Former Digital Content Producer

Colby Walker

Colby Walker is a former digital content producer with KSL NewsRadio.

A man’s gift to his 10 grandkids? A bus to take them all to school each morning

"When they saw it, they were just ecstatic!"
7 years ago

Forecasters remind backcountry visitors to be cautious

PARK CITY, Utah — The Utah Avalanche Center is reminding skiers and snowboarders to be cautious if they’re visiting the backcountry. This warning comes after a video was captured of a snowboarder outrunning a small slide in the same area near Park City where a man was killed earlier in December. Drew Hardesty, with the […]
7 years ago

The last solar eclipse of the year happened Christmas evening

Consider it a Christmas gift from the universe to the world: a solar eclipse, the perfect ending to the holiday.
7 years ago

Kanye West dropped a new album on Christmas and called it — what else? — ‘Jesus Is Born’

(CNN) — Kanye West is back at it. West, who just dropped his album “Jesus Is King” in October, followed it up with another album — “Jesus Is Born.” Sensing a theme? The album’s primary artist is listed as the Sunday Service Choir, a gospel collective featuring West, which has also performed in his Sunday […]
7 years ago

South Salt Lake PD investigating auto-pedestrian crash involving man in wheelchair

South Salt Lake Police are investigating a serious auto-pedestrian crash involving a man in a wheelchair. The accident took place early Thursday morning along 300 West and 3200 South when a driver of a pickup truck traveling northbound struck the man. Lt. Gregg Carlson with South Salt Lake Police says that the driver immediately pulled […]
7 years ago

Will Utah get a White Christmas?

Are you dreaming of a White Christmas? Well, KSL Meteorologist Grant Weyman says that there's a good chance.
7 years ago

An entire Louisiana town was dusted with holy water for Christmas

An entire town in Louisiana got a Christmas blessing thanks to holy water and an airplane.
7 years ago

An attorney for the mother and stepfather of two missing Idaho children says he is in contact with the couple police want to question

An attorney for the mother and stepfather of two missing Idaho children says he is in contact with the couple, according to East Idaho News.
7 years ago

It takes a tech village to track Santa on Christmas Eve

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AP) — Depending on which country they’re from, the kids may ask about Father Christmas, Papa Noel, Saint Nick or Santa Claus. But they all want to know one thing: where in the world the jolly old man and his sleigh full of gifts are on Christmas Eve. For the […]
7 years ago

Christmas festivities begin in West Bank town of Bethlehem

Thousands of Christians have descended on Bethlehem, the traditional birthplace of Jesus, for Christmas Eve celebrations in this West Bank town.
7 years ago

Audit: Does Utah have too many 911 call centers?

The Utah state auditor says we may have too many 911 call centers, in light of the high number of transfers from one center to another.
7 years ago

To buy or not to buy, the best holiday deals might come after Christmas

There are a number of holiday deals as last-minute shoppers deck the malls, but the best time to buy some of those gifts might actually be after Christmas.
7 years ago

Grandpa buys school bus to take his grand kids to school

Doug Hayes has ten grandchildren and wanted to do something special for them this year for Christmas. So he bought a school bus.
7 years ago

Idaho Police looking for 2 missing children after suspicious death

An Idaho man and woman are being sought for questioning after the man's previous wife was found dead and weeks earlier his two stepchildren were reported missing.
7 years ago

NFL at 100: Helmets go high tech in quest for player safety

No piece of protective equipment has undergone as much transformation over the past decade as the football helmet.
7 years ago

Saudi sentences 5 to death for Jamal Khashoggi’s killing

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia sentenced five people to death on Monday for the killing of Washington Post columnist and royal family critic Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul last year by a team of Saudi agents. The killing of Khashoggi stunned the international community and also many […]
7 years ago

How to celebrate Festivus in 5 easy steps

If you hate tinsel and love "Seinfeld," Festivus is already the perfect holiday for you.
7 years ago

YouTubers raise $20 million to plant trees

A group of popular YouTube creators teamed up almost two months ago with a pretty lofty goal: plant 20 million trees by 2020.
7 years ago

For Spotify, music might not actually be the key to success

Spotify's content chief, Dawn Ostroff, is leading the music behemoth into an entirely new area that's all about words, not riffs: podcasts.
7 years ago

Boeing’s Starliner encounters a problem: Spacecraft is not in proper orbit

Boeing officials thought they would be celebrating the launch of its Starliner spacecraft toward the International Space Station Friday, but the day quickly turned tense when mission control reported the vehicle wasn't heading in the right direction.
7 years ago

Utah governor signs contentious, sweeping tax overhaul

Utah Governor Gary Herbert has signed a sweeping overhaul of the state’s tax system that lowers income tax while increasing taxes on food, fuel and several services.
7 years ago

Arizona politician’s alleged adoption aide pleads guilty

A woman accused of aiding a Phoenix politician in what authorities say was an illegal adoption scheme has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and theft charges.
7 years ago

Donovan goes for 30 as Jazz outlast Hawks 111-106

The Jazz won their fourth straight game by dominating near the rim
7 years ago

Notre Dame Cathedral to miss first Christmas in centuries

Notre Dame Cathedral kept holding services during two world wars as a beacon of hope amid bloodshed and fear. It took a fire in peacetime to finally stop Notre Dame from celebrating Christmas Mass for the first time in more than two centuries.
7 years ago