SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A homeless man has been charged in last month’s shooting death of a woman on a bustling Salt Lake City street. Charges were filed in court Friday against 27-year-old Timothy Vaughn for murder, theft by receiving stolen property and possession of a firearm by a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will celebrate president Russell M. Nelson’s 95th birthday with a gala in Salt Lake City. The Friday night event at the church conference center will include performances by Donny Osmond, Nathan Pacheco and the Tabernacle Choir at […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 45-member Utah task force equipped with inflatable rescue boats has deployed to the East Coast to help victims of Hurricane Dorian. The federal funded emergency disaster team flew by charter plane, departing Tuesday night from Salt Lake City for Charlotte, North Carolina. Heavy winds […]
TOOELE, Utah (AP) — Firefighters are battling a quick-growing wildfire west of Salt Lake City. The blaze started small Tuesday afternoon in Tooele County, but it was fueled by wind and high temperatures and torched nearly two square miles (2.5 square kilometer) within hours. Authorities say the fire burning in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City’s temperatures met an all-time record on the first day of the month. KUTV reports temperatures in Salt Lake City reached 100 degrees on Sunday, marking the first time in 40 years temperatures reached triple digits. The only other year on record when it was […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man was convicted Friday of running a multimillion-dollar opioid ring that sent hundreds of thousands of potentially deadly pills across the country in a scheme that authorities said helped fuel the nation’s opioid epidemic. A jury reached the verdict after deliberating about eight […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A wildfire in northern Utah that destroyed three homes was 10% contained as of Friday afternoon. The fire, which was caused by a campfire, is estimated to have grown to about 365 acres (148 hectares), said Kim Osborn, a U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman. Officials are […]
BOUNTIFUL, Utah (AP) — Officials say a the Gun Range Fire has burned three homes, heavily damaged five more and prompted the evacuation of hundreds of people in the Salt Lake City suburb of Bountiful. KUTV Channel 2 of Salt Lake City reports that Bountiful police say the blaze started at about […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police have arrested a teenager who they say brought a gun to his high school in Salt Lake City. Salt Lake City Detective Michael Ruff said police were called to West High School Wednesday afternoon after another student told school officials they saw the suspect […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A defendant at the center of a multimillion-dollar opioid case says he saw himself as helping people get the prescription drugs they needed while making money for himself and his friends. Aaron Shamo testified Tuesday in a federal courtroom in Salt Lake City, just miles […]
