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Month: August 2021

Miller, Singleton and Gerardi Sweep Big Sky Conference Player of the Week Awards

Miller, Singleton and Gerardi Sweep Big Sky Conference Player of the Week Awards

FARMINGTON, Utah-Monday, Southern Utah University football swept the Big Sky Conference Player of the Week honors. The Thunderbirds fell to San Jose State 45-14 Saturday at San Jose, Calif. in what is now known as Week Zero in Division I college football August 28. SUU was represented by quarterback Justin […]

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Louisiana power outages may last weeks: How to stay safe during a blackout

Louisiana power outages may last weeks: How to stay safe during a blackout

Toru Kimura/iStock (LA.) — Utility companies warned residents in Louisiana it may take weeks before power can be restored to their homes following the devastation caused by Hurricane Ida. As of Monday morning, over 888,000 customers don’t have power, and that number is growing as the storm moves its way into […]

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Air quality in Lake Tahoe area considered extremely unhealthy due to Caldor Fire: WHO

Air quality in Lake Tahoe area considered extremely unhealthy due to Caldor Fire: WHO

OlgaMiltsova/iStock (CALIF.) — Due to the thick smoke from the Caldor Fire, the air quality near the Lake Tahoe area is nearly 40 times what the World Health Organization deems unhealthy, according to data from IQAir. For over two weeks, the Caldor Fire has swept across 177,260 acres of Northern California and […]

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Snow College Football Is No. 2 In First NJCAA Poll of Season

Snow College Football Is No. 2 In First NJCAA Poll of Season

EPHRAIM, Utah-Monday, the first NJCAA college football poll of the season was released. Snow College is No. 2 in the polls, just behind No. 1 Hutchinson (Kan.) This past June, Hutchinson bested Snow College 29-27 to win the NJCAA National Championship. The Blue Dragons and Badgers are followed in the […]

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Weber State Football Selects Team Captains For 2021 Season

Weber State Football Selects Team Captains For 2021 Season

OGDEN, Utah-Former Manti High School football star Jared Schiess is among the five Weber State football team captains the Wildcats selected ahead of their season-opener, Thursday evening at Utah. Schiess, a senior, is joined by freshman signal-caller Bronson Barron, junior receiver Ty MacPherson, senior linebacker Conner Mortensen and senior kick […]

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Ida adds pressure on Louisiana hospitals amid COVID-19 surge

Ida adds pressure on Louisiana hospitals amid COVID-19 surge

rrvachov/iStock (LA.) — Medical facilities in Louisiana are reeling from Ida, which demolished coastal regions of the state after making landfall as a Category 4 hurricane on Sunday afternoon. Ida, now a tropical storm, is one of the strongest hurricanes on record to touch down in Louisiana. Ochsner Health System, a […]

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Ida live updates: New Orleans evacuees told not to return home until further notice

Ida live updates: New Orleans evacuees told not to return home until further notice

Zenobillis/iStock (NEW YORK) — Ida is barreling through Louisiana after making landfall in the state as a powerful Category 4 hurricane on Sunday afternoon. It was one of the strongest hurricanes on record — by both wind speed and pressure — to roar ashore in Louisiana. Ida, now a tropical […]

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Ida live updates: New Orleans ‘did not have another Katrina,’ mayor says

Ida live updates: New Orleans ‘did not have another Katrina,’ mayor says

Zenobillis/iStock (NEW YORK) — Ida is barreling through Louisiana after making landfall in the state as a powerful Category 4 hurricane on Sunday afternoon. It was one of the strongest hurricanes on record — by both wind speed and pressure — to roar ashore in Louisiana. Ida, now a tropical […]

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Mollie Tibbetts’ killer sentenced to life in prison without parole

Mollie Tibbetts’ killer sentenced to life in prison without parole

LightFieldStudios/iStock (IOWA) — The 27-year-old man convicted of first-degree murder in the 2018 abduction and killing of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts was sentenced on Monday afternoon to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Cristhian Bahena Rivera, an undocumented farmworker from Mexico, was sentenced after a victim impact statement from […]

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Mollie Tibbetts’ convicted killer to be sentenced

Mollie Tibbetts’ convicted killer to be sentenced

LightFieldStudios/iStock (IOWA) — The 27-year-old man convicted of first-degree murder in the 2018 abduction and killing of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts is scheduled to be sentenced Monday. Cristhian Bahena Rivera, an undocumented farmworker from Mexico, is expected to receive a term of life in prison without the possibility of parole. Bahena […]

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