SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and other local leaders are urging state residents to forgo using personal fireworks this summer as the state faces a historic drought. Cox and more than 30 Utah city mayors and council members called on people to instead celebrate July Fourth […]
DENVER-Wednesday, Utah Valley men’s basketball redshirt sophomore center Fairdaws Aimaq earned the WAC 2020-21 Joe Kearney Award. Named in honor of former WAC commissioner Joe Kearney (1980-1994), this award is presented to the top male and female student-athletes in the WAC annually. This past season, Aimaq posted 13.9 points and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Dixie State University trustees have voted for the school to change its name to Utah Tech University. That came Tuesday after the school’s previous name recommendation faced backlash and confusion. The board voted unanimously to drop the earlier recommendation of Utah Polytechnic State University after […]
HILDALE, Utah (AP) — Zion National Park has closed its canyons because of a flash flood warning issued for much of southern Utah. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning Tuesday for Hildale, Utah, Zion National Park and other areas near the Utah-Arizona border. Park officials closed access […]
CEDAR CITY, Utah-This week, Southern Utah University and Northern Arizona University’s football programs confirmed they will play a 12-game series commencing with the 2028 season. After the Thunderbirds join the Western Athletic Conference, they will maintain their Grand Canyon Rivalry with the Lumberjacks as the agreement attests. The squads have […]
On June 29, authorities in Garfield County made a call to the Department of Public Safety for assistance in rescuing two individuals who were stuck due to a flash flood. The two individuals were hiking in a slot canyon in the Escalante area when there was a flash flood. They […]
CEDAR CITY, Utah-Tuesday, Southern Utah University men’s basketball announced the signing of Malik Muhammad ahead of the 2021-22 season. Muhammad is a 6-9 transfer from Central Michigan who posted 5.5 points and 5.8 rebounds in 19 games for the Chippewas last season. The native of Harbor City, Calif. transferred to […]
U.S. Senator Mike Lee has announced that he will be holding an agriculture townhall in Sevier County. The townhall is scheduled for Wednesday, June 30, at 7:00 p.m. and will be held at the Sevier County Fairgrounds at 410 East 200 South in Richfield. In the announcement Lee stated that […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A passenger who tried to break into an airplane cockpit last week had recently been under the influence of methamphetamine before he jumped from the moving plane in Los Angeles. Luis Antonio Victoria Dominguez of La Paz, Mexico, broke his leg Friday when he opened the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, is planning to visit Bryce Canyon National Park in southern Utah this week as part of a tour through southwestern states. The White House said Monday that Emhoff will be visiting the park on Friday as […]
