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…
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2 leaders of Aryan Knights prison gang sentenced to more than 17 years for RICO conspiracy
Two members of an Idaho prison gang called the Aryan Knights were sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty to one count of participating in…
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University of Wyoming wrestling reports 6 COVID-19 cases
The University of Wyoming has announced that its wrestling program halted activities after the team confirmed six cases of…
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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…
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Court upholds decision to prevent Wyoming coal merger
A federal court said it would uphold a Federal Trade Commission decision to block a proposed merger between two leading Wyoming coal…
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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…
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Breezy weather continues to fan Wyoming wildfire
Breezy weather continued Tuesday to fan a wildfire threatening a handful of cabin communities in southeastern…
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Idaho county OKs public land ordinances amid legal warning
Commissioners in a rural Idaho county have approved three ordinances aimed at giving them authority over federal public lands despite warnings from…
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5 injured in Idaho sugar beet factory explosion
Five people sustained minor injuries in an explosion at an Idaho sugar beet processing…
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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…
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Die-off of pinyon pines spurs concern at Idaho state park
The steward of the City of Rocks National Reserve in southern Idaho says more and more of the few pinyon pines that live in the reserve are dying,…
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Boise woman gets up to 30 years for crash that killed child
A Boise woman has been sentenced to up to 30 years in prison for driving under the influence in a crash that killed a 3-year-old girl and left three…
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Idaho man sues over state’s anti-sodomy law
An Idaho man represented by a coalition of civil rights attorneys is suing the state’s attorney general over Idaho’s so-called “infamous crime…
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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…
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3 arrested at Idaho church singing event to flout mask order
Three people have been arrested after an Idaho church held a maskless psalm singing event in a city hall parking lot in violation of the town’s mask…
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Wyoming utility supports recycling wind turbine blades
The largest utility in Wyoming is considering more sustainable solutions for old wind turbine blades, instead of tossing them into a…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Wyoming cuts to impede access to corrections information
News reporters on urgent deadlines will need to file a time-consuming public records request in order for the Wyoming Department of Corrections to…
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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.…
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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…
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Documents detail push to manage Yellowstone bison as cattle
Yellowstone National Park officials said in a 2018 briefing paper that they were ordered by then-Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke to manage the…
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Wyoming plans for high school basketball to start on time
The Wyoming High School Activities Association says it plans for high school basketball and wrestling to start on…
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University of Wyoming faces $42.3M budget cut over 2 years
The University of Wyoming is developing plans to address a $42.3 million budget cut over the next two years because state revenues are declining due…
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Safe gun storage is focus of new anti-suicide movement
The Gem State has one of the highest rates of suicide by gun in the…
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BBB says scammers are out taking advantage of the pandemic
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – The Better Business Bureau says scammers are out taking advantage of recent natural disasters and the pandemic. A…
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Wyoming Republican Party censures member for PAC support
The Wyoming Republican Party has voted to censure a member of the Natrona County delegation for her role in founding a nonpartisan political action…
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Badger Fire road, trail and area closure
The Badger Fire, located on the Minidoka Ranger District – 20 miles southwest of Oakley, started on September 12 near Badger Gulch, off Forest…
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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…
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Green River wind storm damage likely in millions
Hurricane-force winds that struck a Wyoming city likely caused millions of dollars in damage and could take up to six months to clean…
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COVID-19 deaths surpass 2,000 in Washington state
More than 2,000 people in the state have now died due to the coronavirus, according to The Washington state Department of…
Continue Reading University of Wyoming plans to restart in-person classes
The University of Wyoming plans to restart in-person classes Tuesday after switching to online learning when a cluster of coronavirus cases…
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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 University of Wyoming in-person class pause extended
In-person classes at the University of Wyoming will begin for the fall semester no sooner than Monday amid ongoing efforts to test for the…
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Interim Director of the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation appointed
The Idaho Parks and Recreation Board announced Buxton as the interim director on August 12 and she officially took over on September…
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Granite Peak falls lead to death, injuries, daring rescue
A helicopter pilot carried out several daring rescues involving people injured in climbing accidents over the weekend just hours before he attended…
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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…
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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…
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Athol, Idaho, man crashes plane after attempted landing
An Athol, Idado man was transported to Kootenai Health with non-life threatening injuries following a plane crash on Sunday…
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Wyoming students return to school scenes altered by virus
Childhood chatter rang out over the blacktop, masked students queued up for school buses, and street signs blinked a warning to slow down outside of…
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Police find body of missing 2-year-old in drained Idaho pond
Authorities in Idaho have discovered the body of a missing 2-year-old boy after crews spent all day Friday draining a pond near where the child went…
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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…
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Jordan makes a campaign stop in Idaho Falls
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – US Senate candidate (D) Paulette Jordan is making her trip across Idaho to campaign for a Senate seat against (R)…
Continue Reading Dad, stepmom charged in connection with death of 9-year-old
Prosecutors have charged an Idaho stepmom with murder and her husband with felony injury to a child after police say emergency responders found a…
Continue Reading Search for missing 2-year-old boy continues in Eagle
Authorities are still searching for a 2-year-old boy who went missing near Boise Wednesday, the Ada County Sheriff’s Office said…
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Woman sues, says she was hospitalized after prison dentistry
A woman who says she suffered a life-threatening infection after Idaho’s prison staffers denied her antibiotics following dental surgery is suing…
