Utah governor: All adults will be vaccine eligible April 1
Utah’s governor says all people age 18 and over in the state will become eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccines on April 1.…
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Western states chart diverging paths as water shortages loom
Legislation in Utah is raising concerns as seven Western states prepare to negotiate how to sustain a river that supplies 40 million people and a…
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Girl, 9, killed after car hits 3 people in Portland suburb
A 9-year-old girl has been killed and two others injured after they were hit by a car in a Portland suburb.…
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Convicted killer Joseph Duncan has terminal brain cancer
Convicted child killer Joseph Duncan has terminal brain cancer and will likely die before his federal death sentence is carried out, according to…
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LGBTQ students at BYU created rainbow light display on ‘Y’
Students at Brigham Young University illuminated the letter “Y” on a mountain overlooking the Provo campus on Thursday with rainbow colors in a…
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Mississippi gov will sign bill limiting transgender athletes
Mississippi is on track to become the first state this year to enact a law banning transgender athletes from competing on girls or women’s sports…
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Police investigating fatal shooting of store owner in Ogden
A police investigation has been launched in Utah after a grocery store owner in Ogden was fatally shot at his business on Sunday, authorities…
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Judge: Utah schools don’t need to offer girls’ football
A Utah girl whose football skills won her fame online has lost her court bid to have school districts create football teams for girls.…
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3 University of Wyoming students die in car accident
Three students at the University of Wyoming were killed in a car accident on U.S. Route 287 several miles south of the state line between Wyoming and…
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Ban on transgender athletes in Utah girls’ sports stalls
A proposal to ban transgender athletes from female sports teams in Utah stalled Wednesday, days after the Republican governor voiced doubt about the…
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Wyoming university eyes internet links in racist disruption
An official with the University of Wyoming said in a statement that an investigation into racist interruptions during a virtual Black history event…
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Police arrest man after Wyoming boy found dead in dumpster
The boyfriend of a Wyoming woman whose 2-year-old son was found dead in an apartment complex dumpster has been arrested, police said…
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Idaho man arrested on suspicion of murder after boy’s death
An Idaho man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after police received reports of an injured toddler who later…
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Vegas member of Bundy group accused of threatening officials
A Nevada man with ties to anti-government activist Ammon Bundy has been arrested and accused of threatening the lives of a Las Vegas police officer…
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Montana snowmobiler killed in Idaho mountain avalanche
A Montana man was killed in a large avalanche while riding a snowmobile in the Sawtooth Mountains in central…
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Investigation of Wyoming toddler found dead continues
Police in Wyoming continued Monday to investigate the death of a 2-year-old boy whose body was found in a dumpster at an apartment…
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Snowmobiler killed in Idaho avalanche
A man snowmobiling in the Sawtooth National Forest in central Idaho died Friday after triggering a large avalanche. The snowmobiler was riding up a…
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Governor: Spending time with trans kids ‘changes your heart’
Utah’s conservative Republican governor choked up Thursday as he spoke about the struggles faced by transgender teenagers, though he didn’t commit to…
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Snowmobilers in Colorado, Wyoming latest avalanche victims
The latest victims of a deadly avalanche season in the Rocky Mountain region include a snowmobiler who was buried by a slide in northern Colorado and…
Continue Reading Wyoming university event interrupted, investigation launched
An investigation was launched in Wyoming after a virtual Black history event hosted by the University of Wyoming’s Black Studies Center was…
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Amazon to open fulfillment center in Spokane Valley
After months of speculation, Amazon has confirmed it will open a fulfillment center in Spokane Valley that will bring 1,000 new full-time jobs to the…
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Montana high court upholds permit for proposed silver mine
Montana officials conducted an appropriate review before granting a water permit for a proposed silver and copper mine that would run beneath a…
Continue Reading University of Wyoming trustees vote to eliminate 11 programs
The University of Wyoming will eliminate 11 academic programs as part of an initial effort to save money amid a state budget crunch, university…
Continue Reading Utah bill banning trans athletes in girls sports advances
A proposal to ban transgender athletes from playing on girls sports teams passed the state House Wednesday in Utah, one of more than 20 states…
