RENO, Nev. (AP) — A volunteer firefighter injured while battling a wildland blaze has been released from a Nevada hospital as more than 700 people make progress on all three of the biggest wildfires burning in the state, officials said. None of the fires grew overnight and one is now […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Swarms of green stink bugs have welcomed customers at a Utah gas station. The Herald Journal reported Wednesday that hundreds of the insects known as Say’s stink bugs were reported by residents and travelers at a Chevron gas station. Officials say the insects aggregated in large numbers partially […]
ELKO, Nev. (AP) — The Latest on wildfires burning in Nevada (all times local): 1 p.m. More than 700 firefighters combined are making progress on all three of the largest wildfires burning in northern Nevada. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management said Thursday none of the fires grew overnight and […]
ELKO, Nev. (AP) — The overnight temperatures at two northern Nevada airports tied the previous record for the warmest low for the date. The National Weather Service in Elko says the temperature at Ely Airport only dropped to 60 degrees (16 Celsius) early Wednesday. That tied the record for the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A woman who survived a 2007 mass shooting in Utah said Thursday she has lead poisoning from 300 shotgun pellets still in her body, leaving her with debilitating headaches, nausea and other serious health problems. Carolyn Tuft, whose 15-year-old daughter died in the Trolley Square […]
ELKO, Nev. (AP) — A volunteer firefighter who was injured while battling a wildland blaze in northeast Nevada has been released from the hospital. The Elko Daily Free Press reports two volunteer firefighters suffered unspecified injuries Sunday when flames burned over their vehicle during the initial attack on a lightning-sparked fire in […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Students in Pleasant Grove will be part of an online educational program based on the musical “Hamilton.” The Daily Herald reports Thursday that Stephanie Eau Claire’s sixth grade class at Lincoln Academy will join 75 other schools nationwide in piloting a free, digital program that gives students access […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A former attorney for a Utah death-row inmate has testified that lawyers for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had asked him to call fewer church members to testify in his client’s 2015 trial. The Standard-Examiner reports attorney Michael Bouwhuis told an Ogden court Tuesday that […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah woman who survived a mass shooting in Salt Lake City 12 years ago is slowly dying from lead poisoning after a shotgun left 300 pellets in her body, a report said. Carolyn Tuft, 56, has struggled with grief after surviving the 2007 Trolley […]
RIVERTON, Utah (AP) — Administrators from more than 60 schools in northern Utah gathered ahead of the first day of classes to assemble “care kits” for students in need. The Deseret News reports administrators from the Jordan School District met Wednesday to pack more than 2,400 kits. The kits include food, personal […]
