Montana woman pleads not guilty in killing of Wyoming man
A Billings, Montana, woman pleaded not guilty to deliberate homicide in the shooting death of a Wyoming man who refused to give her and her male…
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Drought leaves lakes dry, could trigger firework ban
Water levels at Utah’s reservoirs are lower than normal after a bad year for snowpack, and Gov. Spencer Cox is warning severe drought conditions…
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Utah County police bust second cockfighting ring in week
Authorities in Utah County say they have uncovered a second cockfighting ring less than a week after finding another one.…
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Washington state’s largest county says keep the masks on
Despite recent COVID-19 guidance from federal and state authorities, top health officials in Washington’s most populous county are urging people to…
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Utah woman gets 2 years in prison in $1.6M embezzlement case
A Utah woman has been sentenced to more than two years in a federal prison after she pleaded guilty to fraud in the embezzlement of more than $1.6…
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Travelers in Salt Lake City warned about guns in luggage
A travel security agency said there was an increase in the number of guns detected at security checkpoints at Salt Lake City International Airport,…
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Utah lawmakers pass school mask mandate prohibition
The Utah Legislature has passed a measure that would bar public schools and universities from implementing mask mandates.…
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Utah Democrats walk out to protest limits on teaching race
Utah Democrats have walked off the House floor in protest of a resolution recommending the state review any curriculum that examines the ways in…
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Report: More women in Utah leaving health care industry
A newly released report by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has shown more women in the health care industry are leaving the profession as a…
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Caldwell cites property tax law, halts new growth for months
The southwestern Idaho city of Caldwell is stopping all new residential development for four months because city leaders say a new property tax law…
Continue Reading Utah to consider school mask prohibition in special session
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has called on state lawmakers to convene for a special session this week.…
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Lack of quorum stalls Wyoming tribe medical marijuana vote
Medical marijuana won’t be allowed on Wyoming’s Wind River Reservation just yet after not enough people were present to vote on the…
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Inmate arrested after escape from Montana women’s prison
A woman who escaped from the Montana Women’s Prison in Billings has been arrested.…
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Bodies of 2 missing jet skiers found in Utah Lake
The bodies of two men reported missing after going jet skiing on Utah Lake were found Sunday, authorities…
Continue Reading Boise lifts mask requirement, stops restricting crowd sizes
The city of Boise has lifted its mask requirement and will no longer restrict crowd…
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Sentencing in Coeur d’Alene shooting moved to July
Sentencing for the man charged in the Fourth of July shootings in a Coeur d’Alene park has been moved to July…
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Man accused in plot to kill young sex abuse victim sentenced
A Boise man who was convicted of soliciting the murder or kidnapping of a little girl who he was later convicted of sexually abusing has been…
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2 Wyoming students named 2021 Presidential Scholars
The U.S. Department of Education announced the addition of Siler Weaver of Evanston and Jessica Petri of Green River to the 57th class of U.S.…
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Washington governor: State on track to fully reopen June 30
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee says that the state is on track to fully reopen its economy by June 30.…
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Utah won’t require masks for students last week of school
Utah will not require masks in K-12 schools for the last week of the academic year.…
Continue Reading Utah cop again charged with assault for misusing police dog
A Salt Lake City police officer has been charged with aggravated assault a second time for ordering a dog to attack someone who complied with…
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Judge blocks requirement for ‘gay sex’ offender registration
The state of Montana has no valid reason to require a man to register as a sex offender based on his conviction for having gay sex in Idaho in 1993,…
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Utah to end $300 federal pandemic unemployment benefit
Utah will terminate its participation in the federal government’s pandemic-related unemployment assistance program.…
Continue Reading Officials: Teen dies after off-road vehicle accident in Utah
A 14-year-old boy in Utah died after an off-road vehicle he was driving rolled on top of him and he was taken to a hospital in critical condition…
Continue Reading Washington governor signs agriculture worker overtime bill
Agricultural workers in Washington state would become eligible for overtime pay under a bill signed Tuesday by Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee.…
