PROVO, Utah (AP) — The former girlfriend of a Utah man accused of killing a teenage couple testified that she witnessed their deaths and the hiding of their bodies in a mine shaft. Morgan Henderson testified inside a Provo courtroom Wednesday in the preliminary hearing for Jerrod Baum, who is […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Derrick Favors scored 25 points, Rudy Gobert added 22 points and 13 rebounds, and the Utah Jazz defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 114-104 on Wednesday night. Donovan Mitchell had 22 points, and Joe Ingles had 10 points and 10 assists for the Jazz, who won for […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he tried to build a culture centered around problem-solving and not personal gain while in the White House — an effective strategy for any organization that also prevents “big scandals and indictments.” Obama’s comments drew applause from a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The fight to ban gay conversion therapy for minors in conservative Utah is over for the year after the proposal was gutted by lawmakers, supporters said Wednesday. A prominent activist blasted Republican Gov. Gary Herbert’s support for the changes that would have allowed therapists to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A proposal allowing people from polygamous communities to receive money from a crime-victims fund is passing another key step at the Legislature. The measure approved by a Senate panel on Wednesday allows victims of bigamy and related crimes to apply for assistance grants the Utah […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A push to raise alcohol level for Utah beer in line with most of the U.S. is hitting a stumbling block. A panel of lawmakers gutted the bill on Wednesday, replacing it with a plan to study the issue instead. Republican sponsor Sen. Jerry Stevenson […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez has vetoed $3 million that the Navajo Nation Council approved for an ongoing snow emergency. Nez said in a release Monday that he line-item vetoed the money for the Nation’s 110 chapters not only because of unspent chapter funds, but […]
NORTH OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A Utah veterans’ facility is set to be renamed after Maj. Brent Taylor, the former North Ogden mayor who was killed while serving in Afghanistan. The North Ogden outstation of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs would be named the Major Brent Taylor Vet Center […]
MILLCREEK, Utah (AP) — The Latest on a woman who died after being run over by police car (all times local): 4:45 p.m. Authorities say the person run over by a police officer in a Utah strip mall parking lot was a 25-year-old woman from Georgia whose car had been […]
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Sam Merrill had a career-high 38 points as Utah State stretched its winning streak to seven games, narrowly beating Colorado State 100-96 in overtime on Tuesday night. Quinn Taylor had 18 points for Utah State (25-6, 15-3 Mountain West Conference). Neemias Queta added 12 points. […]
