SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Officials say firefighters responding to a house fire in Salt Lake City found a man’s body inside the home. Fire crews quickly extinguished the blaze on Friday morning. When they went inside, they found the body. Salt Lake City Fire Department officials say they don’t […]
The IOC is in talks with three possible bidders to host the Winter Olympics in the future. Former Winter Games hosts Salt Lake City and Sapporo were confirmed along with 1992 Summer Games host Barcelona. The Catalonian city would spread events across the Pyrenees region and look for venues outside […]
Jordan Ford had 24 points and Saint Mary’s made 6 of 8 free throws in the last 65 seconds to hold off BYU 87-84 in overtime. TJ Haws’ 3-point attempt from the right corner spun out and the Cougars got the rebound but could not get off a final shot. […]
Kai Edwards’ basket with 3.5 seconds to go gave Northern Colorado its first-ever win at Weber State, 65-64 on Thursday night. The victory was the first in 14 trips to Ogden for the Bears, who extended their win streak to three games. Edwards had scored consecutive baskets to give the […]
Cameron Oluyitan scored 20 points and John Knight III scored 15 off the bench and Southern Utah beat Idaho State 71-55. Southern Utah built a 20-6 lead almost nine minutes in before the Bengals outscored them 23-13 and trailed 33-29 at halftime. Austin Smellie’s 3-pointer for Idaho State with 12:34 […]
The Mountain West has agreed to six-year media rights deals with CBS Sports and Fox Sports that are worth a combined $270 million. The agreements include football and men’s basketball. The deals begin in 2020-21 and run through the 2025-26 season. There are additional third-tier rights still in negotiation. This […]
More than 16,000 public comments have been submitted for a proposal on whether to allow a highway to be built through a protected Mojave desert tortoise habitat in southern Utah. The four-lane road has drawn criticism from conservationists. The Spectrum newspaper reported the road would pass through the Red Cliffs […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City’s Hogle Zoo says a 17-year-old giraffe named Pogo has died, and her unborn calf was too small to survive. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Pogo started showing symptoms that she was sick on Sunday afternoon and died Monday. Zoo officials said in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s governor has released an annual budget proposal calling for a freeze on college and university tuition increases until a specific definition of higher education affordability can be established. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Republican Gov. Gary Herbert requested that the governing bodies of the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A California teenager who survived nearly 30 hours alone in the snowy Utah mountains says he kept himself awake with phone alarms, built a snow cave for shelter and held a special beaded bracelet to keep his hopes up. Seventeen-year-old Nicolas Stacy-Alcantara of Frenso says he […]
