OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Ogden police say four officers fatally shot a knife-wielding man approaching them after ignoring commands to drop the weapon. Police Lt. Michael Boone said the encounter occurred Thursday night after the officers responded to a call about an apparently disoriented knife-wielding man approaching people in the […]
COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS, Utah (AP) — Authorities said one person was killed and five others critically injured when a car went off a road and struck a pickup parked in a Utah canyon and went over an embankment and overturned. The Unified Police Department says the person killed early Saturday morning […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah mother has spoken out days after the 24th anniversary of her child’s death with hopes authorities will catch the unknown killer. KUTV-TV reported Thursday that 6-year-old Rosie Tapia was murdered and raped after being abducted from her family’s Salt Lake City apartment in August 1995. […]
PINETOP, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona wildlife managers are taking preventive measures against a disease that can kill deer, elk and other animals. The Arizona Game and Fish Department says Chronic Wasting Disease has been reported in several neighboring states including Utah, Colorado and New Mexico. Officials are cracking down on […]
HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah (AP) — Hill Air Force Base officials say residents of the Ogden area of northern Utah can expect to see and hear more evening flight activity in coming days. Officials said the 388th and 419 fighter wings based at Hill will conduct night-flying operations Monday […]
PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — A 15-year-old boy drowned during a visit to Lake Powell with a group from his high school. The National Park Service says the Page High School student drowned Friday afternoon at Swim Beach on the western edge of the lake that spans the Arizona-Utah border. The […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A semi-truck has crashed into a Utah condominium community near the location of a similar crash last year. KUTV-TV reported Thursday that Utah Highway Patrol reported that a semitruck carrying chocolate milk crashed into condos in Garden City about 122 miles (196 kilometers) north of Salt Lake […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Arizona and Nevada are faced with the first-ever cuts to their Colorado River water supply in 2020. But the cuts aren’t expected to be overly burdensome for either state because they’ve been conserving and storing water for years. The water is delivered through Lake Mead, one […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The father of Utah kidnapping survivor Elizabeth Smart has come out as gay, saying his decision brings challenges but also “huge relief.” Ed Smart said in a letter shared Friday with NBC’s “Today” showthat he no longer feels comfortable being a member of The Church of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Dallas Griffin had just arrived at work this spring when he heard a radio ad announcing a contest for a free round of in vitro fertilization. “He heard it and called me real quick and said, ‘You have to listen to this. You have to […]
