SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Planes at Salt Lake City International Airport collided with 280 birds last year, including one incident where a flock of birds hit a plane carrying 223 passengers and narrowly missed hitting the engine. Most of the bird strikes were minor, but in total they caused […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Wildlife officials say the approach of spring means Utah residents of cities along the Wasatch Front can expect more close encounters with wild animals. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that there has been a spate of wildlife sightings in the region in the past week, including a […]
MENDON, Utah (AP) — Utah state wildlife officials have corralled more than 500 wild turkeys this winter in Cache County that are a nuisance to homeowners. They were moved to a rural area known as the Book Cliffs near Vernal. Drawn by food they can find near homes, the wild […]
TOOELE COUNTY, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a hiker has been killed after a large boulder rolled onto her at Utah’s Stansbury Island. Tooele County Sheriff’s officials say the body of the 37-year-old victim was recovered Saturday night. They say she was from the Salt Lake area but her name […]
LAYTON, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a dog bit the hand off of a 4-year-old Layton boy after he stuck his arm through a fence in an attempt to play with the animal. Layton Fire Department officials say the child was in serious but stable condition when he was airlifted […]
OREM, Utah (AP) — The Latest on a shooting near Utah Valley University (all times local): 10:30 a.m. A man shot at an apartment complex near Utah Valley University south of Salt Lake City has died. Orem Police tweeted Friday morning that the victim died, but didn’t provide any information […]
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — Police in a Salt Lake City suburb say two teenage brothers were killed when their car crossed a center line and collided head-on with a SUV. West Valley City police say 17-year-old Sage Snow and 16-year-old Rylie Snow died at the scene of the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Gov. Gary Herbert said Thursday that he backs a legislative push to ban some types of gay conversion therapy that he called “barbaric” but added that defining what constitutes conversion therapy is vital. “How we define conversion probably is the key issue there, but some […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A proposed ban on abortions sought only because a fetus has been diagnosed with Down syndrome passed the Utah Legislature on Thursday, sending the measure to Gov. Gary Herbert’s desk. The legislation that easily cleared a final vote in the state Senate contains a so-called […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is donating $2 million to the International African American Museum for the creation of a family history center. Church Elder David A. Bednar presented the donation Wednesday in Salt Lake City to Michael Boulware Moore, the president […]
