PLEASANT VIEW, Utah (AP) — A northern Utah high school has been evacuated after several students got sick due to an unknown odor. The Standard-Examiner newspaper in Ogden reportsclasses have been canceled at Weber High School as authorities investigate the source of the smell that sickened five students at a medical […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — The number of deaths in Utah prisons last year was only down slightly from last year, and two of them were drug-related. The Standard-Examiner in Ogden reports a new report mandated by state lawmakers shows 20 state prison inmates died in 2017. According to the report, an 88-year-old […]
SPANISH FORK, Utah (AP) — Local officials say two Utah wildfires could keep evacuees out of their homes for weeks. The Utah County Sheriff’s Office and the mayor of Elk Ridge warned Monday that 6,000 residents could be ordered to stay away for at least two weeks. Firefighters say the […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Saratoga Springs officials say they were able to thwart a social media threat related to Westlake High School that was discovered by the FBI. Principal Gary Twitchell said in a letter sent to parents on Saturday afternoon that the Saratoga Springs Police Department was alerted to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mormon church leaders are calling for Utah lawmakers to pass medical-marijuana legislation by the end of the year even as they urge people to vote against an insurgent ballot measure that would legalize it. The Deseret News reported Sunday that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day […]
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Dak Prescott threw a 64-yard touchdown pass to Tavon Austin on the third play of the game and the Dallas Cowboys sacked Eli Manning six times in a 20-13 victory over the New York Giants on Sunday night. The Dallas defense was strong again, just as […]
DENVER (AP) — Case Keenum already has this fourth-quarter comeback thing down pat. Nail-biters are almost a prerequisite for a quarterback in Denver, where John Elway set the standard with 31 fourth-quarter comebacks and Peyton Manning added 11 of his league-best 43 while wearing navy and orange. Keenum, the architect […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The chairman of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation is on a mission to make sure hundreds of tribal members who were killed by U.S. troops in the 1863 Bear River Massacre are never forgotten with a new cultural center in southeastern Idaho. Darren […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Mormon man who led a campaign criticizing the church’s practice of allowing closed-door, one-on-one interviews of youth by lay leaders that sometimes included sexual questions has been kicked out of the faith following a disciplinary hearing. Sam Young read a verdict letter for the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities have arrested a juvenile for allegedly starting a brush fire in Herriman that burned two homes and prompted neighborhoods to be evacuated. Unified Fire Authority officials say the juvenile sparked the blaze while allegedly playing with a smoke bomb. The name and age of […]