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Snowstorm in Utah delays work, cancels some COVID-19 testing
A snowstorm in Utah has delayed business hours, closed doors for the day and postponed COVID-19 testing on Wednesday, weather officials…
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Northern Idaho woman dies after falling through ice on lake
Authorities say a northern Idaho woman died Tuesday after falling through the ice on Lake Coeur…
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Couple, 85 and 81, find love at Wyoming senior center
Romance is the last thing Leatha Houghtaling and John DiMeglio expected to find at the Cody Senior…
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Cheyenne Frontier Days loses $3M after 2020 cancellation
Cheyenne Frontier Days lost $3.34 million in revenue last year after the coronavirus pandemic forced the event’s first cancellation in its 124-year…
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Fans are back at Idaho State Athletic events
All basketball season long, Idaho State hoped to have fans back inside Reed…
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Judge: Trump’s lifting of mining ban in US West was wrong
A federal judge on Thursday overturned a Trump administration action that would have allowed mining and other development on 10 million acres in…
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Former Boise police officer charged with multiple rapes
A former Boise Police officer has been charged with nine counts of rape that prosecutors allege happened when he was still employed but…
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Boise couple survives avalanche
This avalanche season is on track to possibly be the deadliest in more than a hundred…
Continue Reading Bill banning trans athletes in girls sports advances in Utah
Transgender athletes would be barred from playing on girls’ sports teams under a bill that advanced Thursday in Utah, one of more than a dozen states…
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Wyoming man sues after being stunned, arrested by deputies
A Wyoming man filed a lawsuit against the Laramie County board of commissioners and two sheriff’s deputies who stunned and arrested him and his…
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Search and rescuers recover 2 people from Utah snowstorm
Search and rescuers have safely extracted two snowmobilers who were stranded in a snowstorm in…
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Proposed Oregon bill aims to limit bans on homeless camping
Cities and counties in Oregon aiming to ban homeless people from sitting, sleeping and camping on public property may soon face a barrier under a…
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Wyoming man pleads guilty to killing 3 relatives
A Wyoming man accused of killing three relatives has pleaded…
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Cheyenne burger joint defies virus public health orders
The owner of a burger joint in Cheyenne has defied public health orders in Wyoming issued in response to the coronavirus pandemic, arguing he had to…
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Skier survived avalanche by clinging to tree before saving 2
An investigator says a skier caught in an avalanche that killed four people in Utah survived by clinging to a tree through the onslaught of rushing…
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22 Utah legislative staffers given early vaccine access
The Utah House has said about two dozen Utah legislative staffers were placed on the priority list to receive COVID-19 vaccinations ahead of other…
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Montana snowmobiler dies in weekend avalanche in Swan Range
A northwestern Montana man died after being caught in a weekend avalanche while snowmobiling in the Swan Range east of Kalispell, Flathead County…
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4 skiers killed, 4 injured by Utah avalanche, police say
An avalanche killed four skiers and injured four others Saturday in a popular recreation area, making it one of the deadliest avalanches in Utah…
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Idaho man gets 54 years in prison after shooting officer
An Idaho man has been sentenced to 54 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to shooting a police officer last year, a judge…
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Utah poised to remove concealed weapon permit requirements
Utah gun owners would be able to carry concealed weapons without a permit under a bill that passed the state Senate on Friday, leaving one procedural…
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Man who died in plane crash not certified to fly plane
A Portland man who was flying a Cessna Citation 560 that crashed into the Mutton Mountain Range on Warm Springs land last month was not certified to…
Continue Reading A Utah theme park is suing Taylor Swift over ‘Evermore’ album title
Utah’s Evermore Park has filed a federal lawsuit against Taylor Swift claiming the title of her latest album infringes on the theme…
Continue Reading Park City man’s body recovered after weekend avalanche
Crews have recovered the body of a Park City man who died in an avalanche over the…
Continue Reading Idaho man wins lottery for the sixth time
An Idaho man can now call himself a lotto winner six times…
Continue Reading Washington man dies after falling through ice on Idaho lake
A 60-year-old Washington man died on Friday after falling through the ice at a lake in northern Idaho, Authorities…
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Montana man wins big on Wheel of Fortune
Helena native Jesse Jerome Smith won big on a Wheel of Fortune episode that aired…
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Powder River Basin midwinter eagle count up from last year
