SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah baseball team opened a three-game series against Washington with a 6-4 loss on Thursday afternoon. Wade Gulden led Utah at the plate with a 2-for-4 performance, including an RBI triple. Tanner Thomas pitched six innings with seven strikeouts in the loss, allowing four runs […]
LOGAN, Utah – Utah State head men’s basketball coach Craig Smith announced Thursday that Ke’Sean Davis has signed a National Letter of Intent to compete for the Aggies beginning in the 2018-19 season. Davis will have two years of eligibility remaining. Davis, a 6-foot-7, 225-pound forward from Seward County Community College (Liberal, Kan.) earned second-team […]
SOUTH JORDAN, Utah (AP) — South Jordan police say they have arrested two teen boys suspected of stealing two guns and ammunition from a sporting goods store. South Jordan police said in a statement that surveillance footages shows two suspects leaving a Sportman’s Warehouse on Saturday evening with one handgun […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Senate Majority Leader Ralph Okerlund is in good health after receiving a heart and kidney transplant last week. State lawmakers say they visited Okerlund earlier this week, and saw him up and walking around. Okerlund missed much of the 2018 legislative session due to his […]
KANARRAVILLE, Utah (AP) — A community in southwest Utah has begun charging visitors to hike a popular slot canyon. Hikers at Kanarraville Falls began paying $8 for an individual permit this month. The Salt Lake Tribune reports about 40,000 people travel to the town of Kanarraville every year to hike the scenic […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of two former inmates who investigators say were among the men abused by guards while incarcerated at a Utah county jail. The American Civil Liberties Union of Utah filed the federal civil rights lawsuit Wednesday, claiming Dustin Law […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Top leaders from the NAACP and Mormon church are calling for greater racial harmony and mutual respect following the first official meeting between national leaders of the civil rights organization and Utah-based religion. NAACP President Derrick Johnson said the alliance should be an example for […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court is weighing a challenge to a Virginia law that allows police to arrest “habitual drunkards” and send them to jail for up to a year for possessing alcohol. A survey conducted by the Legal Aid Justice Center shows that Virginia and Utah […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A new audit found drug use is widespread inside an overcrowded Salt Lake City homeless shelter that’s been marked for closure after a spate of violence nearby. Lax enforcement of rules and procedures meant to deter drug use is endangering people seeking shelter at the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah Jazz standouts Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert as well as head coach Quin Snyder are each finalists for NBA awards. Mitchell is one of three players in the running for Rookie of the Year, while Gobert is a finalist for Defensive Player of the […]
