HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah (AP) — The Air Force is about to start a series of detonations of surplus rocket motors and sold fuel for ballistic missiles on the Utah Test and Training Range in western Utah. The sprawling range is located between Great Salt Lake and the Nevada […]
MOAB, Utah (AP) — Mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus have been spotted in the eastern Utah city of Moab. The Deseret News reports officials detected the virus on July 2 in the Scott M. Matheson Wetlands Preserve. City officials received test results confirming the virus on Thursday. Moab is the first city […]
TOOELE, Utah (AP) — A Utah man has set a state spearfishing record. The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources has announced 39-year-old Jacob Hansen of Tooele broke the state record for spearfishing a tiger muskie fish on June 13 at Fish Lake in central Utah. Hansen’s record-breaking fish is 51 […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A paper company is planning to build a mill in Utah to manufacture paper using only recycled fiber from materials like cardboard. KSL-TV reports Crossroads Paper announced Wednesday plans to construct a $320 million facility that it expects to be operational by early 2022. The company says […]
LEHI, Utah (AP) — Rufus isn’t the average fluffy teddy bear. “He has diabetes, just like me,” said Lyla Jackson, Rufus’ 10-year-old owner. “He even has a diabetes bracelet, just like I do.” And like Lyla, Rufus is all about raising awareness about Type 1 diabetes. From July 8 through […]
NEPHI, Utah (AP) — The wide metal barn on the Utah alfalfa farm owned by Russell and Diane Jones will host their youngest son’s wedding next month. By September, they hope the structure will be full of marijuana plants. The Joneses are fourth-generation farmers, members of The Church of Jesus […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — A Utah State University professor who studies factors that can hinder diverse students in engineering education is being honored by the White House. Assistant Professor Idalis Villanueva will receive the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, which honors junior faculty doing innovative research. A […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a former football player at Weber State University has died after he was booked into a Utah jail. The Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Office tells the Standard-Examiner that 32-year-old Trevyn Smith was taken to a hospital after he “suffered a medical incident” at the county jail […]
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Trump administration will not pursue lethal measures such as euthanasia or selling horses for slaughter to deal with what officials say is an ecological and fiscal crisis caused by too many wild horses on rangelands in the U.S. West, an official said Thursday. U.S. Bureau […]
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a body has been recovered from the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park and it’s believed to be that of a California man reported missing from a commercial river trip last month. Park rangers say the body was recovered Wednesday […]
