Utah rivals in governor’s race unite in call for decency
Rival candidates vying to become Utah’s next governor joined together in new ads Tuesday urging people to accept the results of the November…
Continue ReadingUtah
Mitt Romney calls for US commission to deal with wildfires
U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah announced legislation Thursday to establish a national commission focused on diminishing future wildfire…
Continue Reading
Close encounter with a mountain lion
A Utah man had a scary encounter while taking a hike in Slate Canyon outside of Provo…
Continue Reading
Idaho, Utah surpasses 500 coronavirus deaths as surge persists
Idaho and Utah surpassed the grim milestone of 500 deaths from the coronavirus as the number of new cases and hospitalizations continued to break…
Continue Reading
Fight on flight to Provo over man’s refusal to wear mask
Things were far from the “friendly skies” on a flight to Provo over the weekend when a fight broke out after a passenger refused to wear a…
Continue Reading
Utah records 3rd day in a row of over 1,000 new virus cases
An increase in Utah COVID-19 cases continued Saturday with another 1,068 reported infections – making it the eighth day case numbers have jumped…
Continue Reading
Audit: COVID tests costlier under Utah contract with startup
A multimillion-dollar coronavirus-testing contract the state of Utah signed with a startup company ended up costing significantly more per test…
Continue Reading
Utah State Prison inmate dies after altercation
The Utah Department of Corrections has reported that an inmate died after an altercation with another inmate at the Utah State Prison in…
Continue Reading
Giant gourds break Utah state record at weigh-off in Lehi
The Utah Giant Pumpkin Growers has recorded eight pumpkins in Utah this year weighing over 1,000 pounds, setting a state…
Continue Reading
Utah State Prison locked down after possible virus exposure
The Utah State Prison in Draper and the Central Utah Correctional Facility in Gunnison have been placed under a 24-hour lockdown after authorities…
Continue Reading
K-12 enrollment in Utah drops by 2K students amid pandemic
Enrollment at public schools in Utah has declined as the coronavirus pandemic pushes some parents to homeschool their children and make other…
Continue Reading
Utah county implements face mask mandate after rise in cases
A county in Utah has implemented a face mask mandate as COVID-19 cases surge in the…
Continue Reading
Utah governor increases pandemic restrictions in 2 cities
Gov. Gary Herbert will increase pandemic restrictions in two Utah cities. But he stopped short of implementing any mask mandates as COVID-19 cases…
Continue Reading
University of Utah to halt in-person classes ahead of debate
The University of Utah will stop in-person classes for two weeks as the state deals with a coronavirus spike shortly before a planned U.S.…
Continue Reading
Body of missing Idaho hiker found 1,000 feet below Utah peak
Utah authorities have discovered the body of a missing hiker on Sunday after he left Idaho a week earlier for a backpacking trip in the…
Continue Reading
Salt Lake City opens first part of $4B renovated airport
Salt Lake City’s renovated airport welcomed its first passengers Tuesday at a new concourse that is part of the first phase of a $4.1 billion…
Continue Reading
Salt Lake City schools to delay start after major wind storm
Salt Lake City schools will delay their first day until Monday due to continued power outages after a windstorm tore through Utah this week, district…
Continue Reading Number of self-reported COVID-19 cases at BYU almost doubles
The number of self-reported coronavirus cases on Brigham Young University’s campus has almost doubled to 146, officials…
Continue Reading
Report: Great Salt Lake shrinking more than a foot annually
Utah’s Great Salt Lake is shrinking every year, but experts are implementing measures to slow the water loss, a new report…
Continue Reading
Investigation under way in police shooting of Utah boy, 13
Authorities in Utah are investigating the shooting of a 13-year-old autistic boy by police in the Salt Lake City…
Continue Reading
Utah aims to be prepared for COVID-19 vaccine distribution
Gov. Gary Herbert says Utah will aim to be prepared to distribute a coronavirus vaccine once it becomes available, a week after the federal…
Continue Reading
Protesters march in Salt Lake City demanding justice
About 100 people marched in Salt Lake City and gathered in protest at the Utah Capitol following the police killing of Jacob Blake in Kenosha,…
Continue Reading
Wastewater from Four USU residence halls show elevated SARS-COV-2
Utah State University’s wastewater monitoring for COVID-19 has detected elevated levels of COVID-19 in four residence halls on the Logan…
Continue Reading
Utah man dead after suspected bison attack, officials say
A man who authorities say was possibly attacked by a bison in Utah has…
Continue Reading
Provo council overrides mayor, implements mask mandate
