Becky Bruce

News Director

Becky Bruce

Becky Bruce is the news director of KSL NewsRadio. She has been with KSL since 2007. You can contact her at bbruce@ksl.com.

Utah residents among those required to quarantine while visiting NY, NJ and CT

New York, New Jersey and Connecticut issued a travel advisory requiring people arriving from states with high coronavirus rates to quarantine for 14 days.
6 years ago

How Laurie Holt went from Mama Bear to unstoppable force

Every single person interviewed for Hope In Darkness described Laurie Holt as the driving factor that led to freedom for her son Josh and his wife Thamy.
6 years ago

Taylorsville declares intent to leave Unified Police Dept.

The city of Taylorsville will leave the Unified Police Department, according to a letter sent by city officials to the governing board of UPD. 
6 years ago

El Helicoide: a metaphor for a broken country and a broken system

The latest episode of "Hope In Darkness: The Josh Holt Story" zeroes in on El Helicoide, the infamous Venezuela prison where Josh Holt spent 23 months.
6 years ago

Friday numbers: Eight new COVID-19 deaths in Utah, tying high

The latest numbers from Utah health officials record eight new deaths attributed to COVID-19 in the state, tying the previous one-day high for deaths set last month. 
6 years ago

Agencies urge Utah Legislature to use rainy day funds, not budget cuts

Rainy day funds for education and other programs in Utah are estimated at more than $5 billion over five years - more than enough, advocates say, to cover a $1.5 billion shortfall.
6 years ago

City issues “Herriman Bucks” to encourage local shopping and spending

The city mailed a $10 "Herriman Bucks" card to every home for residents to use toward a $20 purchase at stores inside the city limits. 
6 years ago

US surgeons successfully perform double lung transplant on Covid-19 patient for first time

A young American woman whose lungs were ravaged by Covid-19 is alive and able to talk to her family thanks to a double lung transplant, surgeons announced.
6 years ago

Gov. Herbert orders a ban on use of chokeholds in police training

Gov. Gary Herbert ordered the Utah Department of Public Safety and the Utah Department of Corrections to ban the use of chokeholds for restraint.
6 years ago

Dow plummets more than 1,800 points as investors grow fearful about the economy

US stocks plummeted in New York, with the Dow falling more than 1,400 points or 5.3% around midday.
6 years ago

Watch or listen to the GOP candidate forum here

The four Republican candidates for Utah governor take part in a GOP candidate forum Thursday hosted by World Trade Center Utah and KSL NewsRadio. 
6 years ago

UHP trooper offers in-depth look at life as a black police officer

What is it really like to be a black police officer in Utah? UHP Trooper Ivan Lofton joined Dave & Dujanovic to tell his story.
6 years ago

Hope In Darkness: the Independence Day that wasn’t

Independence Day 2016 marked the 240th anniversary of the birth of the United States. But in Venezuela, it meant anything but freedom for a Utah man. 
6 years ago

Church president, NAACP call for “racial harmony” in joint op-ed

President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the NAACP call for "racial harmony" starting in the home. 
6 years ago

Man accused of setting police car ablaze charged with arson

Authorities filed federal charges against a Salt Lake City man accused of starting a fire involving a police car during weekend protests.
6 years ago

The Venezuela crisis: The conditions that led to the arrest of Josh Holt

The Venezuela crisis took decades to evolve, setting the stage for the 2016 arrest of Josh and Thamy Holt.
6 years ago

Protesters gather peacefully, two days after violence in SLC

Two days after protests turned violent in Salt Lake City, protesters gathered peacefully to speak out against the death of a black man in police custody. 
6 years ago

UPDATE: Ogden police officer, and suspect, dead after officer-involved shooting

Ogden police confirm that an officer was killed Thursday in the line of duty while responding to a domestic violence call. Another officer was injured.
6 years ago

“Hope In Darkness” details Utah man’s Venezuela ordeal

"Hope In Darkness" tells the story of Josh Holt and his wife, Thamy, who were accused of spying on Venezuela for the United States.
6 years ago

New podcast details Venezuela imprisonment of Josh Holt

A new podcast, "Hope In Darkness," offers never-before-heard details of the arrest and wrongful imprisonment of Josh Holt in Venezuela.
6 years ago

Utah to move into next phase of coronavirus plan, state leaders confirm

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah is ready to move into its next phase of Utah Leads Together, its coronavirus response plan, Gov. Gary Herbert announced Wednesday, confirming reports you first heard from KSL NewsRadio.  “We’re doing very well as a state,” Herbert told reporters in a weekly briefing aimed at updating the situation. “We’ve been […]
6 years ago

Mitt Romney calls President Trump’s IG firings ‘a threat to… democracy’

Sen. Mitt Romney denounced President Donald Trump's firings of internal government oversight officials, calling it a "threat to accountable democracy."
6 years ago

Utah missionary killed in Georgia bike accident

Elder McKay Bergeson, a Utah missionary, was struck by a vehicle while riding his bike in LaFayette, Georgia, not far from the Tennessee state line.
6 years ago

18-year-old dead after West Valley shooting

The 18-year-old shooting victim was initially hospitalized in critical condition, with West Valley Police confirming that person later died.
6 years ago