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Casper decides against ban on feeding feral cats, dogs
Officials in a Wyoming city have decided not to prohibit feeding feral cats and…
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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 Idaho police say suspect killed after firing at police
Three Boise police officers fatally shot a man who was firing his gun from inside a trailer, authorities…
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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…
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Utah man dead after suspected bison attack, officials say
A man who authorities say was possibly attacked by a bison in Utah has…
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Logging project proposed near Yellowstone National Park
Wildlife officials in Montana have proposed a logging and vegetation treatment project west of Yellowstone National Park, citing the possibility of…
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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…
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Mountain lion kills pastured horse in southern Idaho
Wildlife officials in Idaho have said a mountain lion attacked and killed a horse this weekend while it was…
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Police: Boise man dies after being hit while crossing street
Boise police say a 38-year-old man was hit and killed while crossing a city street Sunday…
Continue Reading University of Wyoming enrollment rises substantially in fall
The University of Wyoming experienced a substantial rise in enrollment after the governor announced a grant-funding program for students, the school…
Continue Reading University of Wyoming reports 61 cases of the coronavirus
The University of Wyoming has reported 61 confirmed cases of the coronavirus on Thursday, officials…
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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…
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Rural Idaho school district sees influx of city kids
A rural Idaho school district is pushing back its start date because of an influx of children from neighboring cities that have enrolled in its…
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Utah’s largest county extends mask mandate until year’s end
A mask mandate in Utah’s largest county, which includes Salt Lake City, has been extended until the end of the…
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Minidoka National Historic Site fall hours
Starting Sept. 4, 2020, the Minidoka National Historic Site’s Visitor Center will be open for fall hours: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 10 a.m.…
Continue Reading Idaho school district to reopen despite health guidance
A school district in southwestern Idaho has announced plans to reopen its schools during the coronavirus pandemic despite recommendations against…
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…
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Wildland firefighter in Idaho tests positive for coronavirus
A wildland firefighter who was working with about 270 other people on a small fire in Idaho has tested positive for coronavirus, officials said…
Continue Reading Giant Idaho forest project on hold again after court ruling
A giant Idaho forest project favored by some environmental groups but decried by others is on hold again following a federal court…
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Body of missing 7-year-old boy found in Wyoming reservoir
The body of a missing 7-year-old boy was found Tuesday after he had been missing since last Thursday, the Casper Star-Tribune…
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Boy, 9, found on I-80 in Wyoming reunited with parents
A 9-year-old boy was reunited with his family after a driver found him walking alone alongside Interstate 80 in southwestern…
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Boy, 7, missing after dad found dead in Wyoming reservoir
Searchers continued to look for a 7-year-old boy Monday, two days after finding his father dead in a submerged all-terrain vehicle in southwestern…
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More Idahoans are fishing this year
Idaho fishing license data shows that resident fishing participation is up nearly 32 percent statewide compared to last year as newcomers get hooked…
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1 dead, 1 injured in police shootout at Wyoming apartments
One person is dead and another injured in a shootout with police in…
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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…
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Idaho teen will serve jail time for shooting gun at protest
An 18-year-old who fired a gun near a Boise protest after the police killing of George Floyd will spend four days in…
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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…
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Drunk driver who killed 3 children gets 30-year sentence
A drunk driver who killed three children when he crashed into the back of a vehicle in which they were passengers has been sentenced to 30 years in…
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Company to open beef processing facility in S. Idaho
A beef processing company said Friday it will open a new plant in south-central Idaho and hire 400…
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2 pilots killed in small air-tanker collision at Nevada fire
Both pilots were killed when two small air-tankers collided in mid-air in southeast Nevada while assisting in the attack on a fast-moving wildfire…
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Soldier Mountain opens new mountain bike park Aug. 7-9
Soldier Mountain will celebrate the grand opening of its new mountain bike park Saturday, Aug. 8 at 11 a.m., although it officially opens to the…
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 Officials searching for reported plane crash
Officials in southwestern Montana are searching for a small airplane after a passenger called and reported it had…
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COVID-19 cancels Wyoming hunt amid Native American criticism
The coronavirus has prompted the cancelation of a charity antelope hunt that has drawn teams of famous, powerful men to central Wyoming for over 75…
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…
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Critical habitat proposed for rare southwestern Idaho plant
Environmental groups reacted with mixed responses Thursday to a Trump administration plan to create critical habitat for a small, flowering plant…
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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…
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Testing finds 10 coronavirus cases at Wyoming prison
Testing of inmates, staff and healthcare workers at Wyoming’s maximum-security prison has detected at least 10 cases of the coronavirus, corrections…
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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…
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Wyoming corrections director to retire after 17 years
The longest-serving head of a state corrections agency plans to…
Continue Reading Boy, 14, charged for deadly shooting of boy, 13, in Wyoming
A 14-year-old boy is charged with manslaughter for allegedly shooting a 13-year-old boy in…
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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…
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Police: Idaho suspect in shootout was part of 2016 standoff
The Idaho State Police has identified a man injured during a police pursuit and shootout in northern Idaho on Saturday that began during an attempted…
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…
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University of Wyoming drafts plan for fall COVID-19 closures
University of Wyoming officials have released a plan to respond to any surge in the coronavirus on campus after students return in the…
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Billings Montana Temple among list of 12 temples to begin reopening Phase 2
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announces phased temple reopenings each week.…
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Drowning victim recovered from Bear Lake
Searchers recovered a drowning victim from Bear Lake Sunday…
Continue Reading Worker virus case speeds up Wyoming prison system testing
A contract healthcare worker at Wyoming’s maximum-security prison has tested positive for the coronavirus, prompting corrections officials to…
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