OGDEN, Utah-Off the heels of an impressive performance against James Madison in the FCS quarterfinals last season, the Weber State football team has five players on the HERO preseason All-American list as released Tuesday. In fact, only the defending FCS national champion North Dakota State Bison, with six such players […]
DRAPER, Utah (AP) — A woman convicted of helping a former street preacher kidnap then-Utah teenager Elizabeth Smart from her Salt Lake City home in 2002 refused to attend a hearing before the state parole board that could have helped her get out of prison earlier. A Utah parole board […]
CEDAR CITY, Utah-Southern Utah offensive lineman Zach Larsen was named to the HERO Sports Preseason All-American team Tuesday as a member of the second team offense as the publication released its information. HERO is a Bellevue, Wash.-based college football reporting magazine that specializes in both FBS and FCS football. Following […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — For a third straight year, Utah officials are warning residents that a toxic algae bloom has made parts of Utah Lake near Provo unsafe for recreation. State and county agencies said Tuesday that recent tests on water samples showed high levels of toxin-producing cyanobacteria in the […]
MILLCREEK, Utah (AP) — Police are continuing to investigate whether a Utah driver’s medical issue was responsible for sending a pickup truck careening into a Starbucks patio last week. The Deseret News reports that Salt Lake County Sheriff Rosie Rivera can’t confirm investigators’ initial hypothesis about a medical episode such as a […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Samuel Tom Holiday, one of the last surviving Navajo Code Talkers, died Monday in southern Utah. He was 94. The Spectrum reports Holiday’s granddaughter, Tya Redhouse, says Holiday died in the evening, surrounded by friends and family who traveled to be with him. Holiday, who used his […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say a raccoon that got into the power lines was the culprit for a small brush fire overnight in Weber County. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Riverdale fire chief Jared Sholly said Monday that the raccoon set himself on fire on accident and then fell […]
IVINS, Utah-Per a report in the St. George Spectrum, 94-year-old Samuel Tom Holiday, one of the last surviving Navajo Code Talkers, passed away Monday in southern Utah. Holiday and his cohorts were instrumental in helping the U.S. defeat Japan in World War II in using their native language to create […]
LISBON, Portugal-This past weekend, incoming Utah Valley women’s basketball freshman Maria Carvalho helped guide AD Vagos to a runner-up finish at the Portuguese Basketball Federation U-19 National Championships. A point guard out of Lisbon, Carvalho ended the four-team final round with a top-5 ranking among all players, having amassed 12.3 […]
OREM, Utah-Monday, Utah Valley women’s basketball camps, which were scheduled to begin Tuesday, were canceled as announced by head coach Cathy Nixon. This UVU women’s basketball team-sponsored camp was previously originally scheduled for boys and girls entering kindergarten through 8th grade on June 12-14 prior to the cancellation announcement. This […]
