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Salt Lake City transplant surgeon dies in skiing accident

Salt Lake City transplant surgeon dies in skiing accident

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Salt Lake City transplant surgeon has died in a skiing accident at Solitude Mountain Resort, southeast of Salt Lake City, officials said. Dr. Andrew Gagnon, 38, of Cottonwood Heights, had been skiing with his wife, but was skiing alone on expert-level terrain on Thursday […]

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Political, business trends threaten outdoor show’s future

DENVER (AP) — The owner of a ski company leans against a wall of his skis, arranged just so to dazzle passersby. “What am I doing? I feel like I’m wasting my time,” said Ted Eynon, the owner of Meier Skis. “Man, this ain’t what it used to be.” The […]

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Trump’s GOP: Party further tightens tie to former president

Trump’s GOP: Party further tightens tie to former president

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — In 2016, Donald Trump overtook the Republican National Committee through a shock and awe campaign that stunned party leaders. In 2020, the party was obligated to support him as the sitting Republican president. Heading into 2024, however, the Republican Party has a choice. The RNC, […]

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Idaho settles lawsuit on living wills for pregnant people

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho has agreed to change its living will template so that pregnant people will not be kept on life support against their wishes. The move is part of a legal settlement reached this week with four women who said the state’s law governing advance health care […]

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GOP censures Cheney, Kinzinger, moves to pull out of debates

GOP censures Cheney, Kinzinger, moves to pull out of debates

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican Party officials on Friday voted to punish GOP Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for their work on the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection and advanced a rule change that would prohibit candidates from participating in debates organized by the Commission on […]

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GOP now looks to censure Cheney and Kinzinger, not oust them

GOP now looks to censure Cheney and Kinzinger, not oust them

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican officials meeting in Utah advanced a watered-down resolution Thursday that would formally censure GOP Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for their perceived disloyalty to former President Donald Trump but not seek to expel them from the party. The resolution’s passage through a subcommittee […]

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Local Heber City Couple Dies in Car crash in Hawaii

Information retrieved from Fox 13 local news: SALT LAKE CITY — A prominent Utah couple were vacationing in Hawaii when a tragic car crash took both of their lives on January 30. Hawaii Police report that at 7:33 on Sunday night, a Toyota 4runner was traveling southbound when it crossed […]

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Court: Minutes-long assault didn’t justify kidnapping charge

PHOENIX (AP) — Thursday, a federal court overturned a man’s kidnapping conviction stemming from his assault of his girlfriend for seven minutes, ruling that the time he restrained the victim while beating her was too brief to be charged separately. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered that Giordano […]

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Temple Square Report For February 2022

Temple Square Report For February 2022

SALT LAKE CITY-Thursday, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints gave its latest report concerning construction at Temple Square in downtown Salt Lake City. Current work on the Church Office Building plaza entails waterproofing the repaired concrete surface and installing large Styrofoam blocks under the landscaped area. These blocks […]

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Race is on to save the Great Salt Lake: Will it be enough?

Race is on to save the Great Salt Lake: Will it be enough?

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The largest natural lake west of the Mississippi is shrinking past its lowest levels in recorded history, raising fears about toxic dust, ecological collapse and economic consequences. But the Great Salt Lake may have some new allies: conservative Republican lawmakers. The new burst of energy […]

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