Digital Content Producer

Simone Seikaly

Simone Seikaly is a veteran reporter, anchor and producer at KSL NewsRadio, but these days, she's best known as a digital content producer. You can reach her at sseikaly@ksl.com.

Utah Governor signs bills dealing with medical marijuana, beer

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has signed several bills into law this week, one of which approves changes to the state's medical-marijuana program. The bill takes the state out of the dispensing business and allows for 14 private dispensaries.
7 years ago

More Utah kids are vaping and Utah schools are trying to keep up

Utah teachers are learning how to spot teen vaping, as the numbers show an increase in the number of younger people vaping.
7 years ago

‘I want a future’: Global youth protests urge climate action

Youth across the world participated in a climate change event today that included marches, rallies and demonstrations were held from Canberra to Kabul and Cape Town to New York. More than 100,000 turned out in Berlin.
7 years ago

First responder at fatal Bryce Canyon accident describes crash scene

One of the first people on the scene of a fatal bus crash near Bryce Canyon National Park talks about what he saw.
7 years ago

Driver overcorrected, flipped tour bus in crash that killed four near Bryce Canyon

The Utah Highway Patrol says an overcorrection and a dangerous slide over a guardrail were responsible for the deaths of 4 people traveling in a tour bus on Friday near Bryce Canyon National Park.
7 years ago

Where have the wild birds gone? 3 billion fewer than 1970

WASHINGTON (AP) — North America’s skies are lonelier and quieter as nearly 3 billion fewer wild birds soar in the air than in 1970, a comprehensive study shows. The new study focuses on the drop in sheer numbers of birds, not extinctions. The bird population in the United States and Canada was probably around 10.1 […]
7 years ago

Fluorescent red Kokanee Salmon on display as they spawn

Utah wildlife technicians are trapping Kokanee Salmon this week to collect eggs and milt at spawning time.
7 years ago

Texans rescuing neighbors from floods after some areas see more than a foot of rain

Remnants of former Tropical Depression Imelda are causing serious flooding in the suburbs of Houston Thursday.
7 years ago

A flaw in iOS 13 can expose your contact details, and Apple’s known about the problem since July

A flaw in iOS 13, the new iPhone operating system Apple released Thursday, exposes contact details stored in iPhones without requiring a passcode or biometric identification.
7 years ago

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will close Missionary Training Center in Guatemala

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says it will close the Missionary Training Center (MTC) in Guatemala City, Guatemala, in January 2020.
7 years ago

Trump gets victory on California tax return law

A federal judge has sided with the Trump campaign's request to halt a California law aimed at forcing the president to release his tax returns.
7 years ago

Colt suspends production of popular AR-15 for civilian market

The Colt gun manufacturer says it will suspend the production of rifles for the civilian market including the popular AR-15. Colt's chief executive officer, Dennis Veilleux, says the company will concentrate on fulfilling military and law enforcement contracts with its rifle manufacturing
7 years ago

Lincoln County, NV, prepares for possible onslaught

The Sheriff of Lincoln County, Nevada, outlines how his small towns are preparing for a possible onslaught of Area 51 buffs.
7 years ago

Utah joins nearly 2 dozen US states spending on 2020 Census

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah is among nearly two dozen states that are spending millions of dollars to make sure people participate in the 2020 Census. The spending comes amid concerns that undercounting could mean losing critical federal funding or seats in Congress. Utah joined the other states on Monday when its legislature voted […]
7 years ago

Missionary in Canada dies after injuries from car crash

A missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has died from injuries he sustained in a car crash in British Columbia.
7 years ago

Panel approves ban on sale of flavored e-cigs in New York

New York becomes the first state to ban the sale of flavored e-cigarettes. Retailers will have two weeks to remove the merchandise from store shelves.
7 years ago

Search is on in St. George for fake food deliveryman

Police say a man pretending to be a food deliveryman has broken into two homes in Ivins, a city about 9 miles northwest of St. George.
7 years ago

Vivint Smart Home Arena parent company merges with holding firm

Vivint Smart Home has merged with Softbank, a Japanese firm. Officials say the company will stay in Utah, with their name still on the arena.
7 years ago

Salt Lake County Republican Party elects replacement for state lawmaker

The Salt Lake County Republican Party has elected Steve Christiansen to replace Ken Ivory, who resigned from the Legislature to join the private sector. Christiansen will represent District 47.
7 years ago

AP source: New York prosecutors subpoena Trump’s tax returns

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance has subpoenaed President Donald Trump's tax returns. A subpoena to the accounting firm Mazars USA seeking eight years of Trump's personal and business returns.
7 years ago

Mitt Romney says he doesn’t plan to endorse anyone in 2020

Utah's Junior Republican Senator, Mitt Romney, told CNN he plans to withhold his endorsement in the 2020 race both in the primary and in the general election.
7 years ago

Tip leads to arrest of 2 who escaped prison van in Utah last month

PHOENIX (AP) — A tip pointing to a remote Arizona community led to the end of a more than two-week-long manhunt for a couple who overpowered their guards and escaped a prison transport van in Utah that was bringing them across the country to face charges in a man’s killing, federal authorities said Thursday. About […]
7 years ago

Lawsuit: Climate change impacts ignored in gas leases

Environmental groups have sued the U.S. government alleging it failed to adequately analyze the impact of climate change when it approved 130 oil and gas leases in Utah.
7 years ago

Appeals board questions why only 8 marijuana growers picked

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s medical marijuana licensing process has been called into question by a state regulatory appeals board. The board said the state may have erred in choosing only eight growers for the program set to launch next year. In a written decision made public Thursday, a three-person panel consisting of two […]
7 years ago