MOAB, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a man has died while skydiving in eastern Utah. KSL-TV reports the accident happened Sunday afternoon at the Canyonlands Airport in Moab. The Grand County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that 23-year-old Spencer Connolley, of Moab, sustained a “fast and hard landing.” He was in […]
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — A man has been sentenced for possessing prohibited, non-native sheep at his private hunting ranch in Colorado. The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reported Saturday that 34-year-old Michael Gates pleaded guilty June 19 to illegally possessing and importing exotic sheep species. Gates received a one-year deferred judgment sentence. […]
CAMP WILLIAMS, Utah (AP) — Utah National Guard officials say crews are battling a wildfire that sparked near a gun range at Camp Williams. They say the fire was first reported about 11 a.m. Sunday and charred about 100 acres (0.15 square miles or 0.38 square kilometers) by 2:15 p.m. […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A Utah appeals court has upheld an aggravated burglary conviction against a former Ogden man. The Standard-Examiner reports Julio Alphonso Dominguez’s appeal was struck down by the Utah Court of Appeals in an opinion issued July 5. Dominguez was sentenced to 10 years to life in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — When Ethan Kelso was a young child, he and his sister used to sing alone in an apartment with no electricity. But on June 24, he stood on a Broadway stage in New York and sung, by himself, in front of hundreds. His heart-wrenching performance […]
SANDY, Utah (AP) — Jefferson Savarino had two goals and an assist to help Real Salt Lake beat the Philadelphia Union 4-0 on Saturday night. In the 23rd minute, Savarino ran behind Aaron Herrera’s long ball, trapped it forward to where he could get it first and finished with a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A champion bodybuilder faces felony charges accusing him of raping a female bodybuilder in a Salt Lake City suburb last October. Court records indicate an arrest warrant issued Thursday charges 44-year-old Shawn Rhoden from Santa Barbara, California, with rape, object rape and forcible sexual abuse. […]
HEBER CITY, Utah (AP) — Signs of new life are appearing in part of northeastern Utah where a wildfire that torched more than 100 square miles (259 kilometers) a year ago. Grasses and flowers are returning to the area, with blue and yellow wildflowers blooming around the trunks of trees […]
LOVELAND, Colo. (AP) — Colorado wildlife inspectors have intercepted a record number of boats infested with invasive mussels as they try to keep the economically-damaging shellfish from entering state waters. The Loveland Reporter-Herald reports the Colorado Parks and Wildlife have found 51 boats with mussels so far this season across the state. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal indictment accuses a 24-year-old Salt Lake City-area man of distributing large quantities of fentanyl, including pills that resulted in the overdose death of a woman. John Aaron Favro of West Jordan was arrested Thursday on a July 3 indictment charging him with distribution […]
