SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Water officials are not quite ready to declare an end to the drought in Utah, even as the state sees its deepest snowpack in years. The Salt Lake Tribune reports federal hydrologists say in a water report released Thursday that this year’s statewide snowpack ranks substantially better […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah State Board of Education has adopted new health education standards for grades K-12. The Deseret News reports that it’s the first time the board has new health education standards since 1997. The vote on Thursday culminated a near two-year process to update the standards, which […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has generated buzz in his first year by becoming one of the most visible, active and decisive presidents in modern church history and implementing a number of big changes, including repealing rules directed at […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A body believed to be that of a 4-year-old Navajo girl missing for weeks has been found in a creek near her home, police said Thursday. Anndine Jones wandered away from her southern Utah home and apparently ended up in the creek while the water […]
ANETH, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a body tentatively identified as a 4-year-old girl missing since mid-March has found in a creek on the Utah portion of the Navajo Nation. A Navajo Nation Police Department statement said the body was tentatively identified by parents of Anndine Jones after being found […]
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A study by Verizon says that West Virginians watch more television than people in any other state in the country. The report came out Wednesday and used data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. It found that people in West Virginia averaged about four-and-a-half hours in front […]
PHOENIX (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 29 points, leading the playoff-bound Utah Jazz to a 118-97 win over the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday night. Phoenix lost star guard Devin Booker with 4:28 left in the first quarter when he landed awkwardly on his left ankle while jumping to receive a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Evelyn Morgas says she feels like she’s hugging her daughter again every time she embraces the Utah man who received her daughter’s donated lungs and became a family friend. The Deseret News reported Tuesday that the Morgas family met 71-year-old Stan Taylor about a year after the […]
PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix Suns star Devin Booker has sprained his left ankle in the first quarter against the Utah Jazz and left the game. Booker landed awkwardly as a pass came his way with 4:28 left in the quarter Wednesday night. He was attended to by training staff and […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A former Utah city mayor has been named the executive director of America’s Freedom Festival at Provo. The Daily Herald reports that former Orem Mayor Jim Evans will take over the private, nonprofit foundation in northern Utah that organizes educational programs and annual community events. The newspaper reports […]
