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By KYLE DUNPHEY Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — How can Utah residents know if they’re overwatering their lawns? “Flip a coin,” says BYU…
Continue ReadingBy KYLE DUNPHEY Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — How can Utah residents know if they’re overwatering their lawns? “Flip a coin,” says BYU…
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ Associated Press DRAPER, Utah (AP) — Two Republicans took aim at a politician known as one of former President Donald Trump’s…
Continue ReadingBy Paradise Afshar and Melissa Alonso, CNN The families of two Utah teenagers have filed a lawsuit challenging a state law that bans transgender…
Continue ReadingBy Lilit Marcus, CNN In 1986, American businessman Richard Bass landed in the record books by becoming the first person to climb the “seven…
Continue ReadingBy Chris Boyette, CNN A 13-year-old boy in Utah died from injuries sustained in a dune collapse last weekend, according to Utah State Parks. Park…
Continue ReadingUtah Gov. Spencer Cox has tested positive for COVID-19, his office announced Thursday. The governor took a test after developing a scratchy throat…
Continue ReadingHOMER, Alaska (AP) — A Utah man has been accused of raping, torturing and murdering a vulnerable adult when he lived in Alaska. Kirby F.…
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A procession of family, friends and colleagues gathered to honor late U.S. Sen. Orrin G. Hatch,…
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. officials announced what they called extraordinary steps on Tuesday to keep hundreds of…
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer The Beijing Winter Olympics closed just over two months ago and the focus now turns to awarding a host city for the…
Continue ReadingBy JOHN COON Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Jazz entered this season as one of the favorites to win the NBA title. Like a few…
Continue ReadingBy Devan Cole, CNN The Utah Democratic Party on Saturday threw its support behind the independent candidacy of former presidential contender Evan…
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ Associated Press PROVO, Utah (AP) — Utah was the only Republican-led state that mailed all active voters ballots before the 2020…
Continue ReadingCountry superstar Garth Brooks is coming back to Salt Lake City on June…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A backyard flock of birds in Utah County has been diagnosed with avian influenza, marking another instance…
Continue ReadingThe surgery Abigail Rose needed is only performed at a few hospitals nationwide, including the Utah Fetal Center.…
Continue ReadingOGDEN, Utah (AP) — Utah police have arrested a couple accused of using electric shocks to discipline two children. Arrest records allege a mother…
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — GOP lawmakers in Utah have pushed through a ban on transgender youth…
Continue ReadingUtah’s Republican governor vetoed a ban on transgender students playing girls’ sports on Tuesday.…
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez, CNN Lake Powell, the second-largest human-made reservoir in the US, has lost nearly 7% of its potential storage capacity since…
Continue ReadingA critical Colorado River reservoir has fallen to a record low level, raising new concerns about a power source for millions of people in the U.S.…
Continue ReadingThe United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the World Food Programme are using the money immediately for core relief…
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s governor says he’ll veto a ban on transgender girls in…
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The sponsor of a Utah proposal to create a commission to make eligibility decisions about…
Continue ReadingRepublican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah on Sunday blasted his fellow GOP members who attended a White nationalist event and those who support Russia…
Continue ReadingSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s governor has signed an executive order requiring the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to immediately…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho National Laboratory and the University of Utah have announced a five-year agreement on research collaborations between students, faculty…
Continue ReadingA growing chorus of experts say middle housing, a class of multifamily housing options that falls between single-family homes and large apartment…
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two Blackhawk helicopters crashed near a Utah ski resort Tuesday morning, forcing the closures…
Continue ReadingMIDVALE, Utah (AP) — Police believe a man told his 4-year-old child to fire at officers following a dispute over his order at a McDonald’s…
Continue ReadingBy BRIDGER BEAL-CVETKO The Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Juneteenth could soon be designated a state holiday in Utah, thanks to a bill passed…
Continue ReadingSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox is planning on vetoing a school voucher measure advancing through the Republican-majority statehouse.…
Continue ReadingSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Kevin Costner wants Utah lawmakers to pass legislation that would give more tax rebates to film productions that shoot in…
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST and SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers rejected a proposal to abolish the state’s death…
