PROVO, Utah (AP) — Data shows the number of students home-schooled in Utah has more than doubled. The Daily Herald reported Tuesday that the Utah State Board of Education recorded more than 16,000 home-school students during the 2015-16 school year, the most recent year with available data. Nearly 17% of the students […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Joe Biden’s presidential campaign announced a new round of endorsements on Tuesday as the former vice president tries to bolster his status as the Democrats’ presidential front-runner. He heralded support from four South Carolina state legislators, including two African Americans, Rep. Carl Anderson and Sen. […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Provo Mayor Michelle Kaufusi has announced 200 electric scooters are coming to the city this August. Kafusi tweeted Monday the city has launched a pilot program with bike sharing program Zagster to bring 200 dockless Spin scooters and 100 bikes to Provo later this year. Electric […]
8:15 p.m. Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks has won Most Valuable Player honors at the NBA Awards. The 24-year-old forward from Greece beat out Paul George of Oklahoma City and James Harden of Houston, who won last year. Antetokounmpo earned All-NBA first-team honors this season, his sixth with the […]
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Federal officials have released a draft environmental analysis for a proposal intended to stop rangeland wildfires in a huge swath of the West that hosts cattle ranching and recreation and is home to imperiled sage grouse. The analysis released Friday looks at the impact of altering […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Latest on a missing University of Utah student (all times local): 2:48 p.m. Authorities say a missing University of Utah student who hasn’t been heard from in over a week was last seen meeting an unknown person at a park in the middle of […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A Utah office park that was built by the company credited with launching the state’s tech industry has undergone an $8.6 million revitalization project. The Daily Herald reported Sunday that a reopening ceremony was held last week for the 14-building Canyon Park Tech Center in Orem. The 85-acre […]
CEDAR HILLS, Utah (AP) — Police had launched an investigation after a Cedar Hills meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was vandalized. The Deseret News reports American Fork Police Lt. Josh Christensen says the vandalism occurred Friday after someone got into the building and overturned or broke all […]
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Utah Democrats have ousted their embattled party chairwoman and replaced her with a businessman who pledged to lift the party from financial and relational turmoil. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Jeff Merchant toppled incumbent Daisy Thomas on Saturday during the party’s organizing convention at Park City High […]
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say Grand Canyon National Park has completed ignition operations on a prescribed fire. Crews will continue to mop up any areas along the fires perimeter that may threaten the holding line. Because of changing conditions, fire managers have decided to halt any […]
