Former Digital Content Producer

Colby Walker

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

April 2021 General Conference set to broadcast in 70+ countries

The 191st Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be virtual this weekend due to COVID-19. But church leaders say it could reach more people than ever before.
5 years ago

Video of Floyd arrest may appear early at ex-cop’s trial

A former Minneapolis police officer goes on trial Monday in George Floyd’s death, and jurors may not wait long to see parts of the bystander video that caught Derek Chauvin’s knee on Floyd’s neck.
5 years ago

Canal service provider says container ship in Suez set free

A canal service provider says that workers have successfully set free a colossal container ship that for nearly a week has been stuck sideways across the Suez Canal
5 years ago

UPDATE: BYU Police arrest groping suspect after five victims come forward

BYU police are looking for a man suspected of groping two separate students on campus. 
5 years ago

Picnic tables enabled with Wi-Fi come to Salt Lake City

Picnic tables enabled with Wi-Fi and powered by solar will start showing up in parks around Salt Lake City, the mayor announced.
5 years ago

How family history can help end hereditary cancer

Genealogists at BYU's Center for Family History and Genealogy and the University of Washington have partnered in a public health initiative aimed at preventing hereditary cancer.
5 years ago

Dominion Voting sues Fox News for $1.6B over 2020 election claims

Dominion Voting Systems has filed a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News, arguing the cable news giant falsely claimed in an effort to boost ratings that the voting company rigged the 2020 election.
5 years ago

Romney gets Profile in Courage Award for impeachment vote

U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah has been named this year's recipient of the Profile in Courage Award for being the only Republican to vote to convict former President Donald Trump during his first impeachment trial.
5 years ago

Salt Lake Mayor urges water conservation as Utah sees drought conditions

Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall is urging residents to start working to conserve water now ahead of what is expected to be a drought filled and dry summer in Utah.
5 years ago

Biden expected to announce new vaccination goal in his first White House news conference

President Joe Biden is scheduled to participate in his first presidential news conference on Thursday, where he's expected face a wide-ranging set of questions about the pandemic, the state of the economy, immigration and gun control.
5 years ago

Taylor Swift and Evermore theme park drop legal battle

The lawsuit between Taylor Swift and Utah's Evermore theme park has been dropped with no settlement exchanged between parties.
5 years ago

Colorado shooting suspect makes his 1st court appearance

Three days after he was led away in handcuffs from a Boulder supermarket where 10 people were fatally shot, the suspect appeared in court for the first time.
5 years ago

Pepsi’s newest flavor has Peeps in it

Pepsi and Peeps are collaborating on a new drink that combines the two extra-sweet flavors. "Pepsi x Peeps," mixes the taste of a Pepsi with the "pillowy-soft and sweet" marshmallow flavor of Peeps
5 years ago

US jobless claims fall to 684,000, fewest since pandemic

The number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell sharply last week to 684,000, the fewest since the pandemic erupted a year ago and a sign the economy is improving.
5 years ago

Dislodging the container ship blocking the Suez Canal could take ‘days to weeks’

Shipping experts believe it could take days or even weeks to free the 224,000-ton vessel that is wedged across the Suez Canal, blocking one of the world's busiest waterways since Tuesday.
5 years ago

Three more arrested in case of kidnapped and murdered Kearns woman

Solorio-Romero disappeared from her Kearns apartment Saturday, Feb. 6. Police say she had information about a federal prisoner.
5 years ago

Fewer Utah kids receive routine vaccinations during pandemic, doctors say

A drop in the number of children in Utah who are up to date on routine vaccinations has some doctors worried about the future consequences.
5 years ago

Tim Cook and other Apple executives will testify against Epic in Fortnite trial

Apple and Epic are nearing their highly anticipated Fortnite trial and plan to bring forward some top executives to testify in-person.
5 years ago

Postmaster General set to announce 10-year plan including longer mail delivery times and cuts to post office hours

Longer first-class mail delivery times and cuts to post office hours across the country are among some of the changes embattled Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is expected to announce Tuesday as part of a 10-year plan for the agency
5 years ago

Reputation of AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine marred by missteps

Coupled with earlier missteps in reporting data and a recent blood clot scare, experts said the new stumble could cause lasting harm to the AstraZeneca vaccine that is key to global efforts to stop the pandemic and erode vaccine confidence more broadly.
5 years ago

McLaren signs long-term deal with karting star Ugo Ugochukwu

McLaren Racing has signed a long-term agreement with 13-year-old Ugo Ugochukwu, a promising karting champion from the United States.
5 years ago

Orem police ask for help finding missing 7-year-old girl

Jocelyn Cortez, the missing girl, was last seen in Orem wearing black/pink leggings, glittery shoes and a pink jacket with a leopard hood.
5 years ago

A wintry first week of spring in Utah; storms expected

It may be the start to the first full week of spring, but for most of Utah, it could feel like a snap back to winter with two storms on their way.
5 years ago

Court could reimpose Boston marathon bomber’s death sentence

The Supreme Court will consider reinstating the death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, presenting President Joe Biden with an early test of his opposition to capital punishment.
5 years ago