SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Jazz played without point guards Ricky Rubio, Dante Exum and Raul Neto because of injuries, and it was no big deal. Not with Donovan Mitchell showing off his ball-handling skills. Mitchell had 33 points and a career-high nine assists, helping Utah beat the […]
PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Megan Huff scored 21 points, Dre’Una Edwards added 20 and Utah pulled out a 72-68 win at Washington State on Friday night after letting a 21-point lead slip away. Borislava Hristova scored the first basket of the game to give the Cougars the lead but when […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — There’s a job opening at the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office, one where being a dummy is an advantage. Law enforcement officers in the south-central Utah county, which includes the north entrance to Capitol Reef National Park, are looking for a new mannequin to place in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Division of Wildlife Resources has found that a herd of bighorn sheep on Antelope Island has somehow contracted a devastating respiratory disease and is dying off. About 150 animals were counted among the herd last year. But KSL-TV reports biologists on Wednesday flew over the island […]
Federal employees received pay stubs with nothing but zeros on them Friday as the effects of the government shutdown hit home, deepening anxieties about mortgage payments and unpaid bills. All told, an estimated 800,000 government workers missed their paychecks for the first time since the shutdown began. Employees posted pictures […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police say a Utah teenager crashed into another car when she covered her eyes as part of the so-called “Bird Box Challenge.” Layton police Lt. Travis Lyman said Friday that the 17-year-old drifted into oncoming traffic and hit another car after she pulled a hat […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Andy Ludwig is returning to Utah as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Ludwig, who served in the same position for the Utes from 2005-08, has been offensive coordinator at Vanderbilt since 2015. “It’s great to have Andy back on our staff,” Utah coach Kyle […]
PAYSON, Utah (AP) — A Utah school district has apologized for an apparent misunderstanding that led to three students, ages 4, 5 and 6, walking home on their own from an elementary school. KUTV reports Nebo School District spokeswoman Lana Hiskey wrote in a statement that “This clearly should not have happened.” […]
MOAB, Utah (AP) — Arches and Canyonlands national parks in southeastern Utah are reopening visitor centers that have been closed due to the nearly 3-week-old federal government’s partial shutdown. Parks officials said in Facebook posts that donations from the Canyonlands Natural History Association allowed visitor centers at Arches National Park […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Weber County authorities say a 53-year-old jail inmate from Roy has died of an apparent suicide. The Sheriff’s Office says it will conduct an internal investigation and that the County Attorney’s Office will review the death of Roger David Campbell, who was found unresponsive in his […]
