Another winter weather advisory is in place for big chunks of northern Utah. The storm will bring a mixture of valley rain and mountain snow. As cold air moves in, some of the rain will turn to snow. Up to a foot of snow could fall on some mountain ranges. […]
(Park City, UT) — It finally looks like winter in Utah. Multiple winter weather advisories remain in place. Snow is expected to keep falling through tomorrow or even Friday in some mountain locations. Hazardous driving conditions are continuing in Brian Head, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Big Cottonwood Canyon and in many […]
COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS, Utah (AP) — A man died after falling during a hiking and climbing excursion in Big Cottonwood Canyon in northern Utah, authorities said. Wade Joseph Meade, 29, fell near Lake Blanche around 3:15 p.m. Wednesday, The Deseret News reports. Meade was able to call police after falling about […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Multiple avalanches closed Little Cottonwood Canyon southeast of Salt Lake City on Friday, cutting access to Alta and Snowbird ski resorts where vacationers were already being told to stay inside because of heavy snow. Three naturally occurring slides buried the road near the entrance to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Four Utah ski resorts are backing out of proposed land swaps that would have set aside some of their mountainside terrain for conservation in exchange for public lands near their bases. The resorts made the decision after determining their lands on the steep slopes are […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah woman has died from injuries suffered in an Aug. 17 crash that killed her 16-year-old daughter. Police say 44-year-old Brandilee Kussee Chacon died Tuesday, one month Sierra Rosalina Chacon was fatally injured in the wreck in Big Cottonwood Canyon in mountains east of […]
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) — Six people were caught, and three of them were injured, in an avalanche in Cardiff Fork, located near Big Cottonwood Canyon. Craig Gordon with the Utah Avalanche Center says about 6 inches (152 millimeters) of snow fell in a matter of about two hours on […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal judge has denied an appeal by a man who has been on Utah’s death row for 30 years. The ruling Friday by U.S. District Judge Claire Egan denies a petition by Ralph Leroy Menzies, who was sentenced to die for the killing of […]
