PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — Increasingly intense wildfires that have scorched forests from California to Australia are stoking worry about long-term health impacts from smoke exposure in affected cities and towns. In the Sierra Nevada foothills town of Paradise, California, where a fire in 2018 killed 85 people and destroyed 14,000 […]
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The IOC is in talks with three possible bidders to host the Winter Olympics in the future. Former Winter Games hosts Salt Lake City and Sapporo were confirmed along with 1992 Summer Games host Barcelona. The Catalonian city would spread events across the Pyrenees region and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah woman has been charged with the stabbing death of her 4-year-old daughter in their home. The Salt Lake Tribune reported prosecutors charged 29-year-old Nicole Lester with one count of aggravated murder Wednesday. West Valley City Police say officers responded to a 911 call […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The University of Utah has hired a new police chief to run the university’s Department of Public Safety. KSL-TV reports Rodney Chatman was named chief of police Thursday and is expected to begin his position in Salt Lake City Feb. 17. University officials say Chatman […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Cybersecurity experts in Utah have taken measures to combat an increase in alleged digital intrusion attempts from Iran targeting state government websites. Deseret News reported Thursday that the automated digital surveillance attempts were not aimed at hacking, but instead identifying weak points in state computer […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Officials say firefighters responding to a house fire in Salt Lake City found a man’s body inside the home. Fire crews quickly extinguished the blaze on Friday morning. When they went inside, they found the body. Salt Lake City Fire Department officials say they don’t […]
Ephraim, UT – Snow College is ranked #1 in the nation for student success, according to an unsolicited report by the Chronicle of Higher Education. The report, “ranks colleges that mainly serve students who are seeking an associate degree or preparing to transfer to a four-year institution by the percentage of […]
A man from Antimony is upset with the division of wildlife resources after he claims they shot a gun on his property at a deer he helped raise. According to Cole Montague, a DWR officer came to his property on Jan. 8th while no one was home and shot a […]
More than 16,000 public comments have been submitted for a proposal on whether to allow a highway to be built through a protected Mojave desert tortoise habitat in southern Utah. The four-lane road has drawn criticism from conservationists. The Spectrum newspaper reported the road would pass through the Red Cliffs […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City’s Hogle Zoo says a 17-year-old giraffe named Pogo has died, and her unborn calf was too small to survive. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Pogo started showing symptoms that she was sick on Sunday afternoon and died Monday. Zoo officials said in […]