A volunteer survey of the Powder River Basin suggests more eagles are using the basin as their winter home this year than in…
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Wyoming Game and Fish Department commissioner replaced
Gov. Mark Gordon has appointed a Lincoln County court clerk to fill a vacancy on the Wyoming Game and Fish Department commission that was created…
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Rexburg senator leads way for restitution for Tapp, wrongfully convicted
A Rexburg Senator is among Idaho lawmakers who are leading the way for a bill that would compensate people who have been wrongfully incarcerated in…
Continue Reading House bill would ban trans females from women’s sports
A bill that would ban transgender females from competing on female sports teams sponsored by public schools and universities passed the Montana House…
Continue Reading Montana man faces $9.9M fine for racist, harassing robocalls
n Idaho man is facing a $9.9 million fine from the Federal Communications Commission after he sent racist, anti-Semitic and harassing robocalls to…
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Utah lawmaker opens impeachment probe of attorney general
A Democratic lawmaker in Utah said Tuesday he is launching an impeachment probe against Attorney General Sean Reyes following his support of…
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Salt Lake City School District students to return to classes
A school district in northern Utah has reopened to elementary students after increased pressure from state lawmakers and parents during the…
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Utah House votes to allow concealed guns without a permit
The Utah House voted Tuesday to allow adults to carry concealed weapons without a permit, despite some GOP…
Continue Reading Last of 4 domestic terrorists sentenced to 55 years in jail
The last of four domestic terrorists who robbed banks and planted bombs in the Spokane region in 1996 has been resentenced to 55 years in federal…
Continue Reading Seattle ‘vaccine’ peddler arrested for selling untested drug
A suburban Seattle man who advertised a supposed COVID-19 “vaccine” he said he created in his personal lab, was arrested Thursday by federal…
Continue Reading Unclaimed 2nd vaccine doses to be re-distributed, gov says
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox is ordering vaccine shots set aside as second doses be re-distributed as first doses to new people if the original patient…
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Utah National Guard to send 350 troops to Washington, D.C.
The Utah National Guard announced Friday it will send about 350 service members to Washington, D.C. to support law enforcement at President-elect Joe…
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Utah reports first case of United Kingdom COVID-19 variant
Utah health officials confirmed the state’s first case of the COVID-19 variant that’s been seen in the United Kingdom on…
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Park ranger rescues man from submerged truck in Utah
A park ranger has saved the life of an 80-year-old man who was drowning in a submerged vehicle by smashing through the truck’s window and pulling the…
Continue Reading Utah Capitol closed to public as session opens amid protests
The Utah State Capitol will be largely closed to the public when lawmakers begin their work for the year next week amid planned protests in Utah…
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University of Utah president to step down after 3 years
University of Utah President Ruth Watkins has announced she is stepping down in April after accepting the position of president of Strada Impact, a…
Continue Reading Coronavirus vaccine brings relief to Utah homeless hospice
While no one living at a Salt Lake City hospice center for homeless people has tested positive for COVID-19, the vaccine’s arrival has provided a new…
Continue Reading Suspect now sought in Elko homicide; 1 of 2 victims has died
The search for a man accused of shooting two people in Elko has now become a search for a homicide…
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Official: Boise area might gain 1 legislative district
Population estimates suggest the Boise metropolitan region will gain another legislative district at the expense of rural Idaho, a state official…
Continue Reading Utah snowboarder died in backcountry avalanche at Park City
A Utah man who was snowboarding near Park City was caught in an avalanche in the backcountry Friday morning and died, according to…
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Wyoming county health department vandalized with fake blood
Health officials in Wyoming have reported that the exterior doors of the Cheyenne-Laramie County Health Department were vandalized with fake blood, a…
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New Utah governor unveils vaccine plan amid holiday surge
New Gov. Spencer Cox unveiled a plan Friday to ramp up Utah’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution as the state sees a post-holiday surge in new…
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Late-night earthquake hits southeast Idaho
A 4.2 magnitude earthquake was felt in southeast…
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Police: Twin 61-year-old brothers found dead in Wyoming
Authorities in Wyoming have said two 61-year-old twin brothers were found dead over the weekend.…
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Superintendent Ybarra announces new SDE transportation director
Kyle Rahn, a law enforcement officer for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in Boise, will join the State Department of Education Dec. 30 as…
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Idaho school district replaces Indians mascot, keeps colors
