PROVO, UTAH (AP) — An investigation has begun into whether civil action or criminal charges should be filed against the organizers or attendees of a very large Halloween party that took place in Utah. The Utah County Attorney’s Office said in a statement Wednesday that the investigation will take at least […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An 18-year-old Utah man was rescued from a mine shaft after he was unable to climb his way out. The man was not injured or trapped but did not make an attempt to climb out of the mine on Tuesday because he did not feel […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — 5:27 pm The victims have been identified as 35-year-old Tyson Colby Brummett of Salt Lake City, 35-year-old Alex Blackhurst Ruegner of Riverton and Ruegner’s aunt and uncle, 60-year-old Elaine W. Blackhurst and 62-year-old Douglas Robinson Blackhurst of Riverton. Brummett was a former major league baseball […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Utah County emergency officials reported a 34% increase in the number of calls for mental health and wellness checks since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The increase in calls to law enforcement authorities and first responders could be attributed to anxiety related to the coronavirus, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Search crews have scaled back a water search for two teenagers who went missing on Utah Lake and will focus instead on searching from the air. Pilots will fly over the lake three to four times a day over the next few days, Utah County […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah County sheriff’s office has resumed a search Thursday morning for two teenagers who went missing on Utah Lake earlier this week. Two girls, ages 17 and 18, were reported missing by family members Wednesday after going to the Knolls area on the west […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A Wyoming native has died in a horse-riding accident in Utah, police said Thursday. Shauna Ann Martin, 35, was riding at a ranch near Payson when she either fell or was bucked off Wednesday evening, the Daily Herald reported. Martin struck her head on a pole, suffering […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Authorities used a state Department of Public Safety helicopter to make an overnight rescue of an ailing 21-year-old hiker stranded high on Mt. Timpanogos in north-central Utah. Utah County Sheriff’s Sgt. Spencer Cannon says the helicopter late Tuesday night retrieved the man and a 75-year-old hiker […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A visitor from Mexico hiking a popular waterfall in Provo Canyon died after debris fell on him. The Daily Herald in Provo reports the accident happened Sunday afternoon as the 23-year-old man was climbing around Bridal Veil Falls. Utah County Sheriff’s investigators say it appears a large log […]
UTAH COUNTY, Utah- 9:52 pm Per a report from KUTV 2 News in Salt Lake City, the man who drowned was identified as Albert John “AJ” Mapa. Mapa had returned from serving a mission in Tonga for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 8:50 pm The body of […]
