Utah

Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall during a press conference March 29, highlighting the success o...
Paul Nelson

Salt Lake leaders touting success of Project Safe Neighborhood

Project safe neighborhood has led to a double-digit percentage decline in drug and gun crime over the past year, according to city officials.
2 years ago
ROY, Utah -- A man is dead after an officer-involved shooting in Roy yesterday. A news release from...
Mark Jones

One person killed in a two-vehicle accident Tuesday morning in Roy

Roy police are investigating a two-vehicle accident Tuesday morning that killed one person.
2 years ago
Sen. Mitt Romney wants MiG jets supplied to Ukraine....
Ty Goss

Romney wants Russia removed from UN Human Rights Council

Sen. Mitt Romney joins senators attempting to remove Russia from the UN human rights council, citing alleged war crimes in Ukraine.
2 years ago
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Sam Herrera

University of Utah granted $1M for Pacific Islands Studies Program

The University of Utah grant will be used to expand the School for Cultural and Social Transformation's Pacific Islands Studies Program.
2 years ago
Hill night flying...
Simone Seikaly

Hill fighter jets conducting night-flying operations through April 11

Night flying operations out of Hill Air Force Base are a readiness requirement that allows pilots to practice all-weather flying.
2 years ago
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Lindsay Aerts

BYU Student raises money with fantasy-style map of Ukraine

Isaac Dushku creates fantasy-style maps and has now drawn such a map of Ukraine as a fundraiser for the United Nations Children's Fund.
2 years ago
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Dan Bammes

Veteran legislator defeated at GOP county convention

Rep. Steve Handy was defeated last weekend at the Davis County Republican Convention by opponent Trevor Lee.
2 years ago
arches reservfation...
Aimee Cobabe

Arches reservation system begins April 3, lasts through October

There were a record 1.8 million visitors to Arches in 2021, and between 2009 and 2019 visitor usage increased by 66%.
2 years ago
A Woods Cross man, owner of USA Gymnastics World, was arrested Wednesday after police say they alle...
Simone Seikaly

Overnight SWAT activity in Woods Cross leads to arrests

The house and its occupants are well known to Woods Cross police. An investigation has been ongoing for months.
2 years ago
Police car sirens....
Mark Jones

Two students injured in a Monday morning crash in Logan

A Logan crash Monday morning sent two high school students to the hospital with serious injuries.
2 years ago
A female mule deer in Morgan County has tested positive for the delta variant of COVID-19.
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Samantha Herrera and Mark Jones

Female mule deer tests positive for COVID-19 in Utah

A female mule deer in Morgan County has tested positive for the delta variant, according to the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.
2 years ago
New temples were announced by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for locations across ...
Mark Jones

Renovation of St. George Temple passes two-year mark

A two-year renovation project on the St. George Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is nearly complete.
2 years ago
CODA praised by Martin Price for accuracy....
Lindsay Aerts

Utah’s Deaf community praises ‘CODA’ as accurate

Some of Utah's Deaf community applauded Best Picture winner "CODA" for its accuracy in depicting their everyday lives.
2 years ago
Curtis Whitson and his family were rescued from a California forest after carving the word "help" o...
Curt Gresseth

Volunteer describes rescuing stranded hikers (with baby) in waist-deep snow

A volunteer describes rescuing a group of stranded hikers -- along with a 10-month-old baby -- from Big Baldy Mountain on Saturday.
2 years ago
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Curt Gresseth

In Utah’s drought, watering your lawn once a week will turn it brown but keep it alive

Because nearly 97% of the state is in a drought, watering lawns and plants is restricted to once a week in the Weber Water Basin Conservancy District. But that is enough to keep a lawn alive through the heat of the summer, said a turf-grass specialist.
2 years ago
Test to Stay schools...
Devin Oldroyd

COVID-19 testing sites across Utah scheduled to close

COVID-19 testing sites across Utah will close by the end of the week. This comes as Utah transitions to a "Steady State."
2 years ago
"welcome to brigham young university" is pictured...
Sam Herrera

BYU takes home National Landscaping Championship title

BYU brought home its fourth consecutive title from the National Collegiate Landscape Competition this month. The school got the top overall score.
2 years ago
Waste Management workers sorting waste on an assembly line...
Chandler Holt

Green waste no longer to be collected separately from trash in Orem

People who live in Orem will no long have green waste separate from trash. Waste Management says there are benefits to that.
2 years ago
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Aimee Cobabe

Murat Suljovic of SLC sentenced after admitting to trying to help ISIS

Court documents show Murat Suljovic pretended to be a leader of the terrorist group online. He was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison.
2 years ago
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Simone Seikaly

Salt Lake carjacking suspect dead, investigation continues

One person died after police said he carjacked a vehicle using a firearm and then led police on a chase through SLC on Saturday night.
2 years ago
Clouds move over the Oquirrh Mountains on Monday, Nov. 23, 2020.  Kristin Murphy, Deseret News...
Simone Seikaly

Weather change coming with wind, rain, lower temperatures expected across Utah

A spring storm is expected to roll into northern Utah on Monday afternoon, with a 60% chance for showers Monday night.
2 years ago
Lights on top of a police car....
Becky Bruce

Police shoot carjacking suspect Saturday in Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City police said a carjacking suspect died Saturday afternoon in a shootout with officers near 200 South Orange St.
2 years ago
Authorities in Park County, Montana discovered the body body of man, who reportedly had been attack...
Mark Jones

Man found dead near Yellowstone after a reported grizzly bear attack

The body of a man was discovered Friday in southwest Montana just north of Yellowstone National Park. He died of a reported grizzly bear attack.
2 years ago
(The Senate meeting to discuss overturning Gov. Cox's veto.  Photo: Spenser Heaps, Deseret News, Ma...
Paul Nelson and Lindsay Aerts

Lawmakers overturn Gov. Cox’s veto on transgender athlete bill, make change immediately after

The veto of a transgender athlete bill (H.B. 11) was overturned Friday by the Utah Legislature.
2 years ago