The Provo Municipal Council has overridden a mayoral veto and implemented a mask mandate ahead of a new school year starting at Brigham Young…
Continue Reading
Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square Christmas concert canceled due to pandemic
The annual Christmas concert by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ choir has been canceled because of lingering concerns about the…
Continue Reading
Students and staff who don’t wear masks in Utah schools can be charged with a misdemeanor
K-12 students and teachers in Utah now can be charged with a misdemeanor for not wearing a mask. Gov. Gary Herbert issued an order on July 17…
Continue Reading
Report: Utah minorities hit harder by workplace outbreaks
Hispanic and non-white people in Utah were disproportionately hit by workplace COVID-19 outbreaks, according to a Centers for Disease Control and…
Continue Reading
Utah protesters face charges with potential life sentence
Some Black Lives Matter protesters in Salt Lake City could face up to life in prison if they’re convicted of splashing red paint and smashing windows…
Continue Reading Utah no longer recommends modified quarantine in schools
Utah will no longer recommend that schools allow students who have been exposed to COVID-19 to come to class following pushback from doctors and…
Continue Reading
USU researchers debunk myths to find optimal hemp growth
Ninety years ago, hemp researchers at Utah State University grew cannabis for rope and had no way to test the THC content in crops other than smoking…
Continue Reading Utah governor says postponing election would be ‘foolish’
Republican Utah Gov. Gary Herbert said the state has no intention of delaying the November election following President Donald Trump’s suggestion on…
Continue Reading
Judge orders evaluation for Tinder killing suspect in Utah
A judge ordered a psychological evaluation for a Utah man accused of strangling and stabbing a woman he met through the dating app…
Continue Reading
Utah teachers want online only classes at start of school
Utah’s largest teachers union called Tuesday for schools to delay reopening and start the school year with online classes, citing safety concerns for…
Continue Reading
Utah educators rally for more virus protections in schools
A group of more than 150 educators rallied outside the Utah Capitol building Thursday to call for stronger protections against the coronavirus for…
Continue Reading Utah family sues city, police officers in killing of son
The parents of a Utah man who was shot and killed by police in his driveway while holding a knife have filed a lawsuit against the city of Ogden and…
Continue Reading
Logan mayor proposes mask mandate amid coronavirus pandemic
A mayor in northern Utah has asked for a citywide mask mandate to limit the spread of COVID-19, a request that has drawn mixed reactions from Cache…
Continue Reading
Utah sees virus surge — but not in county with mask order
Utah is among the many U.S. states battling a surge in coronavirus cases, but officials said Wednesday the Salt Lake City area is bucking the trend…
Continue Reading
West Nile Virus detected in body of water in northern Utah
Health officials in northeastern Utah have detected West Nile Virus in a body of water, the state’s first report of the virus this…
Continue Reading
Man accused of assaulting woman after positive COVID-19 test
Four Utah County Sheriff’s deputies are in isolation after arresting a man who is accused of assaulting a woman after he reportedly tested positive…
Continue Reading Gov. allows exception to coronavirus rules to reopen schools
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert carved out an exception to virus restrictions Thursday to allow Salt Lake City schools to fully reopen rather than hold…
Continue Reading
Official: Cyanobacteria kills dog at Zion National Park
Toxic levels of a cyanobacteria have been detected in a Utah river for the first time after a dog suffered seizures and died at Zion National Park,…
Continue Reading
10 more confirmed COVID-19 deaths in Utah
Utah tallied 10 more confirmed deaths from the coronavirus Tuesday, the latest sign showing the severity of a surge of case that began after…
Continue Reading
LDS Church leaders ask church members to wear face masks in public to defend against coronavirus
Leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are imploring followers to wear masks in public to defend against the coronavirus as…
Continue Reading
Utah to require masks in schools, not statewide, amid surge
Utah will require masks in schools as they reopen in the fall, but Republican Gov. Gary Herbert stopped short of a statewide mandate Thursday.…
Continue Reading Utah governor meets with lawmakers to discuss mask mandate
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert is considering issuing a statewide mask mandate after discussing the issue with state legislators this…
Continue Reading
Veteran helps save man from drowning in Utah reservoir
