Harlan says in a statement that he was made aware of a social media post that referenced the text message. Utah will have an […]
High winds caused damage and multiple power outages in Sanpete County Friday afternoon. Gusts at the Mid-Utah radio station in Manti topped out at 64 miles per hour and sustained winds blew 45 to 55 miles per hour as the massive weather front passed over. Power from Salina to Moroni […]
OGDEN, Utah-Friday, Weber State men’s basketball coach Randy Rahe announced the signing of New Mexico transfer Tavian Percy. The 6-5 200-pound guard/forward out of Miami will be a junior and have two seasons of eligibility. However, per NCAA transfer rules, he will have to sit out the 2020-21 season. Last […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah gubernatorial candidate Jon Huntsman Jr. is self-quarantining after a campaign staffer tested positive for COVID-19. The campaign said Friday that the former U.S.-Russia ambassador has postponed his in-person public events until he can be tested. His running mate Provo Mayor Michelle Kaufusi has not […]
KAYSVILLE, Utah (Deseret News) — The Kaysville City Council has unanimously censured Mayor Katie Witt after she was heavily criticized for her support of a concert protesting coronavirus-related restrictions. The Deseret News reported that the council made the decision Thursday following her support of the concert and personal attacks against […]
A Republican lawmaker in Utah says he’ll support police reform legislation championed by the NAACP. State NAACP chapter president Jeanetta Williams said Friday that Utah was among the first states to publicly respond to a call from the group’s national headquarters for branches to pursue reform legislation. Their priorities include […]
BRIGHAM CITY, Utah (AP) — Missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have long knocked on doors, shaken hands or walked up to strangers to spread their gospel. Now, the coronavirus pandemic has forced them to do their outreach online, in Facebook groups and through video calls. […]