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Oregon Governor sets vaccination targets for state to reopen
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has announced statewide and county COVID-19 vaccination targets, with the hope of reopening the state’s economy.…
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Boise angler sets rod/reel carp record
Henry Charlier of Boise landed a 34-pound common carp from the Snake River.…
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Drought emergency declared in most of California amid ‘acute water supply shortfalls’
California Gov. Gavin Newsom expanded a drought emergency Monday across most of the parched state, covering a vast stretch of the central and…
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DHW opens State Hospital West
Idaho has a new resource to help treat children with severe mental health…
Continue Reading Police shoot man holding crowbar near Salt Lake City
Utah police shot a man they say had a crowbar and was breaking windows near Salt Lake City.…
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Wyoming governor bars state COVID-19 ‘vaccine passports’
Wyoming’s governor is barring state officials from requiring people to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before they may have access to state property…
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Oklahoma governor signs ban on teaching critical race theory
Oklahoma public school teachers will be prohibited from teaching certain concepts of race and racism under a bill Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt signed…
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Defense: Utah man charged with killing wife had brain injury
A Utah man awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the beating death of his wife on an Alaska cruise had brain…
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Wyoming re-opening 9 rest stops closed by budget cuts
The state of Wyoming is re-opening nine rest stops that were closed last year due to budget cuts, Gov. Mark Gordon…
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Police: Woman stabbed after telling teen to stop using slurs
A 16-year-old Utah boy was charged as an adult with stabbing a woman to death after she told him to stop using racial slurs, according to court…
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Governor says Utah won’t mandate masks in schools next fall
Utah’s governor says the state has no plans to renew a mask order for K-12 schools next fall.…
Continue Reading Family of Utah man killed by officer sues police department
The family of a Utah man who was shot and killed by a police officer are suing the police department for his death.…
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Utah affirms transgender right to change birth certificates
The Utah Supreme Court has affirmed the right of transgender people to change their sex designation on birth certificates.…
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Police kill Wyoming man they say was trying to flee
A Casper police officer shot and killed a man the department said was trying to flee a traffic stop early Thursday…
Continue Reading Husband of missing Colorado mother charged with her murder
The husband of a Colorado woman missing since Mother’s Day weekend last year has been charged with her murder, according to court documents…
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Eastern Shoshone to vote on medical marijuana in Wyoming
Tribal leaders in Wyoming have announced a special general meeting this month to vote on the legalization and decriminalization of medical…
Continue Reading Police respond to mask uproar at Utah school board meeting
A mask uproar at a Salt Lake City area school district meeting prompted officials to call in the police.…
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Jill Biden to visit Utah school as US moves toward reopening
First lady Jill Biden plans to speak at a Salt Lake City school as the U.S. makes uneven progress toward reopening classrooms during the coronavirus…
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Utah meets goals, ends limits on gatherings, distancing
Utah has ended its mandated limits on gatherings and social distancing related to the pandemic.…
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Utah woman missing for 5 months found living in tent
A Utah woman who disappeared in November was discovered alive Sunday in a tent at a campsite near Provo, Utah County officials…
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Inslee: No new COVID-19 restrictions in Washington for now
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has announced that all of the state’s counties will remain in their current phase of the state’s economic reopening…
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Athlete dies while swimming in Utah Ironman competition
Officials say a person has died while competing in the first part of the Ironman 70.3 North American Championship St. George over the weekend.…
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Push against trans athletes in girls’ sports fails in Kansas
Conservative Republican legislators in Kansas failed Monday to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a proposed ban on transgender athletes…
Continue Reading Colorado woman dies after apparent bear attack
Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials say a 39-year-old woman has been found dead in southwestern Colorado after an apparent bear attack.…
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First lady Jill Biden to visit Salt Lake City next week
First lady Jill Biden is planning to visit Salt Lake City next week as part of a tour of several Western states.…
Continue Reading Utah Republicans to choose party leadership at convention
Utah Republicans will choose new party leadership at their annual state convention.…
