Former Digital Content Producer

Colby Walker

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

Groundbreaking dates announced for two new Utah temples

Renderings and groundbreaking dates for the Taylorsville Utah and Red Cliffs Utah temples have been announced by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
6 years ago

Pentagon to launch task force to investigate UFO sightings

The Pentagon is forming a new task force to investigate UFOs that have been observed by US military aircraft, according to two defense officials.
6 years ago

Fortnite’s maker sues Apple and Google after the game was removed from both app stores

The maker of Fortnite is suing Apple and Google after the tech giants blocked the wildly popular online video game, which boasts hundreds of millions of registered players, from their app stores Thursday.
6 years ago

The FBI is asking for the public’s help after a Georgia mom mysteriously disappeared in Florida

The FBI is asking the public's help in locating a missing Georgia mom whose son was found wandering barefoot in Florida last month.
6 years ago

A 25-year-old man has been charged in the shooting death of 5-year-old Cannon Hinnant

Police have charged a 25-year-old man with first-degree murder after they say he shot and killed a 5-year-old boy last week in Wilson, North Carolina.
6 years ago

Iowa farmers assess losses after storm flattened cornfields

Farmers across much of Iowa are dealing with the heartbreaking aftermath of a rare wind storm that turned what was looking like a record corn crop into deep losses.
6 years ago

Federal appeals court: Male-only draft is constitutional

A men's rights group says it will push ahead with its court efforts to have the nation's male-only military draft system declared unconstitutional. Three judges on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans upheld the men-only draft Thursday.
6 years ago

Deaths during the coronavirus surge in New York City recall the peak of the 1918 flu pandemic

A new study finds that deaths in New York City in the early part of the Covid-19 pandemic were comparable to deaths in the city at the peak of what's considered the deadliest pandemic to date -- the flu pandemic of 1918.
6 years ago

An officer saved a man in a wheelchair stuck on train tracks. Her bodycam video shows the rescue

Officer Erica Urrea spotted a man in a wheelchair who appeared to be stuck on train tracks, according to a news release from her department in Lodi, near Sacramento.
6 years ago

The CDC issues a dire warning for the fall if coronavirus measures are not followed

A top federal health official is issuing a dire warning: Follow recommended coronavirus measures or risk having the worst fall in US public health history.
6 years ago

AMC is reopening its theaters next week with 15-cent tickets

AMC is finally reopening its theaters, and guests will need to spend just 15 cents to get in.
6 years ago

How can Wall Street be so healthy when Main Street isn’t?

Wall Street is flying, with the S&P 500 now within a few points of its pre-pandemic record, while Main Street is teetering.
6 years ago

US jobless claims fall below 1 million but remain high

The number of laid-off workers applying for unemployment aid fell below 1 million for the first time since the pandemic intensified in March, though applications remain at an extraordinarily high level.
6 years ago

Volunteers step in to help clean up devastation in Beirut

Volunteers from across the country of Lebanon have shown up en masse to help clean up the rubble of a massive explosion last week in Beirut. 
6 years ago

GOP candidate who embraced QAnon conspiracy theory wins Georgia runoff, CNN projects

Marjorie Taylor Greene, a GOP candidate with a track record of incendiary rhetoric and ties to the baseless QAnon conspiracy theory, prevailed in a Georgia primary runoff,
6 years ago

Sumner Redstone, billionaire media mogul, dead at 97

Sumner Redstone, a media titan and billionaire who, as chairman of Viacom and National Amusements, drew headlines both for his deal-making as well as his turbulent personal life, died on Tuesday. He was 97.
6 years ago

How it happened: Inside Biden’s search for a running mate

Joe Biden's selection of Kamala Harris as his running mate capped a monthslong process.
6 years ago

Agency swats down prospect of mosquito flag for Mississippi

Mississippi will not put a huge mosquito on its new state flag. The state Department of Archives and history says Tuesday that a design featuring the blood-sucking insect had slipped through the screening process and should not have been among the finalists posted online Monday.
6 years ago

What we know — and don’t know — about Russia’s ‘Sputnik V’ vaccine

Russia raised eyebrows on Tuesday when it announced the world's first approved coronavirus vaccine for public use. And while details about the research behind the vaccine are limited, here's what we know so far.
6 years ago

Joe Biden selects his running mate with announcement coming as early as Tuesday

Joe Biden has selected his running mate, revealing to top advisers on Tuesday the woman he will invite to join his Democratic presidential ticket, two people familiar with the matter tell CNN.
6 years ago

Dr. Pepper, the latest COVID-19 shortage

Joining the likes of toilet paper and Clorox wipes, there's now a Dr. Pepper shortage.
6 years ago

VIDEO: Underground Provo party draws criticism

Videos posted to the company's Instagram feed show a crowded Provo party venue with many in close quarters and few, if any, masks.
6 years ago

Disney just ended the 20th Century Fox brand, one of the most storied names in entertainment

20th Century Fox, one of the most-recognized names in entertainment history, is officially no more.
6 years ago

Duke researchers created a test to determine which masks are the least effective

Duke University created a simple technique to analyze the effectiveness of various types of masks which have become a critical component in stopping the spread of the virus.
6 years ago