Utah news

• Registered sex offender wanted by Oregon police arrested in Ivins

  29-08-2017 23:52
  
  A registered sex offender with multiple warrants for his arrest in Oregon was apprehended Monday morning after he had been living in Utah for the past several months, police said.
  
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• Utah State Fair beings 11-day run on Sept. 7

  29-08-2017 23:35
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah State Fair is set to kick off its 11-day run at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 7, at the Fairpark, 155 N. 1000 West.The fair, which has been a Utah staple since 1856 and will feature a wide range of exhibits, carnival rides, a rodeo, demolition derby, monster truck rally, circus, and a variety of musical acts.Hours are 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday-Monday; noon-10 p.m. Tuesday- Thursday; and 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday-Saturday.Admission is $10 for adults, $8 for senior citize
  
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• User submitted: Fire burns in Spanish Fork, hail hits Wasatch Front

  29-08-2017 23:30
  
  We’ve had a long month of storms, flooding, fires and astronomical wonders, and this week’s gallery is filled more late summer scenes for you to view.
  
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• Utah consumers bullish on local economy

  29-08-2017 23:25
  SALT LAKE CITY — Utah consumers continue to express confidence in the state's economic fortunes, based primarily on the robust Utah employment market.The Zions Bank Utah Consumer Attitude Index increased 0.8 points in August to register at 115. Consumer confidence in the Beehive State has remained above 110 since June 2016 — indicating that Utahns are still very upbeat about current economic conditions, as well as optimistic about the future. The overall index registered 3.5 points h
  
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• Devil's Kitchen area closed for trail improvements

  29-08-2017 23:08
  SPANISH FORK — The Devil’s Kitchen area off the Nebo Scenic Loop has been closed while heavy equipment and crews work on trail improvements.According to a press release from the Spanish Fork District of the U.S. Forest Service, the project includes widening the existing path and paving the trail with asphalt.The closure includes parking on the north and south sides of the Nebo Loop road, picnic facilities, restroom facilities and the trail, including the overlook. The project is expe
  
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• 'Great amount of responsibility': Utah medical disaster response team mobilizes to Texas

  29-08-2017 23:02
  SALT LAKE CITY — After 10 years of training for emergency responses to disasters, the day of action finally arrived Tuesday for a team of Utah doctors and nurses who have been asked to assist in southeastern Texas in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.The Disaster Medical Assistance Team, based in the Beehive State and consisting of 36 members, departed for Dallas on Tuesday to provide medical care to victims of the historic hurricane in the Houston area.Team commander Dr. Steven Bott, an a
  
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• E.coli detected in areas at Utah Lake

  29-08-2017 22:47
  SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Lake, which has been in the grips of a harmful algal bloom since the start of summer, now has a second area contaminated by E.coli, prompting a new warning for the recreating public.Water samples are showing elevated levels of E.coli at the Lindon Drain area as well as Sandy Beach, where the bacteria was first detected in July, said the Utah Department of Environmental Quality on Tuesday.The majority of the lake continues to be under an advisory due to the outbreak of
  
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• Mormon mom credits cannabis, chiropractic care for restoring her mobility

  29-08-2017 22:34
  
  After years of missing out on motherhood due to a debilitating medical condition, a Mormon mother says she finally found the missing piece to the puzzle to treat her painful prognosis: a concoction of supplements that includes the controversial drug cannabis.
  
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• How cannabis helped Mormon mom go from wheelchair to warrior

  29-08-2017 22:34
  
  A Mormon mother’s life has turned around all thanks to a controversial drug and she shows KSL how she went from wheelchair to warrior.
  
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• Hughes, Biskupski get in heated spat over Operation Rio Grande plan

  29-08-2017 22:06
  
  A heated spat between Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski and House Speaker Greg Hughes played out on live radio Tuesday morning.
  
