SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A number of counties in Utah are reporting mosquito populations carrying West Nile virus following a spring with weather conditions that allowed the pests to flourish. The Deseret News reported Sunday that officials in Davis, Salt Lake, Sevier, Uintah and Weber counties have found mosquito populations with […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Tom Nissalke, who won coach of the year honors in the NBA and ABA, has died. He was 87. Nissalke passed away at his home in Salt Lake City on Thursday after facing a “series of health-related problems” in recent years, according to the Deseret News . […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — More women in the Utah are earning STEM-related degrees, but experts say completion rates are still behind the national average, a report said. The Utah Women & Leadership Project released a Utah Women in STEM Education study early this month showing an additional 467 women […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The wife of a man accused of fatally shooting a University of Utah student has been sentenced to a year in jail for her role in the killing. The Deseret News reports 23-year-old Kathleen Elizabeth Rose Boutain was sentenced Friday. Austin Boutain was given a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say a Utah corrections officer suffered fractures to his face after he was attacked by inmates. The Deseret News reports the officer was attacked Wednesday in a cell block of the Central Utah Correctional Facility in Gunnison. Sanpete County Attorney Kevin Daniels says one inmate hit […]
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 […]
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — Police say panic spread briefly through a Utah mall after a falling sign made a gunshot-like sound, reflecting widespread anxiety after recent back-to-back mass shootings in Texas and Ohio. The Deseret News reports that no one was hurt and a search found no shooter at Valley […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A lawsuit filed in the death of a black man shot after he ran from Salt Lake City police has been moved to federal court. The Deseret News reports the change was made Monday in the case filed in the 2017 death of 50-year-old Patrick Harmon. His […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man in northern Utah who told police he was trying to shoot people he believed were living in his trees has been charged with more than 30 felonies. The Deseret News reports 64-year-old Timmy Andrew Gurule was charged Monday with drug distribution, discharge of a firearm […]
ESCALANTE, Utah (AP) — In his retirement, Jens Munthe spends a lot of time driving around the deserts of Utah hunting for rocks. Not just any rocks. Munthe is a geologist searching for new and unusual arch formations across the state, the Deseret News reports . Utah is known for its sandstone […]
