(Salt Lake City, UT) — Longtime Jazz strength and conditioning coach Mark McKown is leaving the organization after 21 years. McKown has been a critical part of the team since 1997. He was known for late-night workouts with Karl Malone and was even Jerry Sloan’s best man at his wedding. […]
No games in the opening week of the 2018 college football season have quite the pizazz of last year’s meeting between No. 1 Alabama and No. 3 Florida State. But there still are enough interesting matchups to whet the appetite of fans starving for more football ever since the end of Alabama’s thrilling College […]
Volleyball Region 15 MANTI, Utah-The South Sevier Rams decisively swept Manti 3-0, posting set wins of 25-17, 25-17 and 25-15 in Region 15 volleyball action Wednesday. Boys Golf Region 15 FAIRVIEW, Utah-The North Sanpete Hawks won their home Region 15 tournament on Wednesday with a team score of 317 at […]
LOGAN, Utah-Wednesday, Utah State head men’s basketball coach Craig Smith announced the signing of Portuguese national Neemias Queta, a 6-11 center out of Barreiro, Portugal. Smith lauded the fact that Queta brings “length, athleticism and rim protection” to the Aggies. Smith did mention that Queta’s offensive game needs some work […]
PROVO, Utah-Wednesday, BYU director of athletics Tom Holmoe named Holly Parkinson Hasler as the new head coach for the women’s tennis program. Parkinson Hasler first came to Provo in 1997 from Houston when she was the #1 ranked recruit in the country. Her freshman season of 1997-98 saw her lead […]
ODGEN, Utah (AP) — Ogden police say an officer shot and injured a dog that allegedly attacked him while he was on a child welfare call. According to a statement from the Ogden Police Department, the dog came out from behind a vehicle in a driveway and attacked the officer. […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Zion National Park officials say rescue crews had to retrieve a group of hikers who were temporarily trapped on the popular Hidden Canyon trail after a rockfall. The Spectrum reports it’s the third time in a little more than a month that the park has had to […]
OREM, Utah-Wednesday, Utah Valley University softball released its fall exhibition schedule. This consists of eight games, including six against in-state foes. The Wolverines start the fall season by hosting Southern Utah September 29 at Wolverine Softball Field. October 3, they travel to Salt Lake City to face Utah and will […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A U.S. Department of Interior leader reiterated the agency’s strong interest in moving the Bureau of Land Management headquarters to the West during a visit to a northern Utah city that is under consideration as a new home. Interior assistant secretary Susan Combs said the move […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Health officials are reporting a human case of West Nile virus in Box Elder County, one of four cases in Utah this year. The Standard Examiner newspaper reports two more samples have also tested positive for the virus in Box Elder County, bringing the total number of […]