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• Expedia lists the most beautiful towns in Utah

  29-08-2017 22:00
  Utah residents often hear how beautiful the Beehive State is.But which towns are the most beautiful?Expedia’s travel blog Viewfinder recently put together a ranking of the “most picturesque places in the state.”“Because Utah’s lovely scenery and exquisite architecture are too much to ignore, we went on a mission to find some of the best towns in Utah for their good-looking qualities,” the blog’s writer, Chloe Mulliner, wrote.The rankings were based on th
  
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• Utah agency rehabilitating 6 orphaned bear cubs

  29-08-2017 20:55
  MILLVILLE, Cache County — The Utah Division of Wildlife Resource is caring for several rescued bear cubs in what has proved to be an especially busy year. Biologists are working to get them ready to be released in time for winter hibernation.After being picked up in the Wellington area Monday, a male bear cub is now at a temporary home under the care of the DWR."We're not sure where mom was," said DWR biologist Darren Debloois.The cub is just the latest in a total of six young bears that r
  
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• Fall BYU speakers: Obama strategist David Axelrod, Elders Ballard and Christofferson

  29-08-2017 20:50
  PROVO — President Obama's former chief strategist and two LDS apostles headline BYU's fall lineup of forum and devotional speakers.David Axelrod, the political operative who helped Obama win two terms, will speak at a campus forum in the Marriott Center on Oct. 31. Axelrod helped craft the change narrative that swept Obama into the White House in 2008 as the first black president in American history.He also was Obama's chief campaign strategist in 2012, when the sitting president defeated
  
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• Killer mutters, gestures in video following arson murder

  29-08-2017 20:40
  SALT LAKE CITY — Locked in a police interview room in the hours after killing his prominent husband in a fire, a camera recorded as Craig Crawford constantly fidgeted, gestured and muttered to himself.As they watched, police thought they heard Crawford say, "Not exactly where you want to look for your next husband, but you never know."In another moment, he says, "My street cred just went up."And in another, he appears to say, "I could have saved him."Marcos Garaycochea, who at the time was
  
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• 3 students suffer minor injuries when battery explodes at Taylorsville High

  29-08-2017 20:25
  SALT LAKE CITY — A battery in a small electronic device exploded Tuesday morning at Taylorsville High School, leaving some students with minor injuries, school officials said.Students were in class at 9:45 a.m. when a device began smoking inside a student's backpack, said Ben Horsley, communications director for Granite School District.The backpack with the device was sitting on the floor. The battery exploded a few moments later, according to the school district.The explosion caused the b
  
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• Forget car dealerships. NBA stars are investing in Silicon Valley and tech startups

  29-08-2017 20:01
  Long gone are the days of NBA stars investing in car dealerships (ala Karl Malone Honda). Now, basketball’s premier stars are investing in startups.According to Bloomberg, Golden State Warriors star Andre Iguodala has spent many days hearing pitches from startups to invest in.Iguodala has led the charge of NBA players looking to invest in Silicon Valley and startups, dropping hard-earned dimes into online retailer Casper, finance app NerdWallet and Zappos.com, among many others.“Ten
  
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• KSL TV, Newsradio ask for donations to provide Hurricane Harvey relief

  29-08-2017 19:55
  Local news stations KSL TV and KSL Newsradio are providing an option for those looking for a way to donate to hurricane aftermath relief.Bonneville International TV and radio stations are raising money in the "Hope for Houston" drive.Donations can be made here.Bonneville Charitable Foundation is collecting the donations and is recognized by the IRS as a Section 501(c)(3) public charity.
  
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• Think you can run up the face of a ski jump? Try the Red Bull 400 in Park City

  29-08-2017 19:28
  
  Ready for a running challenge? Try the Red Bull 400, which takes participants right up the face of an Olympic ski jump.
  
