SPRINGVILLE, Utah (AP) — Authorities on Saturday evacuated hunters, campers and people in cabins because of a wildfire in Spanish Fork Canyon in a rural area southeast of Provo. Utah County Sheriff’s spokesman Spencer Canyon said the wildfire was reported at 2 p.m. and an hour later had burned 20 […]
HIGHLAND, Utah (AP) — A report of suspicious behavior at a Salt Lake City high school was misdirected and police also went to a school in another community over 30 miles away to look for a gunman. No problem was found at either school. Salt Lake City police checked out […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Utah State University officials issued an alert Saturday saying three sexual assaults were reported at the Logan campus Friday night. Details on when and where the assaults occurred were not released and it wasn’t known whether the three assault victims were students. The “timely warning notice” […]
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — Katie Uhlaender is one step closer to returning to the U.S. national skeleton team. The four-time Olympian — who did not race last season — won the first team trials race Saturday, giving her a leg up in grabbing one of the two available spots […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah judge has reduced the bail for an Arizona county elected official charged in an alleged human smuggling scheme involving pregnant women. The Deseret News reports that a district judge Friday reduced Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen’s bail to $150,000 from $3 million. Charges against Petersen […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s tree-lined suburbs and sweeping landscapes of red bluffs, deserts and lakes have increasingly dotted the silver screen in recent years, serving as the backdrop for several popular movies and TV shows including “Hereditary,” ”Westworld,” and the Disney Channel series “Andi Mack.” The Beehive State […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Hundreds of horseback riders are again conducting the annual roundup of bison on an island in Utah’s Great Salt Lake. The roundup on Antelope Island beginning Saturday is conducted over three fall weekends, with the first devoted to the actual roundup and the next two […]
WARREN, Vt. (AP) — It used to be that a free ski pass was enough to lure workers to seasonal jobs at mountain resorts. No longer. In the current tight labor market, ski areas across the country are having a tough time filling jobs, so they’re upping the ante by […]
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana officials reached a temporary deal on Friday that will allow one of the largest coal mines in the U.S. to reopen amid a legal dispute with its new owners from the Navajo Nation. The Navajo Transitional Energy Company shut down the mine Thursday after Montana […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A rule that would have allowed ATVs on certain roads in Utah’s five national parks including popular red rock country destinations such as Zion and Arches has been scrapped by the U.S. government one week before it was set to take effect. The National Park […]
