LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada agriculture officials say horses that competed at an equestrian center in Las Vegas earlier this month may have been exposed to an equine herpes virus. One horse from California and another from Clark County tested positive for EHV-1 and were placed under quarantine after competing […]
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Thirteen tribes in Nevada and western Utah are urging President Donald Trump and Energy Secretary Rick Perry to suspend any shipments of weapons-grade plutonium to a site north of Las Vegas. Tribal leaders say they share the state’s concerns that they were not informed or consulted […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah gun rights advocate can keep his bump stock, at least for now, as he sues over the Trump administration’s ban on the attachment that allows semi-automatic weapons to fire like machine guns. The temporary stay handed down Thursday by the U.S. 10th Circuit […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal judge has denied a Utah gun rights advocate’s attempt to block the Trump administration’s ban on bump stocks, the gun attachments that allow semi-automatic weapons to fire like machine guns. U.S. District Judge Jill Parrish declined last Friday to grant an injunction against […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Kesha wants you to bring as much glitter as possible and sport the brightest colors of the rainbow when she visits Utah in June to headline the LOVELOUD Festival, the LGBTQ+ event founded by Imagine Dragons’ frontman Dan Reynolds. And if you’re “skeptical or don’t understand […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Saturday, Utah men’s basketball (16-13, 10-7 in Pac-12 play) hosts UCLA (16-14, 9-8 in Pac-12 play) for Senior Day at the Huntsman Center. Should the Utes down the Bruins Saturday, they would secure the #3 seed for the upcoming Pac-12 tournament at Las Vegas. The Utes’ seniors will […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A southern Utah airport serving more than 200,000 commercial passengers a year will close for four months to let crews rip up and rebuild a runway undermined by unstable blue clay. St. George Regional Airport manager Rich Stehmeier tells The Spectrum the closure is scheduled May 29 […]
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Bitter cold moved into the Sierra Nevada on Wednesday on the heels of a storm that dropped 3 feet (91 centimeters) of snow on the mountains around Lake Tahoe the day before. Wednesday night’s lows were forecast to dip to between 3 degrees and negative 7 […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Snow, ice and shivering cold blasted normally mild cities from Seattle to Las Vegas to San Francisco on Tuesday as the winter weather sweeping across the U.S. West shuttered schools, made travel treacherous and closed all roads in Yosemite National Park. Winter storms have been hitting […]
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Dwayne Harris returned a punt 99 yards for a touchdown after Denver failed to down it, and the Raiders gave their fans plenty to celebrate in their possible final game in Oakland, beating the Broncos 27-14 on Monday night. The Raiders (4-11) are set to move to Las […]