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• A.M. notes: BYU switches stadiums for LSU game, Houston LDS Temple floods, Trump responds to North Korea

  29-08-2017 19:10
  Here’s a look at the news for Aug. 29.Tropical storm Harvey threatens LDS templeTropical storm Harvey wreaked havoc through much of southeastern Texas over the weekend and on Monday, causing the Houston Temple to flood, according to the Deseret News."The creek became a river and the current is so strong that it’s been dangerous to even try and approach the temple," Michael Boyd, a member of the church's Olde Oaks Ward where the temple is located, told the Deseret News.Leaders of The
  
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• New York Times points to Utah dinosaur project

  29-08-2017 19:06
  The New York Times wants everyone to know about a Utah crowdfunding project to learn a little bit more about raptors.Millions of years ago, a group of Utahraptors fell into quicksand where they would forever be immortalized. Now, all of these years later, a group of Utah paleontologists hopes to learn a little bit more about the raptors, as long as they raise the money.The group started “The Utahraptor Project” last year, hoping to receive $100,000 in donations. The team allows donat
  
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• Business leaders want endangered wolves in Grand Canyon area

  29-08-2017 19:02
  FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — More than 60 business leaders have urged the federal government to release endangered Mexican gray wolves into the Grand Canyon area in northern Arizona and eastern Utah.The business leaders are submitting their request in a joint letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.The federal agency is seeking public comments on its draft plan that limits the wolf-recovery efforts to just one zone south of I-40 in Arizona and New Mexico.The business leaders include owners, man
  
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• Hillcrest coach honored at candlelight vigil: 'He just inspired me'

  29-08-2017 18:49
  
  A candlelight vigil was held Monday at Hillcrest High School for Head Coach Cazzie Brown who died Sunday from meningitis caused by West Nile Virus.
  
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• Shots fired at climbers in Little Cottonwood Canyon

  29-08-2017 15:17
  
  Unified Police are searching for the shooter or shooters who fired at a group of rock climbers in Little Cottonwood Canyon Monday night.
  
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• Gabriel Tallent just wrote a 'masterpiece.' See why he's decided to live in Utah

  29-08-2017 15:00
  SALT LAKE CITY — A lot of what made Gabriel Tallent a successful writer comes down to his favorite activity — climbing.Tallent, who was born in Sante Fe, New Mexico, grew up in California and now lives in Salt Lake City, said there’s a certain reward you get from climbing, something that’s not unlike the rush you feel from writing.He said that climbing “has become the careful assessment of risk and creative problem solving, and sometimes a very serious reckoning wit
  
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• KSL Telethon: Hope for Houston

  29-08-2017 14:31
  
  KSL TV is offering a way for you to help Texas residents impacted by Hurricane Harvey.
  
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• Hillcrest High head football coach dies of West Nile

  29-08-2017 07:12
  
  Friends, family and students are mourning the death of Hillcrest High School's head football coach.
  
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• Stranded Utahns wait out Hurricane Harvey's aftermath as volunteers go to Texas

  29-08-2017 06:38
  
  Several Utahns stranded in Texas shared their experiences with the Deseret News, while others in Utah prepared to help the Houston area recover from the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.
  
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• State announces solar net-metering deal

  29-08-2017 06:38
  SALT LAKE CITY — The state and its largest electric utility have hammered out a preliminary compromise on the future of rooftop solar in Utah.Gov. Gary Herbert's office announced the agreement late Monday, following years of debate and an act of the state Legislature.Under the proposed move, net-metering customers who now are reimbursed for the extra kilowatts they return to Rocky Mountain Power will retain the payments through 2035. The average for homeowners now is 10 cents per kilowatt-
  
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• SLC police: Missing woman found safe

  29-08-2017 06:29
  
  A Salt Lake City woman reported missing late last week has been found safe, police say.
  
