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 […]
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — A new study released Friday found that female filmmakers are submitting to and being accepted into the Sundance Film Festival in significantly greater numbers than they were a decade ago, but their numbers are still well below 50 percent. The study by the Sundance Institute […]
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — GLAAD is honoring video games for the first time during its 30th annual GLAAD Media Awards. The lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer advocacy group Friday announced 151 nominees in 27 categories for what the group says are fair, accurate and inclusive representations of LGBTQ people and […]
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney has always been interested in the psychology of fraud and self-deception. So when HBO CEO Richard Plepler and Graydon Carter proposed that he look into the blood-testing startup Theranos and its charismatic young leader Elizabeth Holmes, saying yes was a “no-brainer.” […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The battle over a proposed development in an upscale Salt Lake City suburb could affect residents’ power to challenge zoning decisions on the ballot amid fears of an affordable housing crisis. A recently filed bill would make technical changes to state law, but Utah’s business […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Yoeli Childs scored 23 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, TJ Haws added 17 points with seven assists and BYU beat Saint Mary’s 71-66 on Thursday night in a battle for third place in the West Coast Conference. Zac Seljaas made a steal and fast-break dunk to […]
