AMERICAN FORK, Utah (AP) — Timpanogos Cave National Monument will be closing so construction on a new visitor center can get underway. KSL-TV in Salt Lake City reports the caves in north-central Utah will be closed for the rest of the season after Labor Day. The current visitor center, which has been […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The University of Utah says a tweet from comedian David Cross showing him wearing undergarments sacred to the Mormon faith was “deeply offensive.” College president Ruth Watkins issued a statement Sunday about the tweet, says she resisted calls to cancel Wednesday’s performance and that the […]
SALTAIR, Utah (AP) — Authorities have identified a pedestrian who was fatally struck on a major interstate near Saltair. The Daily Herald of Provo reports that Utah Highway Patrol says Bo Shepherd, of Pleasant Grove, had been hit several times Sunday. The 28-year-old man’s body was initially found around 3:30 a.m. with […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah firefighter who died battling the largest recorded blaze in California history will be laid to rest on Monday. Matthew Burchett’s funeral will be held at the Maverick Center in West Valley City. The 42-year-old was fighting the Mendocino Complex fire north of San […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man is facing kidnapping and other charges after allegedly dragging a woman 30 feet with his car in Salt Lake City. Authorities say 39-year-old Keith Davontya Williams was charged Friday in 3rd District Court with aggravated kidnapping, aggravated assault resulting in serious bodily injury, […]
HOUSTON (AP) — Albert Rusnak scored two goals in stoppage time to help Real Salt Lake beat the Houston Dynamo 2-1 on Saturday night. Real Salt Lake (11-10-5) won on the road for just the second time this season. Rusnak converted from penalty spot in the 10th minute of injury […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s unemployment rate is up slightly. The Department of Workforce Services reported Friday that the seasonally adjusted jobless rate increased to 3.1 percent in July from 3 percent in June while the state’s economy added 57,100 jobs in the prior year. Chief Economist Carrie Mayne […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The faith has the famous Mormon Tabernacle Choir, recently made a documentary about its members called “Meet the Mormons” and uses “Mormon” in its official website addresses. But on Thursday church President Russell M. Nelson said he wants people to stop using “Mormon,” or “LDS” […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah mother decided to donate nearly $400 worth of toys that her 6-year-old daughter secretly ordered from Amazon to a Salt Lake City children’s hospital. Catherine Lunt didn’t learn about her daughter’s secret shopping spree until it was too late to stop most of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld a man’s convictions and life sentence in the 2010 killing of a Utah sheriff’s deputy who was gunned down during a traffic stop. The court denied Roberto Miramontes Roman’s appeal of his 2017 federal convictions […]