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• U. Academic Senate seeking clarity on how university interacts with donors

  29-08-2017 06:10
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Academic Senate of the University of Utah, through a working group and resolution, wants guidelines and policies that address the "intersection" of faculty, administration and donor voices with respect to the U.'s larger institutes and centers.On Monday, the Academic Senate approved a resolution that gives a committee formed last spring to review donor agreements the additional responsibility of reviewing and recommending revisions to policy and guidelines regarding es
  
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• U. Academic Senate seeking clarity how university interacts with donors

  29-08-2017 06:10
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Academic Senate of the University of Utah, through a working group and resolution, wants guidelines and policies that address the "intersection" of faculty, administration and donor voices with respect to the U.'s larger institutes and centers.On Monday, the Academic Senate approved a resolution that gives a committee formed last spring to review donor agreements the additional responsibility of reviewing and recommending revisions to policy and guidelines regarding es
  
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• White nationalist posters appear on Weber State campus

  29-08-2017 06:03
  OGDEN — Flyers saying "diversity is a code word for white genocide" and urging students to join the self-described "alt-right" appeared at Weber State University on the first day of classes Monday.Around the same time the papers went up on campus, other posters advertising a screening of the Ava DuVernay documentary "From Slave to Criminal With One Amendment" were removed.The screening is hosted by the Young Democrats of Utah, which believes the incidents are linked and is "very troubled t
  
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• Utah DWR rehabilitating unusual number of orphaned bear cubs

  29-08-2017 05:46
  
  Biologists with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources have rescued a total of six bear cubs from around the state — an unusually high number for the year.
  
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• 'Just a deluge': Stranded Utahns wait out Hurricane Harvey's aftermath as volunteers go to Texas

  29-08-2017 05:21
  SALT LAKE CITY — When Michael Magnusson and his family finalized plans for a cruise in the Caribbean Sea, they didn't picture themselves holed up in a hotel room, eating ramen noodles and conferring with staff about whether to make expeditions outside for food.Unfortunately, Magnusson said tongue-in-cheek, "we had this little thing called Hurricane Harvey that seems to have caused a bit of a problem."The historic hurricane has had a way of changing plans for just about everyone in southeas
  
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• Operation Rio Grande to cost $67M over 2 years

  29-08-2017 03:20
  
  As Operation Rio Grande headed into its third week, state leaders on Monday released the total projected cost of the massive, multijurisdictional effort to clean up Salt Lake City's most infamous neighborhood and get Utah's most needy the help they
  
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• NPS seeks public comment on proposed Capitol Reef National Park fee increase

  29-08-2017 03:01
  
  Capitol Reef National Park is seeking public feedback as it explores the possibility of increasing its vehicle entrance fee an extra $5 for the second time in three years.
  
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• Huntsman confirmation hearing could come as soon as mid-September

  29-08-2017 02:18
  SALT LAKE CITY — A Senate confirmation committee could consider former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr.'s nomination by President Donald Trump as U.S. ambassador to Russia as soon as mid-September.Huntsman is expected to begin formal briefings with senators when Congress returns from its recess on Sept. 5, with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee possibly holding a hearing the following week, a source told the Deseret News.The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has not yet scheduled a confirm
  
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• Salt Lake seeks 500 volunteers for 'one-stop shop' event for homeless

  29-08-2017 01:15
  SALT LAKE CITY — Rachel Santizo said she was once a heroin addict, "lost on the streets," before she found the help she needed."I remember living on the streets. I remember dumpster diving. I remember feeling invisible. I didn't know where to go. I didn't know anything," Santizo said.But Monday, joined by Salt Lake City leaders, Santizo was eager to highlight a new way for Utahns to help people like the woman who she once was."It's because of organizations that give back that I'm able to s
  
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• UDOT adding fencing along I-80 to prevent roadkill

  29-08-2017 01:05
  SNYDERVILLE, Summit County — With dozens of animals killed on and around busy sections of I-80 each year, Summit County residents are teaming with state transportation experts to reduce the danger for wildlife and humans.The Utah Department of Transportation announced Monday an effort to construct a wildlife barrier along eastbound I-80 near Jeremy Ranch. Crews are beginning to install 1 mile of fencing to mirror the section constructed along westbound I-80 last fall.In addition, the fence
  
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