A retired veteran and former state trooper from Nevada helped prevent a man from drowning in a Utah reservoir, a park official…
Continue Reading
2 dead in small plane crash in Utah mountains
Two people died when a small plane crashed Friday in a rugged area in the Utah mountains, authorities…
Continue Reading
Longest-serving member of Utah Legislature concedes primary
The longest-serving member of the Utah Legislature has been ousted, months after sponsoring a controversial tax-overhaul…
Continue Reading
Utah university to consider dropping ‘Dixie’ from its name
After years of resisting calls to change, a university in Utah is considering dropping “Dixie” from its name in another example of the nation’s…
Continue Reading
Utah GOP governor’s race still tight between Cox, Huntsman
The Republican race for the first open Utah governor’s seat is close as the coronavirus has made counting ballots more complicated.…
Continue Reading New Utah virus cases top weekly record as infections surge
Utah health officials have reported the most coronavirus cases in one week since the pandemic began as a surge in infections continues across the…
Continue Reading
Utah wildfire destroys 1 home, evacuates 3,100 homes
A wildfire that prompted the evacuation of about 3,100 homes on Sunday destroyed one home near Saratoga Springs and damaged 12 others, city officals…
Continue Reading University of Utah to drop ACT, SAT requirement for 2 years
Prospective students at the University of Utah will no longer be required to submit ACT or SAT scores for the next two years in response to the…
Continue Reading
Utah primary will look different due to coronavirus
Next week’s primary elections in Utah will be slightly different due to legislation passed to accommodate struggles voters may have faced during the…
Continue Reading Utah records 2nd-most COVID-19 cases as surge continues
Utah reported its second-highest daily number of new coronavirus cases Thursday as the state deals with a troubling surge that has already led the…
Continue Reading
Face masks required in Utah state buildings, largest county
Utah Gov. Gary Hebert said Wednesday he will require face masks at state-run buildings that include liquor stores and higher education offices and…
Continue Reading
Utah official apologizes for sending out gun-designed mask
A state official has apologized after a family was sent masks featuring a gun, the American flag and the phrase “don’t tread on me” as part of a…
Continue Reading Utah governor: No economic shut down despite virus spread
Gov. Gary Herbert says he has no plans to shut down the economy even though he shares some of the concerns of the state’s epidemiologist.…
Continue Reading
University police search for Brigham Young statue vandals
Brigham Young University police were searching for the people who vandalized an on-campus statue of Brigham…
Continue Reading
Official pleads guilty to human smuggling in adoption scheme
A former Arizona politician pleaded guilty in Utah Friday to human smuggling and other charges filed in an illegal adoption scheme that stretched…
Continue Reading
9 Utah counties transition to new COVID-19 risk category
Nine rural counties in Utah will move into the green health risk status beginning Friday after recording some of the state’s lowest COVID-19 case…
Continue Reading
Former Utah first lady tests positive for coronavirus
Former Utah first lady Mary Kaye Huntsman, wife of current Republican candidate for governor Jon Huntsman Jr., said Thursday she has tested positive…
Continue Reading Utah says economy recover plan won’t risk residents health
Utah state leaders said Wednesday that updated plans intended to help drive economic recovery won’t compromise the health of residents even though…
Continue Reading
Republican Utah lawmaker to back NAACP police-reform plan
A Republican lawmaker in Utah said Friday he’ll support police reform legislation championed by the NAACP aimed at ending brutality and racial…
Continue Reading
Kindness and solidarity emerge during Utah’s protests
Click here for updates on this story SALT LAKE CITY (KSL) — As the dust settles after a long, dangerous and emotional day of…
Continue Reading
Utah Governor activates National Guard to control protestors
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – Utah Governor Gary Herbert said he has activated the National Guard to help control protests in downtown Salt Lake City. Watch…
Continue Reading
Ogden officer killed, 1 hurt in shootout; gunman also dead
Authorities say a police officer was killed and another officer injured in a shootout with man whose wife called police to report he had threatened…
Continue Reading
Cops: Man asked to be shot after killing date met on Tinder
Police say a man accused of choking and stabbing a woman after meeting her on the popular dating app Tinder asked police to shoot him after reporting…
Continue Reading
Moose family reunion: Trooper brings calves, mom together
A Utah state trooper has helped a pair of newborn moose calves reunite safely with their mother.…
Continue Reading