SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah councilwoman aims to replace Republican U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop, who plans to leave office at the end of his term. Morgan County Councilwoman Tina Cannon announced her candidacy Tuesday for the U.S. House seat. The Federal Election Commission lists the small-business owner and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An outspoken gay politician and a Latina state senator remained in a tight race Wednesday to see who might face off against a pollution-fighting councilwoman for the Salt Lake City mayor’s seat. City councilwoman Erin Mendenhall came out on top in the crowded primary race […]
OAKLEY, Utah (AP) — Crews rescued a woman hiking on a Utah mountain trail after she was injured by a falling boulder. Summit County Sheriff’s Lt. Andrew Wright says the boulder hit the 70-year-old woman Monday while she was nearing Hayden Peak on the Highline Trail. Her friends found an […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — A Utah man has pleaded guilty to killing and sexually assaulting his 5-year-old niece. Alex Whipple entered his guilty pleas to murder, kidnapping and rape Tuesday during a hearing in Logan, Utah. As part of the agreement, charges of obstruction of justice and desecration of a […]
LOGAN CITY, Utah (AP) — Umberto Marengo surged out of a late breakaway with about 100 meters to go Tuesday to win Stage 2 of the Tour of Utah, while Lawson Craddock was second and gained enough time to take the overall lead. The stage took riders 87 miles, but […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A tech worker accused of killing a Utah college student was charged Tuesday with 19 unrelated counts of sexual exploitation of a minor after investigators said they discovered child pornography on his computer. Ayoola Ajayi had images of children as young as 4, prosecutors said […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Wildlife officials say they have found and put to death a bear that bit a 13-year-old boy on his ear and cheek at a campground in eastern Utah. The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources said Tuesday in a news release that officials found the black […]
PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — Glen Canyon National Recreation Area authorities say an Arizona man has apparently drowned in Lake Powell. They say 33-year-old Albert Shortman of Cow Springs was pronounced dead at the scene Sunday by the Coconino County Medical Examiner. Shortman’s body was transported to the Medical Examiner’s Office […]
HOLLADAY, Utah (AP) — James Piccoli won the opening prologue at Snowbird Resort on Monday to take the leader’s jersey in the Tour of Utah, triumphing over a field of 113 riders to start the seven-day race. The 27-year-old Canadian finished the 3.3-mile ride over lumpy terrain at elevations of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah death row inmate featured in the popular book “Under the Banner of Heaven” after killing his sister-in-law and her child for resisting his polygamist beliefs inched closer to becoming the first American to be executed by firing squad in nearly a decade after […]
