ELKO, Nev. (AP) — The Latest on a wildfire that tapped eight hikers and sheriff’s deputy before they were escorted to safety in northeast Nevada’s Ruby Mountains (all times local): 2:10 p.m. A California couple who saw homes destroyed in a wildfire near Santa Rosa a year ago was among […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has denied review of a case centered on mining around the Grand Canyon. The Obama administration put about 1 million acres near the national park off-limits to new mining claims in 2012. It was meant to slow a flurry of claims over […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A Utah man accused of encouraging a high school friend to hang herself and filming the act has been charged with witness tampering. Prosecutors say 19-year-old Tyerell Przybycien (pro-BISH-ian) wrote to a friend discouraging the person and others not to speak to authorities. Court documents say […]
HERRIMAN, Utah (AP) — Authorities say three people have been found dead inside a car that crashed into a ravine in Herriman. KSL-TV in Salt Lake City reports that a passer-by noticed a vehicle in a ditch off of Herriman Highway late Sunday afternoon. Herriman police officers responded. Additional crews were called […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Grocery and convenience stores in Utah that are already limited to selling only lower alcohol beer will face additional restrictions intended to curb excessive in-store advertising and consumer confusion. New rules that were buried in a massive liquor overhaul bill that passed last year will […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — University of Utah archaeologists are excitedly excavating a sandstone foundation believed to be a military barracks built during the Civil War era at the college’s Fort Douglas. The Deseret News reports the sandstone foundation was accidentally discovered about four years by contractors digging a utility trench. Sheri […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say two suspects in a fatal robbery attempt at a Layton mobile home park are in custody. Layton police say 22-year-old Angel Christopher Abreu and an unidentified 16-year-old boy were arrested in the case. Abreu was booked into the Davis County jail on Saturday […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a suspect has been arrested in connection with a shooting at mall in Ogden. Ogden police say 21-year-old Octavio Estrada Mendez is jailed without bond on multiple charges after the incident Saturday night near the Newgate Mall. They say a man in his 20s […]
October 1 11:02 a.m. Per a tweet from Utah Wildfire Info, Mirror Lake Highway reopened at 10:00 a.m. Smoke will still be visible from Bald Mountain. Large helicopters were also filling buckets of water from Mirror Lake to drop water. Authorities admonish everyone to drive carefully in the area. 10:51 […]
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Rosa was on a track Sunday to drench northwest Mexico and parts of the U.S. Southwest, prompting tropical storm warnings for the Baja California coast and flash-flood watches for parts of four U.S. states. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Rosa should still be at […]
