CEDAR CITY, Utah (AP) — A review is underway to determine if a potentially offensive mascot at a Utah high school should remain. The Spectrum reports Iron County school officials are considering changing Cedar High School’s Redmen mascot. The Iron County School District said in a statement that the Redmen moniker was […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints missionary from Nevada serving in South Africa has died after he collapsed while exercising. The Salt Lake City-based faith said in a news release Tuesday that 19-year-old Zane Lamping died Monday at hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa. […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The world’s largest pork company is teaming up with a major energy company to turn pig manure into renewable natural gas. Smithfield Foods and Dominion Energy announced a joint venture partnership Tuesday to trap methane from hog waste and convert it into power for heating homes […]
SOUTH SALT LAKE, Utah (AP) — A man who was a passenger in a car that fatally rammed a police officer in a Salt Lake City suburb has been arrested on suspicion of murder, burglary and other charges. South Salt Lake police said 43-year-old Jeffrey Don Black of Taylorsville was […]
HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Texans wanted to honor their late owner and founder Robert “Bob” McNair, who died last week at age 81. They knew the perfect way to do that Monday night was to keep their winning streak going. Deshaun Watson threw two touchdown passes and ran for […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Myles Turner missed Indiana’s last game with a sore ankle. He returned with a rested body and renewed determination against Utah. “Sitting the San Antonio game was hard but it was the best thing for me,” Turner said. “I was aggressive tonight on offense and […]
PHOENIX (AP) — The Navajo Nation has dropped a request that threatened to delay Arizona’s certification of general election ballots because of alleged signature deficiencies. The tribe filed a federal lawsuit last week that sought emergency relief for more than 100 Navajos who either weren’t able to address mismatched signatures […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — An internal watchdog has cleared Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke of wrongdoing following a complaint that he redrew the boundaries of a national monument in Utah to benefit a former state lawmaker and political ally. The Interior Department’s office of inspector general says it found no evidence that […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police say a Utah woman shot and killed her ex-husband’s girlfriend in front of the former couple’s children. Authorities say 32-year-old Chelsea Watrous Cook came to her former husband’s suburban Salt Lake City apartment to deliver cold medicine to one of their 3-year-old twins Sunday […]
SOUTH SALT LAKE, Utah (AP) — A man killed by authorities after they say he fatally rammed a police officer with a vehicle in a Salt Lake City suburb was involved in a deadly car crash earlier this year as he fled from a law enforcement officer. Authorities say Felix […]
