PROVO, Utah (AP) — Authorities used a state Department of Public Safety helicopter to make an overnight rescue of an ailing 21-year-old hiker stranded high on Mt. Timpanogos in north-central Utah. Utah County Sheriff’s Sgt. Spencer Cannon says the helicopter late Tuesday night retrieved the man and a 75-year-old hiker […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. Vice President Mike Pence is coming to Utah, where he’ll visit a medical-device manufacturer in suburban Salt Lake City. His office said in a statement that Pence will tour the offices of disposable devices maker Merit Medical in South Jordan Thursday morning. The Republican […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Planned Parenthood Association of Utah says it is withdrawing from the federal family planning program rather than comply with a new Trump administration rule prohibiting participants from referring patients for abortions. The organization joined other affiliates across the country Monday in declining federal funding, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man who authorities say killed a Utah college student has been charged with sexual abuse and kidnapping of another woman. Charging documents filed Tuesday against Ayoola Ajayi accuse him of sexually assaulting a woman he met on a dating app in March 2018 at […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An FBI report about a shooting inside a Utah federal courthouse found a lack of communication and a procedural change contributed to the death of a prisoner, a news report said. Siale Angilau, 25, was killed by a U.S. marshal when he lunged toward a […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Brigham Young University will no longer hold a homecoming parade. The Daily Herald reports that school officials say participation in the tradition is declining, so they’re going to hold more “student-centric” activities instead, including a scavenger hunt and a BYU Birthday Bash. More details are expected to be […]
MIDVALE, Utah (AP) — A northern Utah woman has been arrested after authorities say she beat her parents with a cane and oxygen tanks and poured laundry detergent on them. Court documents show 42-year-old Anne Helene Cockrell was arrested Saturday on suspicion of abuse and assault. Her parents are over […]
SPRINGDALE, UT – Zion National Park’s trail crew will be closing Angels Landing Trail Tuesday, August 20 through Wednesday, August 21, 2019, in order to replace multiple posts which support the chain sections on the trial. The trail will close at 6:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 21, 2019 and should […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney says he believes climate change is happening and human activity is a significant contributor. He acknowledged in a speech Monday in Utah that the position is rare among his fellow Republicans but one that younger people seem to respond to more […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A court appearance for a 72-year-old Utah man charged in what prosecutors call a $1.5 million Ponzi scheme has been delayed so he can recover from surgery after a heart attack. The Standard-Examiner reports that Robert Glen Mouritsen is a former stake president in The Church of […]
