PROVO, Utah-Thursday, ESPN and BYUTV announced the kickoff times for select BYU football games during this upcoming season. These include games against Utah, Tennessee, USC and Idaho State. The Cougars’ season opener against the Utes August 29 will have an 8:15 pm kickoff and the September 7 game at Tennessee […]
ATLANTA (AP) — New state abortion laws likely to become bogged down in legal challenges face another potential obstacle: prosecutors who refuse to enforce them. The Associated Press reached out to nearly two dozen district attorneys across seven states, and several said they would not file criminal charges against doctors […]
DENVER (AP) — U.S. officials must consider climate change effects from leasing about 250 square miles (648 sq. kilometers) of public lands in Colorado and Utah for oil and gas drilling, under a federal court ruling issued Wednesday. The order from U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras in Washington follows a […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A 150-year-old document that allowed Navajos to return to their homeland in the Four Corners region where Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado meet is destined for a permanent home at the tribe’s museum. Navajos had been imprisoned at a desolate tract of land in eastern […]
WENATCHEE, Wash. (AP) — A young woman from Utah was killed when her car drifted into oncoming traffic and collided with two other vehicles near Wenatchee. KOMO-TV reports the crash happened on State Route 97A at about 1:55 a.m. Sunday. The Washington State Patrol says the driver of one vehicle, 20-year-old Rachel […]
CHICAGO (AP) — A 76-year-old man has been convicted in the 1992 strangulation death of an Illinois teenager. Robert Serritella, of Park Ridge, was found guilty Thursday on two counts of first degree murder in the killing of 15-year-old David Chereck, of Skokie. The teen was found strangled with a […]
DENVER (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will take the first major steps this summer to clean up wastewater flowing from dozens of old mines at a Superfund site in southwestern Colorado, officials said Thursday. The work includes dredging contaminated sediment from streams and ponds, diverting water away from […]
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Trump administration’s decision to lift a moratorium on coal sales from public lands could hasten the release of more than 5 billion tons of greenhouse gases, but officials concluded Wednesday it would make little difference in overall U.S. climate emissions. That conclusion from the Bureau […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump has granted a disaster declaration for the Navajo Nation in response to severe storms earlier this year. The Navajo president’s office announced the declaration Tuesday, saying the move will free up federal funds to reimburse emergency spending related to the winter […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah ski resorts set a record for visitors this past winter thanks to heavy and consistent snowfall. A news release Tuesday from Ski Utah shows the 5.1 million skier days marked a major rebound from the previous winter when the state registered 4.1 million during […]
