Former Digital Content Producer

Colby Walker

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

Too many candidates: Some Iowans tired of massive 2020 field

Jake Poorman is exhausted. He's been trying to get every Democratic presidential candidate to sign a baseball, a souvenir of the wildest Democratic primary he's seen in his 60 years as an Iowan. He's gathered so many signatures — 16 — he had to get another ball.
7 years ago

Sharenting: The pressure to post often and post positive

Online sharing too many pictures of your kids can have a detrimental effect on them, experts say, The reasons why parents share pictures of their kids are complex.
7 years ago

Two UHP troopers hit in separate accidents

Two Utah Highway Patrol troopers are ok after being involved in two separate crashes yesterday.
7 years ago

A student’s boyfriend sues Utah State and alleges bullying led to her suicide

Utah State University's Psychology Department allowed a student to be verbally abused, intimidated and subjected to discrimination by other students, leading to her death by suicide, a lawsuit alleges.
7 years ago

Actor Danny Trejo comes to aid of baby that was trapped in overturned car

One of Hollywood's best-known villains, Danny Trejo, came to the rescue of a baby that was trapped in an overturned vehicle in Los Angeles. It wasn't a stunt for an upcoming movie. It happened in real life on Wednesday.
7 years ago

Ikea and the Queen of Sweden are designing homes for people with dementia

As Sweden's population ages, the country faces a challenge: how can it maintain support for its citizens without breaking the bank? Furniture giant Ikea has one idea.
7 years ago

Utah Jazz president named new CEO of Miller companies

Company officials said Wednesday that former Utah Jazz president Steven Starks has been named the new CEO of the Larry H. Miller Group of Companies. The 40-year-old executive will leave the NBA franchise team next week to oversee the company's car dealerships, sports teams, movie theaters and other businesses.
7 years ago

FedEx to end ground delivery business with Amazon

FedEx says it will no longer make ground deliveries for Amazon as the online shopping giant builds its own fleet and becomes more of a threat to delivery companies.
7 years ago

Puerto Ricans get their 3rd governor in 6 days

Justice Secretary Wanda Vázquez became Puerto Rico's new governor Wednesday, just the second woman to hold the office, after weeks of political turmoil and hours after the island's Supreme Court declared Pedro Pierluisi's swearing-in a week ago unconstitutional.
7 years ago

Advocates call for tighter regulations on tanning beds

Advocates for skin health say it's time for Utah, which leads the nation in melanoma, to take action on regulations for tanning beds to prevent skin cancer.
7 years ago

Researchers studied 163 mass shootings. Here are the four things shooters have in common.

Project founder James Densley says researchers interviewed a number of shooters, as well as their relatives, law enforcement and victims.
7 years ago

Robbers steal $2.5 million in coins from Mexico’s mint in daylight heist

Robbers made off with an estimated $2.5 million from a mint in Mexico City Tuesday, after the vault was reportedly left open.
7 years ago

Gunman killed in Carson City had extensive criminal history

A gunman shot and killed by sheriff's deputies while holding an infant hostage had an extensive criminal record and was awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to assault with a deadly weapon, authorities said.
7 years ago

Sheriff’s Office: Skateboarder injured in crash in canyon

Utah County authorities say a skateboarder suffered serious injuries in a crash with an oncoming car while going down a road in Provo Canyon.
7 years ago

Thousands of dead fish wash ashore at Utah reservoir

Thousands of dead fish have washed ashore at a reservoir in northern Utah this summer.
7 years ago

Kim says North Korean launches were warning to US, South

North Korea said Wednesday leader Kim Jong Un supervised a live-fire demonstration of newly developed, short-range ballistic missiles intended to send a warning to the United States and South Korea over their joint military exercises.
7 years ago

New Jazz GM says fans deserve competitive team

"[The fans] deserve for us to be able to build a competitive team and hopefully, with the things that we can predict and a little luck along the way, We have a lot of work to do, but ... we're ready to make our mark."
7 years ago

Heat and Student Athletes

Temperatures are expected to be near 100 in certain spots along the Wasatch Front, which can be a big problem for high school student-athletes getting ready for football season.  State officials say there are things coaches have to do to protect the kids from the heat. 
7 years ago

Restored World War II Spitfire begins round-the-world trip

A restored World War II Spitfire has taken off from an English aerodrome on the first leg of a planned 27,000-mile (43,000-kilometer) trip around the globe.
7 years ago

North Korea fires more weapons, denounces US military drills

North Korea continued to ramp up its weapons demonstrations by firing two presumed short-range ballistic missiles into the sea Tuesday while lashing out at the United States and South Korea for continuing military exercises that the North says could derail fragile nuclear diplomacy.
7 years ago

Authorities scour leads in mass shootings that left 31 dead

Authorities in two U.S. cities scoured leads in a pair of weekend mass shootings that killed 31, trying to piece together the motives that led two young men to unleash violence on innocent people in crowded public places.
7 years ago

China warns Hong Kong protesters that punishment is coming

China warned Tuesday that it will be "only a matter of time" before it punishes those behind two months of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong that have increasingly devolved into violent clashes with law enforcement.
7 years ago

House fire burning for two days almost out

A 25,000 square foot mansion that has been burning for almost two days is starting to peter out.
7 years ago

Pres. Trump says he wants stronger gun checks but gives little details

President Donald Trump on Monday condemned weekend shootings in Texas and Ohio as "barbaric" attacks and crimes "against all humanity" as he called for bipartisan cooperation to strengthen the nation's gun laws.
7 years ago