(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Cox is recognizing Utahns for making a difference in their communities through acts of service. The governor handed out the first-ever Spirit of Service awards at the State Capitol yesterday. The honorees included ten-year-old Andilynn Chambers of Harrisville, who has given up birthday presents […]
An 11 site campground is coming to Palisade State Park. The site will be south of the Palisade Dam and is expected to be opened later this summer. A pavilion, campfire rings and tables are expected to be added. There will be no sewer, power or water hookups making the […]
OGDEN, Utah-Late Wednesday, Weber State men’s basketball head coach Eric Duff added an assistant to his coaching staff. Duff hired Dan Russell who spent the last three season with the Wildcats’ Big Sky Conference rival, Montana State. Prior to his time with the Bobcats, Russell spent the previous 11 seasons […]
Nikola Krstic/MB Media/Getty Images (BUDAPEST, Hungary) — American swimmer Anita Alvarez is breathing a sigh of relief on Thursday after her coach dramatically rescued her when the athlete fainted and sank to the bottom of the swimming pool in the middle of her routine on Wednesday night. The dramatic scenes […]
kali9/Getty Images (ST. MICHAEL, Minn.) — A 30-hour standoff involving Wright County sheriff’s deputies and a suspect carrying a rifle came to end when authorities stormed the home in St. Michael, Minnesota, on Wednesday night. The standoff began after the sheriff’s office received a complaint that a man and woman […]
George Frey/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Yellowstone National Park reopened three of its five entrances to visitors on Wednesday after unprecedented flooding closed the park on June 13 and reshaped many of its rivers, canyons and roads. The south loop’s Cody, West Yellowstone and Grand Teton/Jackson entrances opened at 8 a.m. […]
FILE – AXEL HEIMKEN/DPA/AFP via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Extreme heat is forcing the Atlanta Zoo to close its gates early on Wednesday and Thursday. The heat index — what temperature it feels like — is forecast to skyrocket Wednesday to 100 degrees in Atlanta. Some animals who call the […]
Steph Chambers/Getty Images (EUGENE, Ore.) — Athletes competing at the 2022 USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon, will not have to worry about child care, thanks to fellow competitor Allyson Felix. Felix, an 11-time Olympic medalist and mom to 3-year-old daughter Camryn, is providing free child care […]
wsfurlan/Getty Images (LOGAN COUNTY, W. Va.) — Six people reportedly died in a helicopter crash in West Virginia on Wednesday. The Bell UH-1B helicopter crashed by Route 17 in Logan County around 5 p.m., according to the Federal Aviation Administration, which also said six people were on board. Emergency service […]
KGO-TV (SAN FRANCISCO) — The search continued Thursday for a gunman who shot two people, one fatally, on a packed Muni commuter train in San Francisco on Wednesday, police said. The shooting occurred around 10 a.m. as the light-rail train was moving between stations, according to San Francisco Police Department […]
