Utah center Rudy Gobert is standing tall, even after having coronavirus and dealing with an enormous amount of scorn after being diagnosed. Gobert was the first NBA player to test positive for the virus and that prompted many to blame him for the league’s shutdown in response to the pandemic. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say four people died after a small plane crashed in a rugged area in the Utah mountains. Utah County Sheriff’s Sgt. Spencer Cannon said the crash occurred Friday morning in the Box Elder Peak area in American Fork Canyon southeast of Salt Lake City. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Republican ousted in a primary after coming out as gay in conservative Utah says a backlash during the campaign has him questioning whether his party has a place for him. Rancher Nathan Ivie announced his orientation last year while serving as a county commissioner […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An Idaho father has been reunited with his 9-year-old son who went missing during a hike with extended family in Utah. KSL-TV reported that Summit County Sheriff Justin Martinez says the dad drove to Utah where his son, Stratton Joshua Wright, became separated from his […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say two people died after a small plane crashed in a rugged area in the Utah mountains. Utah County Sheriff’s Sgt. Spencer Cannon said the crash occurred Friday morning in the Box Elder Peak area in American Fork Canyon southeast of Salt Lake City. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Masks will soon be mandatory in parts of Utah that are home to several of the state’s famous national parks. The measures will not extend to park lands, which are run by the federal government. Republican Gov. Gary Herbert has approved requests for face covering […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Protesters from two opposing groups gathered in Provo on Wednesday after an SUV driver was shot while driving through protesters earlier in the week. A video of the incident captured by KSL-TV shows a man fire a shot at the driver as the car began slowly […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man has pleaded guilty to killing a 15-year-old girl who threatened to tell police he had sex with her. The Deseret News reports 26-year-old Shaun Patrick French pleaded guilty to aggravated murder. French admitted to waiting for 15-year-old Baleigh Bagshaw to return home […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The longest-serving member of the Utah Legislature has been ousted, months after sponsoring a controversial tax-overhaul bill. Republican Sen. Lyle Hillyard of Logan conceded the race to the Deseret News on Wednesday. He had held the seat for nearly 40 years. His opponent, Republican businessman […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A university in Utah is considering dropping “Dixie” from its name as another example of the nation’s reexamination of symbols associated with the Confederacy. Dixie State University has faced scrutiny in the past over the name’s association to slavery. It has resisted changing it because […]
