SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah voters rejected a ballot measure Tuesday that would have boosted education funding through a gas tax in a state that has the lowest per pupil spending in the nation. Three other ballot initiatives were leading, but too close to be declared victorious at the […]
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Isaiah Pineiro scored 25 points and grabbed 12 rebounds and San Diego rallied in the second half to beat Weber State 83-66 in coach Sam Scholl’s debut in Tuesday night’s season opener. Trailing 32-25 at halftime, Olin Carter III’s 3-pointer sparked a 13-3 run capped by […]
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Caleb Martin scored all 21 of his points in the second half and Jordan Caroline tied a career high with 16 rebounds to help No. 7 Nevada beat Brigham Young 86-70 in the season opener Tuesday night. After Nevada’s offense sputtered in the first half, it […]
CEDAR CITY, Utah (AP) — Andre Adams scored 13 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and four other Southern Utah players scored in double digits as the Thunderbirds downed West Coast Baptist 96-53 in Tuesday night’s season opener. Dwayne Morgan scored 17 points with eight boards, Cameron Oluyitan added 15 points, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. John Curtis has defeated two challengers to win his first full term in the U.S. House of Representatives. The former Provo, Utah, mayor defeated Democrat college professor James Singer and United Utah Party candidate Tim Zeidner on Tuesday. Curtis joined Congress after […]
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Sam Merrill scored a career-high 37 points and Utah State smothered Montana State 101-71 in the season opener for both teams Tuesday night. In the coaching debut of Utah State’s Craig Smith, Merrill had the ninth-highest scoring total by a visiting player in the history of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican Rep. Rob Bishop has bested two opponents to win re-election to a ninth term in the U.S. House of Representatives. Bishop defeated Democrat Lee Castillo and Eric Eliason of the new United Utah Party on Tuesday. His opponents tried to paint him as a career […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney handily won a U.S. Senate seat in his adopted home state of Utah on Tuesday after a campaign where he backed off his once-fierce criticism of President Donald Trump. He will replace longtime Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch, who is […]
Voting is underway across Utah as polling sites open for Tuesday’s midterm election. Voters will decide a hotly contested congressional race, a high-profile medical marijuana proposal and a replacement for Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch. Former presidential candidate Mitt Romney is the heavy favorite to win the race for Hatch’s seat […]
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Delaware (AP) — The body of a Utah mayor and Army National Guard member who urged Americans to vote before he was killed in Afghanistan has been returned to U.S. soil. Military officials said 39-year-old North Ogden Mayor Brent Taylor was shot to death Saturday by […]
