SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — National parks across the United States are scrambling to clean up and repair damage that visitors and storms caused during the recent government shutdown while bracing for the possibility of another closure ahead of the busy Presidents Day weekend later this month. Visitors left human […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A zoo in Salt Lake City says a 500-pound (227-kilogram) polar bear has broken her right front leg and will undergo surgery Monday. Hogle Zoo officials said Friday that 3-year-old Nora apparently broke the humerus bone on the night of Jan. 23, presumably from what […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Latest on efforts to clean up and repair damage at national parks after the government shutdown (all times local): 9:05 a.m. Tourists unable to visit a popular beach in Northern California that was taken over by a colony of nursing elephant seals during the […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — All seven Western states that rely on Colorado River water now have agreed to a plan to keep key reservoirs from plummeting. Arizona lawmakers approved the plan late Thursday, becoming the last state to meet a deadline set by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. The bureau’s […]
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona lawmakers voted Thursday to let the state join a drought plan for the Colorado River, narrowly meeting a federal deadline that threatened to blow up a compromise years in the making for the seven states that draw water from the constrained river. Arizona is the only […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah House has passed a plan to allow candidates running for office to pay for child care with campaign funds. The Thursday vote of 72-1 comes as a number of states weigh the question following a record-setting year for women running for office. It […]
MUNICH (AP) — Bayern Munich has signed American teenager Taylor Booth to its youth academy. The German club said Thursday that the 17-year-old midfielder has signed a 3 ½-year deal, switching from MLS club Real Salt Lake. Booth is expected to play for Bayern’s Under-19 team for the second half […]
WEST JORDAN, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a Utah baby sitter has turned herself in after she was caught on camera physically abusing two 5-month-old twin girls. KUTV reports a $75,000 warrant was issued Wednesday for the arrest of Mckenna Newell. The twins’ father told West Jordan police that he reviewed video […]
A 16-year-old boy suffered minor injuries in a shooting in the parking lot of Midvale Middle School early today. Officers received two calls of shots fired near 7852 S. Pioneer Street about 12:40 a.m. About 30 minutes later, Unified Police Sgt. Melody Gray said dispatchers received another call from a […]
DENVER (AP) — Two years after jumping into a fight with the Trump administration over public lands, the U.S. outdoor industry is turning up the political pressure — though its impact is difficult to measure. Thousands of manufacturers and retailers gathered in Denver starting Wednesday for the annual Outdoor Retailer […]
