SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — In Utah, drones are hovering near avalanches to watch roaring snow. In North Carolina, they’re searching for the nests of endangered birds. In Kansas, they could soon be identifying sick cows through heat signatures. Public transportation agencies are using drones in nearly every state, according […]
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Apa Sherpa has stood on top of the world more times than all but one other person. Now he wants to make sure no one feels compelled to follow in his footsteps. As a boy growing up in Nepal, Sherpa dreamed of becoming a doctor, but […]
ALPINE, Utah (AP) — A husband and wife from Ballard have been identified as the two people killed in the crash of a small helicopter in the central Utah mountains. Utah County Sheriff’s officials say the pilot was 32-year-old Benno Anthony Penna with his 32-year-old wife Megan Michele Hawk Penna […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah County authorities say a woman is dead after the vehicle she was riding in hit a horse. They say the horse wandered onto state Route 198 in Payson late Saturday night. Utah Department of Public Safety officials tell the Deseret News that the man […]
SONOITA, Ariz. (AP) — Scenic State Highway 83 gently curves through southeastern Arizona’s wine country, past waves of blond grass dotted with orange-tipped ocotillo plants before the dark Santa Rita Mountains loom into view. The Milepost 44 pullout offers a panorama of the range in the Coronado National Forest where […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Authorities say an overnight shooting in Ogden has left one man dead. Ogden police say they received a report of a shooting early Sunday. Responding officers found an unconscious man in his mid-20s on the sidewalk and bleeding from an apparent gunshot wound. The victim died […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Students interested in science and technology will soon be able to attend class in an old military plane in northern Utah. A Vietnam era cargo plane has been converted into a classroom for science, technology, engineering and math students and attached to a museum at the […]
SANDY, Utah (AP) — Sebastián Saucedo had a goal and an assist to help Real Salt Lake beat Toronto FC 3-0 on Saturday. Damir Kreilach opened the scoring for Real Salt Lake (5-6-1) in the 14th minute, chest trapping Albert Rusnák’s cross in the middle of the area and finishing […]
TUBA CITY, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Police Department said one person was killed Saturday in a shooting involving an officer who was not injured in the incident. The department said in a brief statement that the incident occurred in Tonolea but did not provide any information about the person […]
HURRICANE, Utah (AP) — A Utah school district is condemning a racist photo posted on social media and says students involved in its creation will be disciplined. News outlets reported that the photo with Confederate flag backdrop contained a racial slur and an apparent reference to hunting blacks while showing […]
