GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Grand Canyon National Park remained open with limited services during the partial government shutdown and the shutdown’s end has park officials gearing up to resume regular operations. Officials said Saturday that visitor centers and permit offices will reopen and collection of fees will […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Legislature’s 2019 session will open Monday with new faces in several leadership roles. Taxes, education and Medicaid expansion are expected to be among the big issues this year. Utah voters approved fully expanding Medicaid in November, but lawmakers who long resisted the change […]
LA SAL, Utah (AP) — A search is underway in southeastern Utah for a snowmobiler buried by an avalanche. The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office says members of the snowmobiler’s party were unable to find him after he was buried late Friday in the La Sal Mountains. The search resumed […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Donovan Mitchell was finding his teammates in all sorts of ways. One of his career-high 11 assists looked as if it belonged on the diamond instead of the court. “I got back to my old ways,” said Mitchell, who pitched and played shortstop in high […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Megan Huff scored 18 of her 24 points in the second half and No. 21 Utah celebrated its first appearance in The AP Top 25 in nearly 11 years with an 87-74 victory over California on Friday night. Kiana Moore added 18 points, Dre’una Edwards […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints says its temple in St. George, Utah, will close Nov. 4 for a major renovation expected to take several years. The Salt Lake City-based faith’s announcement Friday of the closing date says the previously announced project will […]
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — It’s not uncommon for audiences at the Sundance Film Festival to give standing ovations, but the ceremonial act took on a solemn air as two men who accuse Michael Jackson of molesting them as boys walked onstage following the festival’s only screening of “Leaving Neverland,” […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Gila monster, a venomous and slow-moving lizard native to the Southwestern United States, could be joining the Rocky Mountain elk, the California gull, the Bonneville cutthroat trout and the Dutch oven as an official symbol of the state of Utah — if some seventh-grade […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Denver Nuggets big man Nikola Jokic received a one-game suspension for leaving the benchduring an altercation. Jokic will miss the contest Friday night against the Phoenix Suns, the league announced. The Serbian center stepped toward the court during Wednesday’s loss at Utah when teammate Mason Plumlee and […]
CEDAR CITY, Utah (AP) — School board officials say they will take their time with considering removing the “Redmen” mascot name from a Utah high school. The Spectrum reports Iron County School Board President Stephen Allen says the board will not take an immediate vote on the issue surrounding the mascot at […]
