OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Bogdan Bliznyuk scored 27 points, 19 in the second half, and Eastern Washington beat Weber State with a 75-70 victory on Thursday night that ended the Wildcats’ nine-game winning streak. The Wildcats (19-8, 12-3), with alum and Portland Trail Blazer Damian Lillard in attendance, dropped a […]
CEDAR CITY, Utah (AP) — Holland Woods scored 20, including a 3-pointer to send the game to overtime, as Portland State stormed back to beat Southern Utah 96-91 in overtime on Thursday night. Woods hit the game-tying 3-pointer with 3.1 left in regulation. He hit another with 1:52 left in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — David Collette scored 21 points and Justin Bibbins totaled 17 points and 10 assists to help Utah edge UCLA 84-78 on Thursday night. Parker Van Dyke scored a career-high 18 points and Tyler Rawson added 12 for the Utes. Utah (18-9, 10-6 Pac-12) won its […]
SURPRISE, Ariz. – A rough start doomed the Utah baseball team in a 7-2 loss to Ohio State to open its four-game series in Surprise, Ariz., on Tuesday evening. Utah surrendered seven runs in the first inning to the Buckeyes and were forced to play catch up the rest of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah lawmaker won unanimous committee approval for a proposal to add $5 million to a fund designed to lure movie and television film crews to the state. Republican state Sen. Jake Anderegg of Lehi told the Deseret News he knows incentives in his bill […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s Senate president says state troopers have closed an investigation into a lawmaker’s strange encounter with a woman outside his hotel room without determining who the woman was or what happened. Senate President Wayne Niederhauser said Thursday that Utah’s Highway Patrol, which provides security to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Navajos who once worried they would have to drive hours to cast their ballots in Utah say a court settlement is a step forward as tribes challenge what they call discriminatory voting practices around the United States. The agreement that requires tribally accessible polling places […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee says there’s no way to ban or buyback AR-15-style assault rifles like the kind used by a shooter at a Florida high school last week without also banning hunting rifles. He made the comments Thursday in response to a question […]
SPRINGDALE, Utah (AP) — Zion National Park in Utah is closing access to 13 popular rock-climbing cliffs as part of an annual effort to protect sensitive nesting sites for peregrine falcons. The National Park Service officials announced this week that climbing routes will close March 1 while wildlife biologists to […]
*Boys Basketball* ST. GEORGE, Utah-Brady Arbon posted 16 points and 13 rebounds and the Grantsville Cowboys edged Grand 66-63 in overtime to commence the 3-A boys state quarterfinals Thursdy at Burns Arena on the campus of Dixie State University. Brayden Schultz had 16 points and 7 rebounds in the loss […]
