SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Rival candidates vying to become Utah’s next governor joined together in new ads Tuesday urging people to accept the results of the November elections and maintain decency with one another despite political differences. Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox, a Republican who is the heavy favorite to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A legislative committee in Utah has approved legislation that seeks to streamline the federal process for changing geographic names statewide that contain language derogatory to Native Americans. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that the draft bill would allow the Utah Division of Indian Affairs to […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Pac-12 has established cancellation and tiebreaker policies for its virus-truncated football season. The conference announced that a minimum threshold of at least 53 scholarship players must be available for any team to participate in a game. The game would be rescheduled or declared a no […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The family of a woman who was missing in Utah’s Zion National Park for 12 days says she has been found and is safe. Holly Courtier was reported missing Oct. 8 and a search began the next day. National Park Service officials say search and […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — The Republican House candidate for northern Utah’s 1st congressional district tested positive on Oct. 7 for the coronavirus. Blake Moore and Darren Parry, a Democrat, face off in the Nov. 3 election in the Republican-leaning district. The seat opened after the incumbent U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop, […]
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A 22-year-old Utah man has been sentenced to 20 days in jail fined $15,000 nearly four years after he removed the antlers from a mule deer he illegally shot in southern Nevada and left behind the rest of the animal. State wildlife officials said Friday Brayden […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — One of Utah’s largest hospitals had no beds left Friday in its regular intensive-care unit as the governor declared the state’s weekslong spike in coronavirus cases unsustainable. The chief medical officer at University of Utah says the hospital had to set up extra ICU beds […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Twenty-one members and associates of white supremacy organizations in Utah are facing charges after court records say they distributed guns and drugs. The indictments came after an investigation that started in June 2019 that focused on the Soldiers of Aryan Culture, Silent Aryan Warriors and […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A Twin Falls, Idaho, woman is behind bars after a traffic stop turned violent. Amanda Yarbrough was charged with third-degree felony assault by a prisoner and misdemeanor assault on a police officer. The incident occurred Tuesday after a Weber County Sheriff’s Office deputy saw a car […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Gail S. Halvorsen may have changed the course of history with just two pieces of gum. Now the retired Air Force Colonel has made a bit of his own history as he turned 100 years old this month. Born in Salt Lake City, Halvorsen spent most […]
