Former Digital Content Producer

Colby Walker

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

US Capitol closing to public until April amid virus outbreak

Congress is shutting the Capitol and all House and Senate office buildings to the public until April in reaction to the spread of the coronavirus.
6 years ago

US stocks enter bear market and global stocks routed after President’s address

Dow futures plunged more than 1,000 points, or 4.6%. S&P 500 futures are down 4.3% and Nasdaq futures dropped 4.5%.
6 years ago

President Trump’s coronavirus address

President Trump addressed the nation live from the Oval Office Wednesday night speaking about the coronavirus outbreak.
6 years ago

Be Ready Utah expo cancelled

The Be Ready Utah Expo has been postponed until further notice.
6 years ago

Utah lawmakers reach education-funding deal with teachers

Voters could soon be asked to change the Utah Constitution to allow a major shift in education funding after a deal announced Wednesday with the state’s largest teacher’s union.
6 years ago

Most coronavirus patients recover, still anxiety, fear loom

Despite the global fears of coronavirus, more than 60,000 people who contracted the disease have recovered.
6 years ago

In battle against virus, Trump restricts travel from Europe

House Democrats are pushing an economic assistance plan to confront the spread of coronavirus. It would include free testing nationwide and emergency funding to reimburse lost paychecks for those in self-quarantine, missing work or losing jobs.
6 years ago

Patient Zero: Gobert’s health scare shuts down NBA for now

The league has been shut down for the foreseeable future, which could cost teams well into the hundreds of millions of dollars depending on how long the shutdown lasts.
6 years ago

WHO declares that virus crisis is now a pandemic

The World Health Organization is declaring that the global coronavirus crisis is now a pandemic.
6 years ago

LDS Church: April General Conference will be “technology only”

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced their 2020 April General Conference will be a "technology only" meeting.
6 years ago

Utah women to be honored with new mural from Sgt. Pepper artist

The artist behind the album artwork for The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band will create a mural celebrating Utah women for Zions Bank.
6 years ago

Chick-fil-A will start selling bottles of its signature sauce

Chick-fil-A is entering the grocery business with bottles of its signature Chick-fil-A and Polynesian sauce.
6 years ago

Biden gets into testy exchange with man over gun rights

Joe Biden got into a testy exchange Tuesday with a worker in Detroit who falsely accused the former vice president of wanting to confiscate guns from Americans, a remark that caused the Democratic presidential hopeful to say the man was "full of s***."
6 years ago

Google has asked all of its North America employees to work from home

Google parent company Alphabet is recommending that all of its North American employees work from home through April 10 due to coronavirus, according to an email shown to CNN.
6 years ago

Alcoholics Anonymous may be the most effective path to abstinence, study says

The researchers evaluated 35 studies -- the work of 145 scientists and more than 10,000 participants -- to determine the effectiveness of AA on alcohol use disorder.
6 years ago

US and Canadian jets intercept Russian reconnaissance aircraft off Alaska

US F-22 stealth jets and Canadian CF-18 fighters intercepted two Russian reconnaissance aircraft while they were flying off the Alaskan coast on Monday, according to North America Aerospace Defense Command.
6 years ago

Police seize likely homemade sanitizer from a 7-Eleven after a young boy was allegedly burned by it

If you've purchased hand sanitizer without a recognizable label in recent days, watch out.
6 years ago

Utah Boy Scouts merging 3 councils into 1 as ranks dwindle

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America in Utah says it is merging three councils into one as the organization adapts to a future without thousands of members that were sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Utah-based faith removed 400,000 young people from Scouts nationally on Jan. 1, […]
6 years ago

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones arrested for DWI in Texas

Authorities in Texas say conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was arrested in Texas on a misdemeanor charge of driving while intoxicated.
6 years ago

US states race to contain coronavirus as cases near 1,000

Vast areas of U.S. life are being impacted by the spreading coronavirus outbreak, from bans on large public gatherings to empty stadiums at sports games.
6 years ago

Walmart revises leave policy in face of virus; worker tests

Walmart is enacting an emergency leave policy for its 1.4 million hourly U.S. workers that allowing them to take time off without penalty if they fear the spread of a new virus.
6 years ago

Man dead after building explosion in Brigham City near High School

A storage building near Box Elder High School in Brigham City suffered an explosion shortly before 7:00 a.m. Tuesday.
6 years ago

‘Diesel Brothers’ ordered to pay $850k for violating Clean Air Act

A U.S. District Judge has fined the stars of the Utah based Discovery Channel show "The Diesel Brothers"  $850,000 for violating clean air laws.
6 years ago

Utah confirms second case of COVID-19 coronavirus

The Utah Department of Health and the Weber-Morgan Health Department announced Monday that Utah has its second confirmed case of COVID-19 (coronavirus).
6 years ago