SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man recently excommunicated from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints after leading a campaign criticizing the church’s practice of allowing closed-door, one-on-one interviews of youth by lay leaders has lost his appeal. Sam Young said on his blog that he was told […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Investigators say two people died in a large fire at Finch Family Farms in Provo. The Daily Herald reports authorities have not released the names of the people who died Monday morning, but family members at the scene identified the father and son who were killed. A family […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers want to get a valuation of federal lands in the state so they can deliver a bill to the U.S government to show how much revenue the lands could generate if they were privately owned. The Legislative Management Committee is meeting Tuesday to […]
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Eli Manning showed he still has what it takes to lead the kind of game-winning drive that earned him two Super Bowl MVP awards. Manning capped a 75-yard drive with a 3-yard touchdown pass to Sterling Shepard with 53 seconds left and the New York […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Joe Ingles packaged 19 points and four stitches in a rough and tumble battle with Memphis that ultimately earned the Utah Jazz their third straight victory. Rudy Gobert added 15 points and 16 rebounds for Utah as the Jazz avenged a couple of early-season home losses […]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Gabe Kalscheur had 19 points on 5-for-6 shooting from 3-point range in his second college game as all five Minnesota starters scored in double digits, guiding the Gophers past Utah 78-69 on Monday night. Jordan Murphy had 11 points, 17 rebounds and five assists for the Gophers […]
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — The Reno-Tahoe area will not be making a play to host the Winter Olympics. The Tahoe Daily Tribune reported Monday that the Reno-Tahoe Winter Games Coalition announced it was declining a bid invitation from the U.S. Olympic Committee. According to the coalition’s board chairman, it would […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Fire officials in Provo say two people have been found dead after a fire overnight at a farm. The Provo Fire Department says the blaze was reported at Finch Family Farms around 1:30 a.m. Monday. Firefighters came to the scene to find several buildings and vehicles […]
PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — A University of Utah track athlete who was killed by a sex offender parolee she had briefly dated has been buried in her hometown of Pullman, Washington. Lauren McCluskey was remembered late Sunday as kind, sensitive, intelligent, dedicated and beautiful. The Moscow-Pullman Daily News reported that hundreds of […]
