LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP)-Destiny Slocum scored 18 points and No. 4 Oregon State shook off a slow start and beat BYU 65-34 on Thursday, the final day of the Maui Jim Maui Classic. Also scoring in double figures for Oregon State were Kat Tudor with 15 points and Mikayla Pivec with […]
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP)-Cameron Oluyitan scored a career-high 27 points, shooting 6-for-8 from behind the 3-point arc and Southern Utah rolled past Long Beach State 84-63. Oluyitan scored four of his 3s in the second half when the Thunderbirds broke the game open with a 20-4 run. Harrison Butler had […]
ATLANTA (AP)-Donovan Mitchell scored two of his 30 points on a tricky baseline drive that put Utah ahead for good and the Jazz beat the Atlanta Hawks 111-106. Mitchell faked a pass from under the basket before slamming the breaks and connecting from beneath the backboard with 3:47 left. That […]
PHOENIX (AP)-A woman accused of aiding a politician in metro Phoenix in what authorities say was an illegal adoption scheme involving women from the Marshall Islands has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and theft charges. Lynwood Jennet admitted in court Thursday that she helped arrange benefits from Arizona’s Medicaid program for […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP)-Utah governor Gary Herbert has signed a sweeping overhaul of the state’s tax system that lowers income tax while increasing taxes on food, fuel and several services. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the Republican Herbert defended the bill that cuts taxes by a net total of $160 […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP)-Utah has signed four-star corner-back Clark Phillips. He had been committed to Ohio State since the summer. He changed his mind after the Buckeyes lost secondary coach Jeff Hafley to the head coaching job at Boston College. Elsewhere, NFL running back Frank Gore’s son signed with Southern […]
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP)-Native Americans in New Mexico go without medical insurance at a much higher rate than other state residents and the nation as a whole. A state-commissioned study by the Urban Institute explores gaps in medical insurance by ethnicity, age, education and location. About 16 percent of Native […]
PROVO, Utah-Utah County has voted to increase property taxes for the first time in more than two decades. The Provo Daily Herald reports that dozens of people spoke against the plan during a six-hour meeting this week, but the commissioners said it was necessary to balance the budget and keep […]
PHOENIX (AP)-An Arizona county won’t decide before Christmas whether to reinstate an elected official who was suspended when he was accused of directing an international human smuggling scheme. A spokesman said Thursday that the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors is waiting for a final investigative report into Assessor Paul Petersen’s […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP)-A federal jury has convicted a Utah man of illegally importing and selling devices to convert semi-automatic handguns into fully automatic weapons. Gary Hill was accused of importing from China and selling conversion devices for Glock handguns in Utah without having paid a special occupation tax or […]
