ELKO, Nev. (AP) — Police are looking for a 30-year-old Elko man they believe shot two people at a trailer park on the city’s south side and may still be armed. Elko police identified Austin William Himmelman as the suspect in Thursday’s shooting. “Himmelman should be considered armed and dangerous,” police […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Friday, covid-19 statistics were updated for Utah by the state department of health. 81.36 percent of covid-19 cases statewide are recovered (244,990-301,110). 18.2 percent of covid-19 cases statewide are active cases (54,739-301,110). In the past 24 hours, new recoveries (2,629) exceed new active cases (1,142). They are each […]
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoman has hired Seattle Times managing editor Ray Rivera to be its new executive editor. The Oklahoma City daily reported Rivera’s appointment was announced Thursday. He also will serve as regional editor of other Gannett-owned USA Today Network’s Sunbelt region publications in Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former U.S. Ambassador Jon Huntsman Jr. criticized President Donald Trump Thursday for prioritizing his own self interest above the nation’s following the deadly siege of the Capitol by the president’s supporters. In a statement, Huntsman called on Americans to join together and push through this […]
MIDWAY, Utah-Wednesday, the Midway Swiss Miss Pageant committee confirmed the pageant will not occur in 2021. The committee cites that because there was no Swiss Days celebration in Midway for Labor Day weekend 2020, they will not have a pageant in January 2021. They hope to resume the practice in […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Thursday, statistics were updated for Utah by the state department of health. 81.51 percent of covid-19 cases statewide (242,361-297,317) are recovered. 18.03 percent of covid-19 cases statewide (53,597-297,317) are active cases. In the past 24 hours, new recoveries (3,158) exceed new active cases (1,410) with new net recorded […]
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds and four aides helped make a marketing video for a Utah company that was awarded no-bid contracts for work on the coronavirus pandemic, a move that has raised allegations of favoritism and improper use of public resources. Domo Inc.’s video features […]
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Carrie Dann, a Native American land rights activist, Nevada rancher and longtime leader of the Western Shoshone Nation, has died. Dann and her younger sister Mary Dann, who died in 2005, fought with the federal government for decadesover ownership of their ancestral lands in central Nevada. […]
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP)– Protesters backing President Donald Trump massed outside statehouses from Georgia to New Mexico on Wednesday, leading some officials to evacuate while cheers rang out at several demonstrations as a pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol. Hundreds of people gathered in state capitals nationwide to oppose President-elect Joe […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Brigham Young University in Utah said it will keep its police department after an administrative law judge threw out a case in which state officials sought to take away the campus’ rights to police itself. The decision Tuesday came two years after the state Department of Public Safety […]