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Wyoming jury awards $2M to widow, daughter for biker crash
A jury has awarded $2 million to the widow and daughter of a motorcycle rider killed by a Wyoming intersection…
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Delegates to consider censuring Romney over impeachment vote
GOP delegates attending the Utah Republican Party convention will consider a resolution this weekend to censure U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney for voting to…
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6 Idaho students named Presidential Scholar semifinalists
Six members of Idaho’s high school Class of 2021 have been selected as semifinalists for the U.S. Presidential Scholars…
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Brown extendes Oregon COVID-19 emergency as cases spike
Gov. Kate Brown is extending Oregon’s state of emergency for COVID-19 until June 28, saying a fourth surge of the pandemic is being driven by…
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Despite snow, rain, Pacific Northwest faces drought
Despite a healthy amount of snowfall in the North Cascades over the winter and some recent rain, the Pacific Northwest slid into the “abnormally…
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Washington State University to require COVID-19 vaccine
Washington State University will require proof of COVID-19 vaccinations this fall for students and employees.…
Continue Reading Police: Teen arrested in fatal stabbing of woman in Murray
A 16-year-old boy was arrested in Utah after police accused him of fatally stabbing a woman in an apartment complex parking lot in Murray earlier in…
Continue Reading Police find body of man who died after hiking fall in Utah
Authorities in Utah have said a 24-year-old man has died after a hiking accident in Emery…
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Native American lawmakers seek federal help on Montana bison
Native American lawmakers in Montana are asking the Biden administration to craft a plan to reintroduce wild bison to areas in and around Glacier…
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Data accident releases COVID-19 results for 25% of Wyoming
A Wyoming Department of Health employee working with computer code accidentally released COVID-19 test results for one-quarter of the state’s…
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Utah has fastest-growing population, 2020 census shows
Utah’s population grew by 18.4% over the past decade, making it the fastest-growing…
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Officials identify victim found in van prior to standoff
Yellowstone County officials have released the name of a man who was found shot to death in a van prior to a standoff in Billings last week.…
Continue Reading Montana bans abortions at 20 weeks
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte signed a 20-week abortion ban and two other anti-abortion bills into law on Monday, adding to the slew of such measures…
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Elizabeth Smart launches self-defense program
Utah kidnapping and rape survivor Elizabeth Smart has launched a self-defense training…
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Yellowstone park hazes wolves that get used to people
Park workers were instructed to fire on the wolves only during “teachable moments,” when they’d associate the pain with their nearness to…
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Montana governor signs bill allowing payment to wolf hunters
The bill is similar to a program in Idaho, where a private group pays its members up to $1,000 for costs incurred while scouting, hunting or trapping…
Continue Reading Oregon counties face more restrictions as COVID-19 cases rise
As COVID-19 cases continue to surge in Oregon, officials warned on Friday that one-third of the state’s counties are at risk of increased…
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Report: Washington wolf population continued to grow in 2020
A new report from state officials says the wolf population in Washington state increased by an estimated 33 animals in 2020.…
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Bill to prevent and fight wildfires approved by Wash. Legislature
A bill that sets aside $125 million to prevent and fight wildfires in Washington sailed through the state House and now goes to Gov. Jay Inslee for…
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7 Utah County cities plan to use ranked-choice voting
Seven cities in Utah County have so far said they plan on using ranked-choice voting for this year’s municipal elections.…
Continue Reading 2 men killed in tanker explosion at railcar repair facility
Two men died in an explosion in a rail car tanker at a repair facility in central Wyoming, town of Shoshoni officials said…
Continue Reading Kansas governor vetoes ban for transgender school athletes
Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly on Thursday vetoed a Republican measure that would have made Kansas the latest state with a GOP-controlled legislature to…
Continue Reading Medical marijuana legal in Utah, but not always affordable
A Utah group that led the push to legalize medical marijuana in the state has launched a financial relief program for patients who can’t afford their…
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US ends oil, gas lease sales from public land through June
The U.S. Interior Department is cancelling oil and gas lease sales from public lands through June amid an ongoing review of how the program…
Continue Reading Utah governor defends support for NBA minority scholarship
Utah’s governor has defended his position to support a minority scholarship program sponsored by the Utah Jazz despite criticism from some who have…
