BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The investigation started roughly 29 months ago with two missing children. It soon grew to encompass five states, four suspected murders and claims of unusual, doomsday-focused religious beliefs involving “dark spirits” and “zombies.” On Monday morning, an Idaho jury will begin the difficult task of deciding the […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas lawyer accused of orchestrating a $460 million “slip-and-fall” Ponzi scheme across the U.S. West was granted release Friday after spending more than a year in federal custody. U.S. District Judge Cam Ferenbach said he was persuaded by Matthew Beasley’s “strong family support” to give the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man who fatally shot his wife, her mother and the couple’s five kids after he was investigated for child abuse left a suicide note saying he “would rather rot in hell” than continue enduring what he called controlling behavior by his wife, investigators wrote in a […]
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — A Utah third-grader screamed and fought off a man who appeared to be trying to kidnap her before fleeing the area, officials said Friday. Granite School District administrators said they were investigating the attempted kidnapping Thursday at Whittier Elementary School and working with West […]
PHOENIX (AP) — A Native American tribe in Arizona reached a deal Thursday with the U.S. government not to use some of its Colorado River water rights in return for $150 million and funding for a pipeline project. The $233 million pact with the Gila River Indian Community, announced in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah ski resort says it is dispatching patrollers along the path of an avalanche to make sure nobody was caught in its path as it cascaded across a highway onto a beginner run on Thursday. The avalanche that began on Mount Superior — a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Salt Lake City woman who died in a weekend ice climbing accident is being credited with saving the life of a fellow climber by pushing her out of the way when the ice above them fractured, officials said. Meg O’Neill, 41, and two others […]
SALT LAKE CITY-The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released a statement concerning the health of Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of The Quorum of Twelve Apostles and his wife Patricia: “As announced last weekend, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland was excused from general conference due to the fact he and […]
HEBER CITY, Utah-Thursday morning, the Heber City Police Department released its shift report for April 5. Case #2304-0174/Damaged property: Complainant reported juveniles may have run into a vinyl fence on 1200 South in Heber City. Case #2304-0183/Warrant Service: Following a traffic stop in the parking lot of Dollar Tree, 1268 […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted a New Mexico man on assault and carjacking charges in connection with the 2021 disappearance of a Native American woman whose case has helped to raise awareness about missing people and unsolved slayings in Indian Country. The indictment naming Preston […]
