MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Bojan Bogdanovic scored 30 points, Donovan Mitchell added 26 and the Utah Jazz beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 103-95 on Wednesday night to split a home-and-home series. Bogdanovic and Mitchell each hit three 3-pointers in the fourth quarter. Bogdanovic was 6 of 11 from 3-point range, and Mitchell […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Amid increasing concern about vaping, a panel of Utah lawmakers on Wednesday approved a proposal to allow schools to destroy confiscated e-cigarette devices. Schools are seizing an increasing number of the devices as more students are caught vaping on campus, But the law about what […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A legislative audit says Utah’s oil and gas division has not carried out state-mandated oversight allowing more than 100 noncompliance cases to go unresolved and lack of environmental contamination cleanup at waste disposal sites. The audit released Tuesday says the Utah Division of Oil, Gas […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Highway Patrol warned of hazardous driving conditions Wednesday, saying wet pavement contributed to four rollovers of tractor-trailer rigs on major highways. The Highway Patrol reported rollovers early Wednesday on Interstate 80 in Salt Lake City and in Summit County and on Interstate 15 […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Jerrick Harding led five players in double figures with 23 points and all 12 Weber State players scored in a 130-50 romp over West Coast Baptist on Tuesday night. Harding sank 8 of 10 shots from the floor, including 4 of 6 from 3-point range, and […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The Latest on the 50th anniversary of the Native American takeover of Alcatraz Island (all times local): 11:55 a.m. About 150 people are now gathered at Alcatraz to mark the 50th anniversary of a takeover of the island by Native American activists. Original occupiers, friends, family […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — High school students in Salt Lake City have protested the suspension of their principal after they say he decided to drive home students who had been drinking alcohol rather than report them to police. Hundreds of students walked out of class at West High School […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Wildlife officials say the number of reported human encounters with black bears in Utah has almost doubled since last year. The Daily Herald reported Monday that the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources has received 53 reports statewide of incidents involving black bears since Nov. 7, two involved physical […]
PHOENIX (AP) — Officials in Arizona have hired two law firms and a former attorney general to investigate an elected county assessor who is trying to keep his job as he defends himself against human smuggling charges. Maricopa County Attorney Allister Adel said Tuesday that the lawyers will investigate Maricopa […]
AMERICAN FORK, Utah (AP) — American Fork police were looking for the driver of a pickup truck believed to have been involved in a hit-and-run wreck in which a pedestrian was killed. Police say the vehicle involved in the Monday evening wreck was believed to be a white 2006-2009 Dodge […]
