SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A former Utah high school English teacher has been released from prison after spending the last four years behind bars for sexually abusing three students. Utah Board of Pardons and Parole spokesman Dennis Moxon said Wednesday that 40-year-old Brianne Altice was released Tuesday as planned. […]
DONGGUAN, China (AP) — No gold. No medal. No more winning streak. The U.S. reign atop international basketball has ended — this time, thwarted by France at the World Cup. For the first time since 2006, the U.S. sent NBA players to a major international tournament and won’t win gold. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man who pleaded guilty to lying about buying the firearm used to kill college athlete Lauren McCluskey has been sentenced to three years of supervised release. The 22-year-old Nathan Daniel Vogel said Wednesday during a hearing in Salt Lake City that he accepts responsibility […]
WADSWORTH, Nev. (AP) — Federal officials are making fish-friendly modifications to a northern Nevada dam that for more than a century has blocked off spawning grounds for a threatened trout species that once migrated 120 miles (193 kilometers) upstream to the alpine waters of Lake Tahoe. Officials for the Bureau […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A Utah mother has urged residents to take preventative measures against West Nile virus after her son became seriously ill, officials said. Ryan Stuart, 37, can no longer walk or eat on his own and only speaks a few mostly inaudibly words after contracting the neuro-invasive […]
WELLINGTON, Utah (AP) — Wellington police say one person is dead following a shooting involving a police officer who was not injured. Police did not immediately release additional information on the circumstances of the Tuesday night shooting other than that the person killed was male. A multi-agency team led by […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — A harmful algae bloom is closing the North Beach at Mantua Reservoir in northern Utah. The Herald Journal reports the reservoir east of Brigham City has been under a “warning advisory” since mid-August, and on Monday health department officials increased the warning level on the north beach to […]
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Public health officials in Idaho have confirmed that two people in the state have developed a serious lung disease linked to vaping. The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare announced Tuesday that the two Idaho patients, described as teenagers or young adults, are recovering. The Centers […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Businessman Jeff Burningham announced his candidacy for Utah governor Tuesday, becoming the second Republican candidate to officially enter what could become a crowded field. The technology and real estate entrepreneur from Provo pitched himself as a political outsider who would keep the state’s strong economy […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Police have identified the body that was found in a northern Utah storage unit last week. Ogden police said the human remains have been identified as 41-year-old Alice Ann Valdez. Court records show Valdez had previously pleaded guilty to several drug and trespassing crimes in Utah. […]
