SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 22-year-old man suspected of fatally shooting University of Utah football player Aaron Lowe at a party was charged Wednesday with aggravated murder and other counts. The 21-year-old Lowe died at a late-September house party just hours after the Utes defeated Washington State University. Charges […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Apple CEO Tim Cook and retired NBA All-Star Dwyane Wade have joined Utah leaders to announce the completion of a local advocacy group’s campaign to build new homes that provide services for LGBTQ youth. A non-profit providing mental health services for LGBTQ youth has surpassed […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Cox will not seek to renew his order declaring a state of emergency in Utah due to drought. The governor said yesterday that he will not seek to extend the order past the end of this month. State lawmakers declined to extend the emergency […]
(St. George, UT) — More COVID-19 cases were reported throughout Utah. Yesterday, the state counted over 43-hundred new cases from the holiday weekend, pushing the total over 524-thousand. School-age children made up 924 of those cases. About 31 new deaths related to the virus were added to the death toll, […]
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A coroner in Wyoming says slain cross-country traveler Gabby Petito was strangled. The 22-year-old woman’s body was found last month near an undeveloped camping area in remote northern Wyoming along the border of Grand Teton National Park. Teton County Coroner Dr. Brent Blue said in a […]
A paraglider has passed away after a crash in Monroe. On Oct. 4 an ambulance was dispatched to a paraglider who had gone down hard in a yard near 200 East 500 South. When deputies arrived, EMS was on scene and performing CPR, but were unsuccessful at resuscitating the individual […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A coalition of environmental groups is working with a Utah mining operation and state officials to secure more water for the Great Salt Lake. Rio Tinto Kennecott is donating excess water from its mining operations and will allow it to travel down the Jordan River […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Inland Port Authority board is moving forward with plans to create a new infrastructure district that will issue bonds for future projects. The authority voted 9-2 yesterday to create the new district. The board also approved issuing 150-million-dollars in bonds to pay for […]
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — An early winter storm is forecast to bring the first heavy snowfall of the season to portions of the U.S. Rocky Mountains this week. The National Weather Service on Monday issued winter storm warnings for large areas of Wyoming and southern Montana. The warnings are in […]
(Syracuse, UT) — A 16-year-old is facing charges after a fire at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meetinghouse in Davis County. Firefighters were called to the meetinghouse in Syracuse early Saturday morning. Investigators said the interior of the building suffered extensive damage due to the fire and […]
