SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Anita Hill said Wednesday her pivotal 1991 Senate testimony about sexual harassment by a Supreme Court nominee sparked a wave of awareness, but lasting change failed because of a lack of clear leadership and a reluctance to confront harsh realities. On the eve of another […]
HEBER CITY, Utah-Per an official report on wasatchhighathletics.com, tryouts for the Wasatch High swim team are swiftly approaching. Tryouts will be Monday-Wednesday October 1-3 at the Wasatch Aquatic Center at 744 S. 200 East in Heber City at 3:30 p.m. each day. If you need more information, please contact Coach […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three senators may be experiencing some deja vu when they hear Thursday from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, who says Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in high school. Of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s 21 lawmakers, these three also participated in the 1991 hearings for […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Zion National Park visitors are no longer allowed to experience a popular, 16-mile (26-kilometer), one-way hike through the Virgin River Narrows. The Salt Lake Tribune reports park officials began discontinuing permits for the hike Tuesday after a private landowner posted “no trespassing” signs in the popular canyon. […]
SEATTLE (AP) — The Oregonian/OregonLive is the winner of the 2018 Ted Natt First Amendment Award for its commitment to fighting for access to public records and the principles of open government. The award to reporter Bethany Barnes was announced Wednesday. It is in recognition of her story, “The Benefit […]
FORT MORGAN, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado meatpacker is recalling more than 132,000 pounds (60,000 kilograms) of ground beef after a suspected E. coli outbreak killed one person and sickened 17, officials said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday the beef was produced and packaged at Cargill Meat Solutions […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police say a man charged in the deaths of two Utah teenagers found down an abandoned mine shaft has discussed the slayings during hundreds of jailhouse phone calls. The Deseret News reported Tuesday a newly unsealed search warrant says 41-year-old Jerrod Baum has made more than 1,000 […]
CROWNPOINT, N.M. (AP) — More than $1 million is being awarded to Navajo Technical University to build a training center to help displaced workers from the energy sector develop new skills. The Metrology and Materials Center at the Crownpoint campus will specialize in industries that include 3D metal printing, machining, […]
A Taylorsville family is hoping to get a stolen trailer filled with tools back. Right after the owner discovered the trailer missing, the family said he died of a heart attack. Patrick Kartchner realized the trailer was gone Monday morning as he went outside for work. Kartchner’s daughter Jadian said […]
Utah’s two largest remaining wildfires are now more than half contained, according to an update released by firefighting officials. The Pole Creek Fire burning in southeastern Utah County is now 56 percent contained — a jump in containment from 41 percent Monday. Great Basin Incident Management Team officials said they […]
