SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Health officials say four children have died from the flu in Utah since October, and with a new strain of the illness, the threat may not subside for weeks. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Trahern W. Jones, a pediatric infectious disease fellow with the University of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An Associated Press analysis of Utah state House elections using a statistical method for calculating partisan advantage found that Republicans won about three more seats than would be expected based on the party’s share of the vote in the 2018 midterm election. That is the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s state veterinarian is advising horse owners to limit travel for their animals and to take precautions because of multiple cases of an equine virus reported in neighboring Nevada. Dr. Barry Pittman says the cases reported in Nevada involve horses that traveled on rodeo circuits […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Donovan Mitchell and Joe Ingles poured in shots from the outside and Rudy Gobert couldn’t miss from inside. The Utah Jazz are making the game look easy, and there was nothing the lowly New York Knicks could do to stop that. Mitchell scored 30 points, Gobert […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says two of its missionaries have returned home to the U.S. after they were detained in Russia for more than two weeks for alleged visa term violations. Church spokesman Eric Hawkins said Wednesday in a statement that […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Legislature has passed a bill banning oversight powers for independent civilian boards established to review police departments. The Senate and House approved the bill Thursday, the last day of the session, despite one of its sponsors saying it would not change current procedures. […]
OREM, Utah (AP) — Jake Toolson had 21 points as Utah Valley beat Cal State Northridge 92-84 in the first round of the College Basketball Invitational on Tuesday night. Baylee Steele had 19 points for Utah Valley (25-9). Richard Harward added 15 points. Isaiah White had 15 points for the […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — States that rely on a major river in the U.S. West are pushing for federal legislation to implement a plan to protect the water amid a prolonged drought. The Colorado River serves 40 million people in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. The […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Ogden police say a woman and her adult daughter are dead and that it appears to be a murder-suicide. The Police Department said in a statement that officers making a welfare check at a residence early Tuesday found 63-year-old Maria Villalobos and 31-year-old Bianca Villalobos dead […]
BOUNTIFUL, Utah (AP) — Officials say a Utah teacher who asked a student to wipe an ash cross from his forehead has returned to work. KUTV reports that the Davis County School District says fourth-grade teacher Moana Patterson has “returned to the classroom” after she says she gave 9-year-old Catholic student William […]
