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 […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man who went missing for nearly a week in the wilderness along the Idaho-Montana border says he sustained himself on berries and bugs. Kaden Laga told Salt Lake City’s KUTV in an interview Sunday that he told himself he was going to survive no matter […]
EAGLE MOUNTAIN, Utah (AP) — Authorities say an Eagle Mountain man missing for more than a week has been found dead in his car. Utah County Sheriff’s officials say the body of 19-year-old Eli Merlin Dutson was located Friday night in the park-and-ride lot at the Lehi UTA FrontRunner station. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — More women in the Utah are earning STEM-related degrees, but experts say completion rates are still behind the national average, a report said. The Utah Women & Leadership Project released a Utah Women in STEM Education study early this month showing an additional 467 women […]
COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a 16-year-old girl was killed and her mother and four other people seriously injured when a car went off a road and struck a pickup parked in a Utah canyon before going over an embankment and overturning. The Unified Police Department says the […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Ogden police say four officers fatally shot a knife-wielding man approaching them after ignoring commands to drop the weapon. Police Lt. Michael Boone said the encounter occurred Thursday night after the officers responded to a call about an apparently disoriented knife-wielding man approaching people in the […]