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers advanced a proposal Monday to create a commission of political appointees to make…
Continue ReadingA statewide analysis of police records from the attorney general’s office shows the theft of catalytic converters from cars in Utah has surged by…
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has signed a $193 million tax cut into law. Cox said in a statement that…
Continue ReadingThe First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints shared the following letter about the April 2022 general conference with…
Continue ReadingThis dramatic video of an ice rescue in Utah shows the dangers of venturing out onto ice this time of…
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers on Tuesday exempted members of the media from a proposal to allow governments to…
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Beth Mowins made ESPN history in 2017 when she was the first woman to call a “Monday Night Football” game. She will…
Continue ReadingAmanda Musa, CNN The University of Utah has suspended all social activities at fraternities and sororities after two reports of sexual assault that…
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Members of the Republican National Committee are meeting in Salt Lake City to discuss a series…
Continue ReadingSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah House passed a proposal Tuesday to increase fees on requests for public records from so-called vexatious requesters.…
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR and JAKE COYLE AP Film Writers Dispatches from the Sundance Film Festival are usually accompanied by descriptions of the looming…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox is allowing state workers additional time off to help combat the labor shortage facing…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 cases have surged in Utah throughout January, and that’s causing a problem for people who are unsheltered and don’t have a place to…
Continue ReadingA comedian who grew up in east Idaho who went on to earn some national fame is pushing back his return trip to Salt lake…
Continue ReadingAmerica’s job market hasn’t fully recovered yet. But some states are already back to…
Continue ReadingMany are being reassigned to missions in…
Continue ReadingSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Lieutenant Governor Deidre Henderson has contracted COVID-19 amid a variant-fueled surge that is sweeping Utah and the…
Continue ReadingBy BETHANY RODGERS Salt Lake Tribune SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A panel of lawmakers has advanced a bill that aims to give domestic violence survivors…
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The GOP-dominated Utah Senate passed a measure Tuesday to block local mask mandates as…
Continue ReadingThe U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced last week that it plans to adjust management protocols for the Colorado River in early 2022 to reduce…
Continue ReadingTwo police officers who responded to a domestic violence call involving Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie last year in Moab, Utah, should be put on…
Continue ReadingSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — GOP Gov. Spencer Cox exempted from a mask mandate the Utah Capitol and other state facilities Monday as conservative…
Continue ReadingData from the Utah Department of Transportation and Utah Highway Patrol shows 320 people died on Utah roadways in…
Continue ReadingAdditional protocols will be implemented at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Provo Missionary Training Center.…
Continue ReadingA man who suffered permanent debilitating injuries when he was run over by a car while being arrested by West Valley police is now suing the officers…
Continue ReadingThe Utah State University police chief has resigned after a recording the institution called reprehensible came to light showing telling football…
Continue ReadingUtah State football coach Blake Anderson has apologized for telling his players it “has never been more glamorized to be the victim” of sexual…
Continue ReadingBy Pat Reavy Click here for updates on this story SANDY, Utah (KSL) — A home day care that was the site of a child…
Continue ReadingBy Pat Reavy Click here for updates on this story WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (KSL) — A man who was driving home from a…
Continue ReadingSALT LAKE (AP) — Utah man has been released from the hospital and booked into jail following a November shootout with police that left an officer…
Continue ReadingNEPHI, Utah (AP) — Authorities are looking for someone who shot at four vehicles on Interstate 15 in western Utah, wounding two people. The Utah…
Continue ReadingThe call came in about 8:15 Friday night of a single-vehicle ATV accident at the intersection of Mountain Way and Dogwood Circle in Fish Haven. …
Continue ReadingUtah Attorney General Sean Reyes has tested positive for COVID-19.…
Continue ReadingBy SONJA HUTSON KUER-FM SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — At least four cities and towns in Utah appear to have elected their first women mayors: West Valley…
Continue ReadingThe robbers intimidated the 13 sisters and 57 elders, and a few were hit or kicked during the incident. The mission president and his wife were also…
Continue ReadingBy BRADY McCOMBS Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah school district says Friday it will open an independent investigation into alleged…
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