Anchor/Reporter

Dan Bammes

Dan Bammes is a reporter and anchor with KSL NewsRadio. You can reach him at dbammes@ksl.com.

Bennett Family Remembers George H. W. Bush

One political family in Utah has a special fondness for President George H-W Bush, who passed away yesterday at the age of 94. KSL Newsradio’s Dan Bammes has more.
8 years ago

Climate change report includes warnings, reasons for optimism

A University of Utah scientist says a new government report warning about human-caused climate change also provides some reasons to hope.
8 years ago

Small Business Saturday: Black Friday for independent retailers

Small business owners now count on Small Business Saturday in the same way big box stores count on Black Friday to shore up sales for the year.
8 years ago

Utah firefighters preparing to come home

More than 100 firefighters from 22 different departments deployed to California last week to help fight wildfires. With their work mostly done, they're now getting ready to come home.
8 years ago

77 percent voter turnout in Iron County

More than three-quarters of the registered voters in one Southern Utah county participated in the midterm election. County Clerk Jon Whittaker believes a couple of high-profile ballot issues got voters energized. KSL Newsradio’s Dan Bammes has more.
8 years ago

Major Brent Taylor’s family knew risks of deployment

Major Brent Taylor was a member of the Utah National Guard and the mayor of North Ogden, but he's remembered as a man of character who lived to serve others.
8 years ago

Russell M. Nelson launches South American tour

President Nelson and other church leaders met with Peru's president, Martín Vizcarra. Saturday, he spoke to about six thousand members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
8 years ago

Six fatalities on Utah roads over the weekend

Six people died in rollover accidents from Cedar City to Logan over the weekend. Three of those fatalities were in one accident in Herriman. KSL Newsradio’s Dan Bammes has more.
8 years ago

Layton police arrest two suspects in fatal shooting

Layton police arrested two suspects — an adult and a juvenile — in the case of a man who was shot at a home in Layton and then died after friends drove him to a hospital in Idaho. KSL Newsradio’s Dan Bammes has more. (Photo: Layton PD)
8 years ago

Mentor to generations of broadcast journalists passes away

Tom Griffiths, who helped to train hundreds of broadcast journalists over decades in the Communications program at Brigham Young University, died Sunday morning.
8 years ago

Evacuees return to Elk Ridge, Woodland Hills

Thousands of people who’d been evacuated from their homes in Elk Ridge and Woodland Hills were allowed to return home Saturday morning. They discovered some firefighting equipment left behind in case their homes are threatened again by the Bald Mountain wildfire. KSL Newsradio’s Dan Bammes reports. (Photo: Rocky Mountain Incident Management Team)
8 years ago

Sandy church now powered by sunshine

A Presbyterian church in Sandy was starting to show its age last year, and parishioners decided to add solar power when they fixed the roof.
8 years ago

Fire destroys mobile home in Taylorsville

TAYLORSVILLE — Fire destroyed a mobile home here on Saturday night, though firefighters were able to protect other homes in the neighborhood. The Unified Fire Authority said three people were home at 794 West Mt. Tuscarora Dr. when they heard a crackling noise. All three managed to escape the burning home safely. Firefighters also managed […]
8 years ago

Union Pacific Train derails in southern Utah

A Union Pacific freight train derailed in southern Utah Friday afternoon and over 20 cars in all derailed from the tracks.
8 years ago

Utah priest accused of sexual abuse involving minor decades ago

Father David Gaeta, the pastor of St. Peter Catholic Church in American Fork, has been accused of sexual misconduct involving a minor in a case that goes back decades.
8 years ago

Protecting your property from wildfire

If a wildfire threatened your home, you might have to leave — and it’s not just those who live up in the scrub oak foothills who have to worry. How can you be more confident your property could survive a wildfire? KSL Newsradio’s Dan Bammes takes a look.
8 years ago

Bowhunter survives cougar attack in Utah

A bowhunter survived a cougar attack this morning near the Mirror Lake Highway about three miles east of Kamas.
8 years ago