OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A Utah man is accused of robbing the same bank twice. A federal indictment charges 52-year-old Anthony Thomas Murdzak of Logan with robbing a Wells Fargo branch in Ogden on June 4 and June 24, allegedly getting a total of $8,650 from tellers on the two […]
THISTLE, Utah (AP) — A 10-mile stretch of a rural highway in central Utah remained closed Saturday after flash flooding from storm runoff sent mud and debris over the roadway. The Utah Department of Transportation said the flooding Friday night closed U.S. 89 south of the junction with U.S. 6 […]
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Utah’s Olympic Park has announced an $11 million expansion to renovate training facilities and strengthen the state’s bid to host a second Winter Olympics. Officials said at a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday that the project will add as many 10 new ski runs over the next […]
FREDONIA, Ariz. (AP) — A wildfire being allowed to burn on the Arizona Strip north of the Grand Canyon has grown to 2.6 square miles (7 square kilometers) within a much larger planning area where public-land managers say the fire is removing excess vegetation from the forest floor. The lightning-caused […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 30-year-old Utah woman has been charged with running over a female relative with her car after authorities say they argued over a “dirty look” at a kindergarten graduation. The Deseret News reports Margarita Perez-Hernandez appeared in court Thursday on aggravated assault and other charges. Court documents […]
AURORA, Utah (AP) — Mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus have been spotted near the central Utah city of Aurora. The Central Utah Public Health Department says officials detected the virus earlier this week. They received test results confirming the virus on Friday. Aurora is the second city in Utah to […]
CLARKDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Matt Johnson treks along an Arizona riverbank and picks out a patch of yellow-tinged tamarisks. He sweeps a cloth net across the trees, hoping to scoop up beetles that munch on their evergreen-like leaves. He counts spiders, ants and leafhoppers among the catch and few beetles […]
SPANISH FORK, Utah (AP) — At first they looked like sparks. The flashes of light floated in the air for a second and then extinguished. A few feet away, they would strike up again. Tiny, match-like bursts. “There’s one,” a boy shouted. “Look over there! Right there!” a girl squealed. […]
HERRIMAN, Utah (AP) — Police say vandals spray-painted racist graffiti on several school buildings in a Utah city. Herriman police are investigating after graffiti that included racial slurs and swastikas was found Thursday. The vandals targeted Herriman High School and Copper Mountain Middle School as well two buildings serving as […]
