MIDVALE, Utah (AP) — Thousands of people in the Midvale area remain without electricity after a collision led several power lines to come down. The website for Rocky Mountain Power says more than 4,600 customers still had no power as of 8:30 a.m. Monday. Authorities say a car hit a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah officials cannot yet determine whether a new drunk driving law has caused a reduction in auto accidents. The Deseret News reported Saturday that Utah Highway Patrol statistics indicate the number of alcohol-related crashes fell in the first quarter of this year. Police could not say if […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah hiker who spent the night in the wilderness says she took shelter beneath trees as a thunderstorm pelted the ground with hail. Dawn Rhode tells KUTV that she got lost after attempting to follow a stranger on an unfamiliar trail during her Thursday hike in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — With schools out for the summer, many parents share a concern about their children that reaches far beyond reading assignments and summer camp: where their next meal will come from. Thousands of Utah families rely on free summer meal programs funded by the federal government […]
NORTH OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A Utah mayor killed while serving in the National Guard in Afghanistan has been remembered on what would have been his 40th birthday. The Standard-Examiner reports that about two dozen friends, neighbors and relatives attended the party honoring Maj. Brent Taylor in North Ogden on Saturday. His […]
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Danny Hoesen scored in the third minute of second-half stoppage time to give the San Jose Earthquakes a 1-0 victory over Real Salt Lake on Saturday night. Paul Marie took Cristian Espinoza’s short corner, drove it into the area and sent a cross into the […]
The Memphis Grizzlies plan to retire Mike Conley’s No. 11 jersey. Conley played for Memphis for 12 seasons before he was traded to Utah in a move that was approved by the NBA on Saturday. Grizzlies Owner Robert J. Pera says in a release that Conley “represented the Grizzlies and […]
WEST WENDOVER, Nev. (AP) — The mayor of West Wendover, Nevada has endorsed former Obama administration housing secretary Julian Castro for president. Castro’s campaign on Saturday announced the support of Mayor Daniel Corona while the Democratic presidential candidate visited the city on the border with Utah. Corona said Castro, a […]
SARATOGA SPRINGS, Utah (AP) — Former Utah Congresswoman Mia Love says she’s poised to run in 2020 for the Republican nomination to challenge the Democrat who last year denied her a third term in the U.S. House. The Deseret News reports that Love said in an interview Friday that she’s ready to […]
WEST JORDAN, Utah (AP) — A father and his teenage daughter who survived being struck by lightning last month say they feel lucky that fellow attendees at the youth conference had the medical training needed to help keep them alive until first responders arrived. The Deseret News reports that Scott Robinson and […]
