LOGAN, Utah (AP) — A harmful algae bloom is closing the North Beach at Mantua Reservoir in northern Utah. The Herald Journal reports the reservoir east of Brigham City has been under a “warning advisory” since mid-August, and on Monday health department officials increased the warning level on the north beach to […]
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Public health officials in Idaho have confirmed that two people in the state have developed a serious lung disease linked to vaping. The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare announced Tuesday that the two Idaho patients, described as teenagers or young adults, are recovering. The Centers […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Businessman Jeff Burningham announced his candidacy for Utah governor Tuesday, becoming the second Republican candidate to officially enter what could become a crowded field. The technology and real estate entrepreneur from Provo pitched himself as a political outsider who would keep the state’s strong economy […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Police have identified the body that was found in a northern Utah storage unit last week. Ogden police said the human remains have been identified as 41-year-old Alice Ann Valdez. Court records show Valdez had previously pleaded guilty to several drug and trespassing crimes in Utah. […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — The Herald Journal newspaper in Logan is switching from delivering printed editions of the newspaper five days a week to a three-day mail system. Cache Valley Publishing General Manager Ben Kenfield announced Monday that The Herald Journal will only offer print newspapers on Tuesdays, Thursday and Saturdays beginning […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say a woman was killed when a FrontRunner commuter train in metro Salt Lake City struck her car stopped on the tracks. Utah Transit Authority spokesman Carl Arky told KUTV-TV that surveillance video indicates the driver went around the lowered crossing arms and that the car […]
SKULL VALLEY, Utah (AP) — The Utah Highway Patrol says a wrong-way vehicle caused a head-on crash on Interstate 80 west of metro Salt Lake City. The Highway Patrol shut down I-80 in the Skull Valley area Tuesday morning while landing a helicopter to pick up a person who was […]
The Wasatch Cross Country team is proud to host arguably the hardest race every year in Wasatch County’s Soldier Hollow Olympic Complex. The Soldier Hollow course consists of grueling up hills, intense down hills and is one of the only cross country races held on a trail system. Because of […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Officials say horses from affected counties in seven states have been banned from participating in a Columbus horse show to protect livestock from contracting a viral disease. The Ohio Department of Agriculture says next month’s All American Quarter Horse Congress is not allowing horses from counties […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation wants to build on a pilot project that connected more than 230 homes to the electric grid. The Navajo Tribal Utility Authority worked with volunteer utility crews from 13 states on the project that wrapped up in May. Spokeswoman Deenise Becenti says […]
