PROVO, Utah (AP) — Utah County authorities say a body found in Provo Canyon is believed to that of a missing 36-year-old hiker from Orem. The Sheriff’s Office says its search and rescue team with help from a state Department of Public Safety helicopter recovered the body believed to be […]
NORTH SALT LAKE, Utah (AP) — A collision between a Utah Transit Authority train and a minivan disrupted passenger train service at a crossing in the Salt Lake City area Thursday morning. Media outlets report that the minivan’s driver was the only person in that vehicle and suffered only minor […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A state agency is preparing to put poison in in Washington County reservoir in southwestern Utah to kill off unwanted fish that were dumped illegally. The Spectrum reports that state Division of Wildlife Resources biologists over the summer found yellow perch, bluegill sunfish and green sunfish in […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Nearly 500 patients buried in unmarked graves after they died in what was once called the Utah Territorial Insane Asylum have been honored with a new memorial in Provo. The names of patients who died from 1885 to 1960 at the facility that is now the […]
SOUTH JORDAN, Utah (AP) — Police say they’re investigating a fatal attack at an Alzheimer’s center that left one man dead and another resident in custody. The Deseret News reports that search warrants show a 69-year-old man shoved another 88-year-old resident, then got on top of the fallen man and started hitting […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill says a Cottonwood Heights police officer who fatally shot a 19-year-old robbery suspect will not face charges. The Deseret News reports Gill announced Tuesday that if officer Casey Davies were charged, he could argue that he used deadly force on […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — A U.S. Army Reserve unit based in Logan in northern Utah is deploying to Kuwait. The Herald Journal reports the 103-member 890th Inland Cargo Transfer Co. is leaving this week for a one-year deployment to support of ongoing military operations in the Middle East. Sgt. Liz Vargas says […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Some woman candidates for public office, who are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, are worried that a recommended social media break could hurt their campaigns. Russell M. Nelson, the president of the church, challenged women of the faith to take […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mitt Romney said the bitter fight over Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation shows the Supreme Court nominating process is “awful,” a sentiment his Democratic Senate opponent largely shared even though they differed on how to fix it during a Tuesday debate. Romney, who would have voted for […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — A former official with the Navajo Nation’s Dilkon Chapter has been found guilty of forgery. Daryl Joe, the chapter’s vice president, had pleaded not guilty in February to five counts of forgery. He was convicted in a bench trial last month on the Navajo Nation. […]
