ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Crews have used a drone to help rescue a hiker trapped on a ledge at night in southern Utah. The St. George News reports the Washington County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue team sent the drone to light up the pitch-black cliff where the 60-year-old man was stuck […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Rachael Weatherly is a senior adviser for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, but she’s considering trying to get a job at a grocery store. Weatherly is among the 800,000 federal employees who aren’t getting paychecks for the first time Friday because of the lingering government shutdown. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Nazieh Carter scored a career-high 18 points and David Crisp added 17 points to lead Washington over Utah 69-53 on Thursday night. Crisp was 5 of-7 and Carter 3 of 4 from beyond the arc and the Husky defense held the Utes to season low […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Yoeli Childs scored 20 of his 28 points in the second half and BYU broke away to defeat Portland 79-56 in its West Coast Conference home opener Thursday night. Childs pulled down 12 rebounds for his tenth double-double of the season and third in a row. […]
HOLLADAY, Utah (AP) — The 94-year-old Dorothy Bale has become a fixture and customer favorite during her 25 years working at an Arby’s in a Salt Lake City suburb. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Bale has worked at the sandwich shop longer than some of her coworkers have been alive, going through […]
SEATTLE (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that a lawsuit against Washington state brought by the grandparents of Charlie and Braden Powell can proceed. KSTU-TV reports the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued the ruling Thursday. The court reversed a lower court’s decision dismissing Judy and Chuck Cox’s civil […]
OGDEN Utah (AP) — A Utah attorney has been ordered to spend 120 days in jail without bail after he was arrested multiple times on drug-related charges. Tony Miles, of Ogden, also was ordered Wednesday to complete drug court. Miles in October pleaded guilty to smuggling heroin and cocaine into […]
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The Denver Broncos are introducing Vic Fangio as their new head coach Thursday. Fangio, 60, has never been a head coach at any level but has 40 years of coaching experience, including 34 in professional football beginning in the old USFL and 19 seasons as a […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former Nevada Sen. Harry Reid said Thursday that he thinks President Donald Trump has no conscience and said he’d like to see Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney challenge Trump in 2020 for the GOP nomination for president. “I’ve had dealings with the man,” Reid said of […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Payday will come Friday without any checks for about 800,000 federal employees affected by the government shutdown. That means some workers will have to scale back spending, cancel trips, apply for unemployment or take out loans to stay afloat. Among them is IRS employee Krystle Kirkpatrick. […]
