SANDY, Utah (AP) — Diego Valeri and Sebastián Blanco each scored and the Portland Timbers beat Real Salt Lake 2-1 on Saturday night for their third consecutive victory. Following a 3-3 tie with Colorado to open the season, Portland (3-5-1) lost five in a row before the winning streak. Valeri […]
OREM, Utah (AP) — The Utah Republican Party has a new chairman. Former state legislator Derek Brown on Saturday easily defeated three other candidates in the race to succeed Rob Anderson, who did not seek-re-election to the post he won in 2017. Brown was supported by 62 percent of the […]
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — One of the world’s biggest and most powerful steam locomotives is chugging to its big debut after five years of restoration work. Big Boy No. 4014 rolled out of a Union Pacific restoration shop in Cheyenne, Wyoming, on Saturday morning as hundreds of spectators looked on. […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Ted Kennedy sums up what he sees along the river in the Grand Canyon: “It’s buggy out there.” That is to say, an experiment to change the flow of water from a dam near the Arizona-Utah state line appeared to boost the number of aquatic insects […]
MOUNT PLEASANT, Utah (AP) — Authorities say three teenagers were killed in a two-vehicle wreck in central Utah. The Utah Highway Patrol says the wreck occurred Friday night near Mount Pleasant in Sanpete County when a sedan carrying four teens crested a hill and rear-ended a flatbed truck moving slower […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Latest on a lawsuit challenging sweeping changes to a medical-marijuana ballot initiative (all times local): 4:57 p.m. A lawyer for medical-marijuana advocates says he’s dropping a claim that Utah lawmakers conspired with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to overhaul a voter-approved […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A University of Utah student who was fatally shot by a man she briefly dated was honored during the school’s commencement ceremony. KUTV reports nearly 8,500 graduates on Thursday night participated in the university’s 150th general commencement. Some of them wore pins to remember Lauren McCluskey. McCluskey, […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Darcie Housley used to called her son “Mr. Friendly” because he was always making friends, no matter where he went. She also called him “Peanut,” a moniker that stuck with friends and family. Brian didn’t like the name much as a kid, even asking his mom […]
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A former Creighton University basketball star will replace former Democratic Sen. Bob Kerrey as the university’s commencement speaker later this month. Creighton’s president, the Rev. Daniel Hendrickson, announced Thursday that Kyle Korver will speak at both May 18 ceremonies scheduled by the Jesuit college in Omaha. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man has admitted to beating his estranged wife to death with a crowbar and pummeling his 13-year-old daughter with the same tool. The Deseret News reports 55-year-old Walter Eugene Brantzeg of Salt Lake City pleaded guilty to the crimes Thursday as part of a deal […]
