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Year: 2020

No. 9 BYU routs No. 21 Boise State 51-17 to remain unbeaten

No. 9 BYU routs No. 21 Boise State 51-17 to remain unbeaten

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Zach Wilson threw for 359 yards and two touchdowns and Tyler Allgeier rushed for 123 yards and a pair of scores as No. 9 BYU routed No. 21 Boise State 51-17. BYU (8-0), which beat Boise State on the road for the first time in six […]

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Utah teachers call for remote learning as virus cases surge

Utah teachers call for remote learning as virus cases surge

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s largest teachers union has called for the governor to move all public secondary schools in high coronavirus transmission areas to remote learning. On Friday, the Utah Education Association also called for Republican Gov. Gary Herbert to suspend all extracurricular activities that can’t comply with […]

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Utah public school enrollment falls for 1st time since 2000

Utah public school enrollment falls for 1st time since 2000

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The state Board of Education says enrollment in Utah public schools has declined for the first time since 2000. The agency counted 665,306 public school students in the state, down 0.23% from 2019. Kindergarten enrollment fell statewide by almost 1,457 students, an almost 4% decline. […]

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Prep Sports Roundup: 11/6

Prep Sports Roundup: 11/6

3-A Football Semifinals CEDAR CITY, Utah-Trey Lund had 19 carries for 103 yards and a touchdown and the Juab Wasps overcame a spirited effort from Delta to vanquish their Region 14 opponents with a 20-12 victory Friday at Eccles Coliseum on the campus of Southern Utah University in the 3-A […]

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Utah’s attorney general takes time off to aid Trump campaign

Utah’s attorney general takes time off to aid Trump campaign

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s newly reelected attorney general says he is taking personal leave time to help support President Donald Trump’s legal challenges to election procedures. Trump has claimed without evidence that the vote is unfair and rigged. Republican Attorney General Sean Reyes says he’ll be helping support […]

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Owens leads McAdams in tight race for U.S. House seat

Owens leads McAdams in tight race for U.S. House seat

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The hard-fought race for a congressional swing district in Utah remained too early to call on Thursday, with a about 2,300 votes separating the candidates and many left to count. Former NFL player Burgess Owens, a Black conservative supporter of President Donald Trump, lead in […]

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Pair plead guilty to damaging Utah police car in protest

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two men charged with helping to flip and damage a police car at a Utah demonstration that devolved into a riot have admitted to criminal charges. The Deseret News reports 21-year-old Connor Matthew Peebles and 19-year-old Ian Eric Nightingale pleaded guilty to criminal mischief. The […]

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NBA players approve plan to start season on Dec. 22

NBA players approve plan to start season on Dec. 22

The NBA’s player representatives have voted to support the notion of starting this coming season on Dec. 22, the date that the league has been targeting in its talks about how and when to get teams back on the floor for a planned 72-game season. The player vote is just […]

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Strong, Doubs combine to spark Nevada to 34-9 victory

Strong, Doubs combine to spark Nevada to 34-9 victory

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Carson Strong and Romeo Doubs connected for three first-half touchdowns and Nevada defeated Utah State 34-9 on for the Wolf Pack’s third straight win to start their season. Strong was 36-of-52 passing for 411 yards, 9 yards shy of his career high and his fifth straight […]

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Utah governor ‘frustrated’ with record-breaking virus cases

Utah governor ‘frustrated’ with record-breaking virus cases

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert says he is feeling “frustrated” as new coronavirus cases and hospitalizations continue a streak of record highs. He says state health experts are projecting that the numbers will continue to rise dramatically and overwhelm the state’s hospitals if people don’t modify […]

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