SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah unemployment rate is now the lowest ever recorded at 2.3%, which also ties for lowest among U.S. states, state officials said Friday. The milestone comes in December data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. “The job market […]
STOCKTON, Calif. (AP)-Jake Toolson scored a career-high 28 points with six 3-pointers and Yoeli Childs returned from injury to add 26 points and nine rebounds in a 74-60 victory over Pacific on Thursday night. The Cougars (15-6, 4-2 West Coast Conference) used a 21-0 run over more than six minutes of the second […]
BAKERSFIELD, Ca. (AP) — Shawn Stith hit a free throw with 25 seconds left in overtime to put CSU Bakersfield in front and the Roadrunners held on to earn a 58-57 win over Utah Valley on Thursday night. Justin Edler-Davis hit back-to-back 3-pointers to put Bakersfield up by six to […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Amin Adamu scored on a layup with 3 seconds left to lift Montana State to a 62-61 win over Weber State on Thursday night. Jubrile Belo had 17 points and 12 rebounds and hit 9 of 11 free throws. He added three blocks for the Bobcats, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Riley Battin scored 17 points and Rylan Jones hit several critical free throws in the final minutes to help Utah rally for a 67-66 victory over Washington on Thursday night. Jones and Timmy Allen added 13 points apiece to help Utah snap a four-game losing […]
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Plenty of change is in the air at the Sundance Film Festival, where 128 feature films are set to premiere over the next 10 days beginning Thursday. Streaming companies are now among the most likely companies to scoop up buzzed-about breakthroughs. The marquee event of […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The closure of a coal-fired power plant on the Navajo Nation sooner than expected will be a major blow to a region where coal has been a mainstay of the economy for decades. Arizona Public Service Co. now plans to shutter the Four Corners Power Plant near […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The killing of a Utah mother and three of her children by a gunman identified by police as her 16-year-old son is “nearly unbearable” for the father of their children, a lawyer said Thursday. Colin L. Haynie “respectfully requests time and privacy to grieve and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren’s campaign is ramping up its Utah operation with new staff hires. The campaign said in a statement to the Associated Press Thursday that Marcus Stevenson will lead the campaign’s organizing efforts. He managed David Garbett’s campaign for Salt Lake City […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A state audit released Thursday criticized the Utah Department of Corrections for a lack of standards and poor monitoring of jails. The analysis by the Office of the State Auditor also examined inmate abuses at Daggett County jail, which was closed in 2017. The corrections […]
