MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A 25-year-old Utah man missing since Sunday in a wilderness area along the Idaho-Montana border has been found in good condition. Authorities and family members told KUTV in Salt Lake City and KECI-TV in Missoula that Kaden Laga, of Orem, Utah, on early Friday showed up at a camp set […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City police say no immediate arrest was made in the fatal shooting of a woman and that they’re trying to determine a motive. Police say the woman was found Thursday with a gunshot wound to the head. Her identity wasn’t released but police […]
HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah (AP) — The U.S. Air Force has completed installing new wings on 173 A-10 attack jets to lengthen the service lives of the decades-old jets whose main mission is close support of ground forces. The Standard-Examiner reported that Ogden Air Logistics Complex personnel at Hill Air Force […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Ben Hermans followed his dramatic effort at Powder Mountain by riding clear of his closest rivals on the finishing circuit Thursday to win his second straight stage in the Tour of Utah. The stage from Antelope Island to the Utah capital covered 86 miles, but […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Latina state senator and a pollution-fighting city councilwoman will face off in November for the Salt Lake City mayor’s seat. Ballot results released Thursday show Sen. Luz Escamilla ahead of former state Sen. Jim Dabakis by about 400 votes. The outspoken, gay former state […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The Latest on the outlook for the Colorado River (all times local): 2:20 p.m. Conditions on the over-taxed Colorado River have improved dramatically over the past year, but not enough to stave off voluntary cutbacks for some water users in the Southwestern U.S. and Mexico. A […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man who prosecutors call the second-in-command of a multimillion-dollar online opioid drug ring says it started with selling Adderall to pay for student loans. Drew Crandall testified Thursday that he packaged and mailed drugs as he and his roommate, alleged ringleader Aaron Shamo, […]
ELKO, Nev. (AP) — The Federal Highway Administration has issued an environmental excellence award to state wildlife and transportation officials for creating wildlife safety crossings on special highway overpasses in northeast Nevada. The award recognizes nine safety crossings installed on Interstate 80 in Elko County between Wendover and Wells, and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The University of Utah plans to spend about $925,000 to improve safety following the killing of a student track athlete on the Salt Lake City campus. University President Ruth Watkins had called for a task force to evaluate safety after 21-year-old Lauren McCluskey was gun […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Utah authorities are trying to identify a gunman who fired several gunshots after confronting two people delivering newspapers in the Ogden area. The Standard-Examiner reports that neither delivery person was were wounded by gunfire in the incident early Wednesday but that one had scratches likely resulting from gunshot […]