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Idaho woman charged after girl’s body found in trash bag
A grandmother has been charged after the body of a missing child from Emmett, Idaho, was discovered last week inside a trash bag in a car parked…
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Governor drops bison plan, says he’s protecting ranchers
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte has ended a bison management plan that would have allowed the animals to be restored in more areas of the state.…
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Utah state epidemiologist Angela Dunn moves to county post
Utah state epidemiologist Angela Dunn is leaving her job to take over the Salt Lake County health department.…
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Arizona governor set to OK or veto strict sex ed legislation
Gov. Doug Ducey faces a deadline to either sign or veto legislation making Arizona’s sex education laws among the strictest in the nation when it…
Continue Reading Cattle in Oregon again found dead amid strange circumstances
Cattle in central Oregon are again showing up dead under strange circumstances.…
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Winners of $20M contest make concrete to trap carbon dioxide
Organizers of a $20 million contest to develop products from greenhouse gas that flows from power plants announced two winners Monday ahead of…
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Oregon gun storage law would be among the toughest in the US
A proposed gun storage law that would be among the toughest in the U.S. is headed for a vote Monday in the Oregon Legislature.…
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Data shows strong teacher retention in Utah despite pandemic
Despite concerns that the pandemic would drive many teachers away and exacerbate a longstanding teacher shortage in the state, more Utah teachers…
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US West prepares for possible 1st water shortage declaration
U.S. water officials are projecting the man-made lakes that store water used throughout the American West will fall to historically low levels and…
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Grizzly bear shot, killed during bear attack investigation
A grizzly bear was shot and killed Friday, while officials from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks were investigating the scene of an attack that…
Continue Reading Judge sides with conservationists in sheep grazing dispute
A federal judge on Friday sided with conservation groups who said allowing domestic sheep to graze in a mountain range along the Idaho-Montana border…
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Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell sprains right ankle vs Pacers
Donovan Mitchell exited during the third quarter of an NBA game between the Utah Jazz and Indiana Pacers on Friday afternoon after suffering a…
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Jeffree Star hospitalized after Wyoming car crash
YouTube personality, businessman and musician Jeffree Star was hospitalized after a car crash in…
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Dwyane Wade joins Utah Jazz ownership group
Dwyane Wade is an NBA owner.…
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Governor fears ‘pause’ of J&J shots could increase hesitancy
Utah’s Republican governor says he’s concerned that the U.S. decision to recommend a “pause” in use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine…
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Inslee warns of 4th COVID-19 wave in Washington state
Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday warned that Washington state was on the cusp of a fourth COVID-19 wave with case numbers and hospitalizations rising.…
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Utah school district condemns video of torn down pride flag
Students and school district officials in Utah are outraged after a high school student ripped down a pride flag to the cheers of other students…
Continue Reading Judge strikes down initial approval for stalled Montana mine
A U.S. judge on Wednesday struck down the government’s approval of the first phase of a long-stalled copper and silver mine that would be…
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Utah State lights rainbow display to support students at BYU
Students at Utah State University illuminated the base of the campus’ iconic Old Main building in Logan with rainbow lights on Tuesday in support…
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Man who pleaded guilty in Crow killing dies in custody
A man who pleaded guilty to fatally shooting a woman in front of her child on the Crow Indian Reservation in southern Montana has died in custody.…
Continue Reading Wyoming man sentenced to life in prison after killing 3
A Wyoming man was sentenced to life in prison after he pleaded guilty in February to killing three family members in March 2020, a judge…
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Governor bans use of vaccine passports in Montana
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte issued Tuesday an executive order banning the development or use of vaccine passports in…
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Following CDC, Utah recommends Johnson & Johnson pause
Utah is recommending that providers pause administration of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, following the lead of federal officials who are…
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Wyoming investigators reopen 1988 dead newborn case
Investigators in southeastern Wyoming have reopened the case of a dead newborn found in a culvert more than 30 years…
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