SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former Mexico President Vicente Fox is reiterating his strong opposition to United States President Donald Trump’s push for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. Fox said Tuesday while speaking at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City: “Walls divide. We must build bridges.” Fox […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — University of Utah President Ruth Watkins says the college has begun making changes to correct deficiencies exposed in the lead-up to the fatal shooting of a track athlete on campus by her ex-boyfriend last year. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Watkins told the university’s board of trustees […]
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming is closer to allowing a select number of students from neighboring states to qualify for its in-state college scholarship program. The proposal passed an initial vote in the state Senate on Tuesday after earlier clearing the House. The bill would allow as many as 24 […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Officials say a downtown Provo restaurant is likely a total loss after a fire started in the basement and then engulfed the establishment. Provo Fire and Rescue teams arrived Monday night to a fire at the Los Hermanos restaurant. Dean York with the Provo Fire Department […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a teen was killed and his brother was critically injured in a shooting in Ogden. Ogden Police Lt. Clint Christensen says the shooting happened around 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Family members identified the boy killed as 16-year-old Kamron Johnson. His brother, 22-year-old Eric Johnson, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Salt Lake City-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has come out against a proposal to allow more alcohol in Utah beer, a position that could hurt the state’s chances of joining most of the country in shedding low alcohol limits. Church lobbyist […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man has agreed to pay nearly $400,000 for a fire that spread to national forest land north of Salt Lake City. The U.S. attorney’s office says Jayson Ross Orvis of Bountiful agreed to the settlement for the August 2017 fire that burned about […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Laurie Holt, a Utah woman who struggled for nearly two years to get her son freed from a Venezuelan jail, died on Sunday. She was 50 and died less than a year after her son returned to the U.S. Holt died unexpectedly at her home […]
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada forward Jordan Caroline has been named the Mountain West Conference Player of the Week, averaging 26.5 points and 12.5 rebounds per game in the No. 7 Wolf Pack’s victories over Colorado State and New Mexico. The senior from Champaign, Illinois scored 30 of his game-high […]
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a 5-year-old called 911 after finding his mother bleeding from multiple stab wounds. West Valley City police say the woman, 46-year-old Belinda Thomas, of West Velley City, later died from the injuries. Officers arrested 50-year-old Darren Byrd on charges of aggravated murder, […]
