SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — State leaders say heroin overdose deaths declined in Utah in 2017 for the first time in seven years. Data released Monday by state agencies shows that opioid-related overdose deaths decreased last year by almost 20 percent. Utah Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox says fatal overdoses specifically […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Weber School District is overhauling the way it deals with racism and discrimination with new policies and plans to hire a new administrator to focus on the issues. The Standard-Examiner reports school officials say they want to change the culture at the district, both in the ways they […]
ROCHESTER, Minn.-Tuesday, per an announcement from byucougars.com, The College Sports Information Directors of America in association with The Associated Press and the Fiesta Bowl organization have selected BYU signal-caller Tanner Mangum as one of this week’s three college football nominees for the Mayo Clinic Comeback Player of the Year award. […]
TAYLORSVILLE, Utah-Monday, Meadowbrook Golf Course of Taylorsville hosted Day 1 of the 3-A boys golf tournament with action to conclude Tuesday. Many Mid-Utah Radio Sports Network schools and athletes representing these schools are in contention for a state title as the final day of competition commences. Currently, the Morgan Trojans, […]
A student at Gunnison Valley High School is in custody and facing multiple sexual abuse charges. The 16-year-old student was arrested Friday afternoon and charged in the county’s juvenile court with six counts of first-degree felony object rape and five charges of second-degree felony forcible sexual abuse. According to South Sanpete […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.-Monday, former Millard High star golfer Nicklaus Britt paced Dixie State University’s men’s golf team as they competed at the WNMU Fall Intercollegiate Invitational. Britt shot a +4 during the first day of competition and is tied for ninth overall individually with Nathan McCann of Colorado State-Pueblo and Andrew […]
PROVO, Utah-Friday, BYU football hosts Utah State in a rivalry that dates back to 1922. The Cougars and Aggies, who are meeting for the 88th time in history this week, vie for the Old Wagon Wheel, a tradition between the schools since 1948. The Cougars lead the all-time series 48-36-3 […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Saturday, Utah football, fresh off of a 28-24 loss at Washington State, returns to the road in the Pac-12 once again by facing consistent power Stanford. The Cardinal, despite a 38-17 loss to Notre Dame, comes into this game as the #14 team in the land. Despite giving […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — University of Utah archaeologists are excavating a sandstone foundation believed to be a military barracks built during the Civil War era at Fort Douglas. The sandstone foundation was accidentally discovered about four years ago by contractors digging a utility trench at the historical landmark overseen […]
SPANISH FORK, Utah (AP) — A pair of wildfires in Utah County that forced hundreds of families to evacuate their homes and created poor air quality has posed a challenge to the high school sports season. Salem Hills chemistry teacher, athletic director and girls soccer coach Lee Gillie said he […]
