(Undated) — First responders are warning hikers and climbers after two people were rescued at different locations in Utah. A hiker was helped from Mount Olympus by Salt Lake County Search and Rescue crews late Saturday night after injuring her ankle and knee. A climber was rescued from Kolob Canyon […]
On Apr. 28, hikers in Millard County observed a human body. Millard County Sheriff’s Office, Search and Rescue and Medical Examiner personnel all assisted in recovering the body. It was shared that the body was found in an extended area where missing person, 22-year-old Jonathan Barrett Brantley’s truck was located […]
Two men have died in two days in Emery county after falling off of separate cliffs. The first incident happened on Apr. 15 in the Upper Black Box. According to reports Craig Barlow, age 50 from Salt Lake City, was sitting on a boulder near a ledge when the ledge […]
On Mar. 27, around 1:00 p.m. Richfield City Police, Sevier County Deputies, EMTs, Utah Highway Patrol, Search and Rescue and a Rope Team were called to the Mountains just to the West of Richfield where a woman had fallen off of a cliff. According to Richfield City Police Chief Trent […]
VERNAL, Utah (AP) — Authorities have recovered the body of a 52-year-old angler who fell through the ice on a reservoir in eastern Utah. Uintah County sheriff’s officials say Travis Hanchett, of Vernal, was fishing near the west inlet of Steinaker Reservoir when the ice broke Saturday morning. Emergency crews […]
Three runaway teens from Cedar City have been located after a multi day search by family and the Kane County Sheriff’s Office. The teens were reported missing Feb. 10, and after investigating for several hours, deputies discovered the teens were possibly camping in an undisclosed location. The search continued through […]
GRAND COUNTY, Utah (AP) — Utah officials say a 51-year-old man died in a BASE jumping accident in a remote part of Grand County. Grand County Chief Deputy Sheriff Darrel Mecham told KUTV 2News that the man crashed around noon Friday while attempting a 1,100-foot jump. BASE jumping stands for […]
(Zion National Park, UT) — Officials at Zion National Park say one person is dead and two others are safe following a weekend rescue operation. Search and rescue crews were called to the area of Heaps Canyon on Sunday. They found two people stranded nearly 300 feet above the Upper […]
On Oct. 22, Sevier County Sheriffs Office was dispatched to a capsized boat at Fishlake. According to Sevier County Sheriff Nathan Curtis, “a father, Christopher Winslow age 36 from Cedar City, and son had been fishing with a friend. At 3:30 am they dropped the friend off and the father […]
FARMINGTON, Utah (AP) — An unexpected snowstorm forced the rescue of dozens of runners in a long-distance trail race in the mountains of northern Utah. None of the 87 or so runners rescued Saturday had to be hospitalized. Davis County Sheriff Kelly Sparks says several were treated for hypothermia and […]
