FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — Two U.S. Army helicopters that crashed last week in Alaska, killing three soldiers, collided over a rugged, mountainous area, and there were no weather issues or visibility problems at the time, an Army spokesperson said Sunday. The two AH-64 Apache helicopters were returning to Fort Wainwright from an aerial […]
BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. (AP) — A backcountry skier was buried and killed by an avalanche near Colorado’s Breckenridge ski resort, authorities said Sunday. The spring avalanche was on Bald Mountain, a popular destination for ski touring, the Colorado Avalanche Information Center said. It happened at about 13,000 feet elevation, according to […]
SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. Army identified on Saturday the three soldiers who were killed when two helicopters collided in Alaska while returning from a training mission. The helicopters were headed to Fort Wainwright from a mission in the Donnelly Training Area when they crashed at 1:39 p.m. Thursday, about 50 miles […]
HEBER CITY, Utah-Saturday morning, the Heber City Police Department released its shift report for April 28. Case #2304-1278/Suspicious: Complainant reported a man was handing out papers outside of the Mountainland One Stop, 1175 S. Main, Heber City. When she was walking out of the store with her daughters, the man […]
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kansas who say parents need alternatives to public schools couldn’t pass even a scaled-back version of the “school choice” plans enacted in other states with GOP-controlled Legislatures. Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly strongly opposed using state tax dollars to help parents pay for private […]
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The sister of a woman killed in what prosecutors say was a doomsday-focused plot told jurors Friday that her sister’s funeral was held so quickly that some family members couldn’t attend and that she was devastated when she learned her former brother-in-law remarried just a few weeks later. […]
HEBER CITY, Utah-Friday, the Heber City Police Department released its shift report for April 27. Case #2304-1217/Impound: Complainant requested multiple vehicles needing impounding that were abandoned in their lot. Case #2304-1221/Citizen Dispute: Complainant reported problems with her ex-husband Case #2304-1230/Identity Theft: Complainant reported identity theft Case #2304-1223/Citizen Dispute: Complainant reported […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Friday, a Utah judge will consider a request from Planned Parenthood to delay implementing a statewide ban on abortion clinics set to begin taking effect next week. The Planned Parenthood Association of Utah argues a state law passed earlier this year will effectively end access to abortion throughout […]
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Abortion bans in deeply conservative Nebraska and South Carolina both fell short of advancing in close legislative votes amid heated debates among Republicans, yet another sign that abortion is becoming a difficult issue for the GOP. In Nebraska, where abortion is banned after 20 weeks of pregnancy, an effort to […]
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A woman who was molested for years by her stepfather has been awarded $2.28 billion by a California jury in a lawsuit that also implicated her mother and the local Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in which both parents were active, her attorneys announced. […]
