SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah legislator’s proposed resolution discouraging schools from renaming mascots involving Native Americans prompted a protest at the state Capitol. “Native mascots at their very core are dehumanizing,” James Courage Singer, co-founder of the Utah League of Native American Voters, told the roughly 50 protesters […]
HONEYVILLE, Utah (AP) — A woman has died after struggling in a hot pool in Utah. Box Elder County sheriff’s officials say a group of teenagers called for medical help for the 51-year-old woman at Crystal Hot Springs outside Honeyville. Authorities say the woman died at a hospital later Saturday. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two students at a Utah military academy have died of influenza. Weber-Morgan Health Department officials say an epidemiologist confirmed the students tested positive for different strains of flu. The Salt Lake Tribune reports neither the school nor the health department identified the students. A GoFundMe page […]
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP)-U.S. land managers say they will release by mid-March a priority list of federal lands that need but don’t have public access. U.S. Bureau of Land Management officials want people to nominate lands where the public could legally hunt, fish or pursue other recreational purposes, except the lands […]
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — “Boys” trumped “Gentlemen” in movie theaters over the weekend as Will Smith and Martin Lawrence’s “Bad Boys for Life” easily remained the top ticket seller over newcomer “The Gentlemen.” The third “Bad Boys” film, coming 17 years after “Bad Boys II,” sold $34 million in […]
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP)-One of the longest-living female WWII veterans, Sophie Yazzie, died Saturday, Arizona Department of Veterans’ Services Director Wanda Wright said in a Facebook post. She was 105 years old. Yazzie, a member of the Navajo Nation, was born in 1914 in Canyon de Chelly, Arizona, and joined the […]
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — In documentaries, anonymous sources have often been reduced to a shadowy, voice-distorted figure — or worse, a pixelated blur. But a new documentary premiering Sunday at the Sundance Film Festival has, with the aid of advanced digital technology, gone to greater lengths to preserve the […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Sam Merrill knocked down five 3-pointers and scored 28 points on 10-of-15 shooting to lead Utah State to a 77-51 win over Colorado State 77-61 on Saturday night, ending the Rams’ five-game winning streak. Justin Bean had 13 points and nine rebounds for the Aggies (16-6, […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Jerrick Harding scored nine of his 32 points in overtime and Weber State rallied late to beat Big Sky Conference-leader Montana 87-85 on Saturday night. Harding scored the Wildcats’ first seven points of OT with a 3-pointer, layup and two free throws for an 81-80 lead […]
PHOENIX (AP) — TJ Washington had 24 points as Utah Valley edged past Grand Canyon 73-69 on Saturday night. Isaiah White had 10 points and six rebounds for Utah Valley (9-13, 3-4 Western Athletic Conference). Casdon Jardine added 10 points and 13 rebounds. Brandon Averette had six rebounds and six […]