A school board in Idaho has unanimously approved a new mascot to represent its school after it retired the Indians moniker earlier this…
Continue Reading First COVID-19 vaccinations begin in Oregon
Oregon hospitals administered the first coronavirus vaccines in the state Wednesday to nurses, respiratory therapists, housekeeping workers and other…
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Utah hospitals begin administering first COVID-19 vaccines
An intensive care nurse in Salt Lake City became the first person in Utah to receive the COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday morning as hospitals began…
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Utah university votes to pursue dropping ‘Dixie’ from name
A university in Utah voted Monday to move forward with an effort to drop “Dixie” from its name – an example of the nation’s reexamination of the…
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Wyoming awards 3 electoral votes to Trump
Wyoming’s three presidential electors cast ballots Monday for President Donald…
Continue Reading University of Wyoming close to reinstating spring break
A new proposal by the University of Wyoming’s administration would reinstate a spring break that was previously…
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Idaho store closes after group of mask-less customers enter
An outdoors store in northern Idaho temporarily closed after 25 to 30 customers entered and refused to put on masks when asked by the store’s…
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Rigby couple honored for creating ‘COVID Concert Series’ Facebook page
RIGBY, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – A local couple who’s active in the local music scene has found a way to keep musical performances live. Diana and Todd…
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Man arrested for bomb threat in Spokane charged with arson
Police on Thursday identified the man who threatened to blow up the office of the Spokane County Democrats as a 45-year-old man from Grand Coulee,…
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Rep. Rob Bishop in hospital after suffering “mild” stroke
Republican U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop says he has been hospitalized after suffering a “mild” stroke earlier this week.…
Continue Reading Utah magazine editor fatally swept out to sea in California
The editor of Salt Lake magazine has died after she was swept into the ocean in Northern…
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Idaho residents mostly slowed travel Thanksgiving Day
Transportation officials in Idaho have reported that highway and interstate traffic volumes on Thanksgiving Day were down in most of the state except…
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Driver pleads not guilty in fatal wrong-way crash on I-90
A woman accused of causing a fatal crash while driving the wrong way on Interstate 90 pleaded not guilty in court…
Continue Reading Vehicle fatally hits 1 girl, injures another in Idaho
A girl was killed and another was hospitalized after being struck by a vehicle while crossing a crosswalk in Nampa, authorities in Idaho…
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Wyoming health official fired after mask mandate ordered
Officials in northern Wyoming have voted to remove Dr. Ed Zimmerman from his position as Washakie County health officer, a decision Zimmerman…
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Voter turnout in Utah breaks 1964 record
Utah had record high voter turnout this year, with a staggering 90% of active voters casting…
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Dixie State lacks testing capacity to enforce state order
A university in southern Utah said testing will be encouraged but not mandatory despite state health orders mandating college students get tested…
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Rexburg mask ordinance met with protest and disorganized meeting
Rexburg’s City Council had a meeting to discuss a potential mask ordinance on Wednesday…
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Wyoming Senate president tests positive for COVID-19
Wyoming Senate President Drew Perkins has announced that he tested positive for COVID-19 after he was heard coughing on screen during a remote…
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Utah city passes ordinance limiting drinking establishments
An ordinance limiting the number of drinking establishments in downtown St. George was passed after the city received complaints, stopping other…
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USU: COVID-19 situation urgent, please take precautions and get tested
Utah State University is urging all students to get tested for COVID-19 prior to leaving for Thanksgiving…
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Utah hospital network adds 200 nurses to combat virus surge
As coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in Utah continue to shatter records, one of the state’s largest hospital systems is adding nearly 200…
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Utah teachers urged to call in sick, get coronavirus tests
A group of Utah teachers has organized an event to encourage educators across the state to call in sick and use the day off to get tested for the…
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Ski resorts in Utah prepare reopening plans amid pandemic
Ski resorts in Utah have started to prepare reopening plans with additional safety precautions intended to keep guests safe during the coronavirus…
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Utah sets new high in number of coronavirus hospitalizations
Utah health authorities on Sunday announced a new high in the number of coronavirus hospitalizations as well as 2,386 more COVID-19 cases as the…
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