WACO, Texas-Wednesday, Utah punter Mitch Wishnowsky was named to a third major All-American team as he was selected to the second team of the American Football Coaches All-American squad. The senior from Perth, Australia ranks ninth nationally in punt average at 45.1 yards per boot. He has also made the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Outgoing U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah bemoaned the disappearance of political civility, kinship and cross-party collaboration during a farewell speech where he called the Senate a legislative body in “crisis.” The 84-year-old Hatch spoke Wednesday on the Senate floor in Washington. He will step […]
TORONTO-Wednesday, per an official report from the Canadian Football League and TSN, Canada’s sports leader, Utah State quarterback Jordan Love and former Utah star linebacker Nate Orchard are on negotiation lists of CFL teams. CFL negotiation lists consist of roughly 45 players whose rights are owned by any one of […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California’s largest water wholesaler has approved a drought contingency plan that it hopes will help ensure the drought-stressed Colorado River will supply the Southwest for a decade. General Manager Jeffrey Kightlinger says Tuesday’s approval adds the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California to water agencies […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man accused of fatally shooting a city code enforcement officer after what he considered years of harassment over laws requiring cleanup of trash and weeds outside his home will stay behind bars after a judge on Tuesday refused to lift a no-bail order. […]
Fishlake National Forest plans to burns several hundred acres of forest on Wednesday. The Richfield Ranger District plans to burn approximately 62 acres of scattered pinyon/juniper slash Southeast of Salina. Another 82 acres of pinyon/juniper piles West of Koosharem. The Fremont River Ranger District plans to burn approximately 50-170 acres […]
Boys Basketball Non-Region GUNNISON, Utah-Mason Thompson’s 16 points on 6 of 9 shooting from the field led the Manti Templars to a 70-39 rout of Gunnison in non-region boys basketball action Tuesday. Travis Thomson added 13 points on 5 of 8 shooting for the Templars in the win as they […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah State Board of Education has agreed to budget nearly $600,000 for strategic communications. The Deseret News reports the board agreed to budget $596,652.77 in unexpended federal lease funds for an array of strategic communication services, such as public relations counsel and public opinion polls, to […]
OGDEN, Utah-Tuesday, Weber State football tailback Josh Davis was named as the national freshman of the year by FCS STATS and therefore the recipient of the prestigious Jerry Rice award. Davis is only the third player in Big Sky Conference history to achieve this honor. The Rice award is voted […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah state lawmaker is leading an effort to redesign a clunky Utah state flag that critics have called an “S.O.B.” — seal on a bedsheet. State Rep Steve Handy recently announced he will introduce a bill creating a flag review commission that could ultimately […]
