• Family says Weber County showed ‘deliberate indifference’ when inmate going through withdrawal from drugs died of dehydration

    The husband of a Utah woman who died of dehydration at the Weber County jail is now suing the county over her death.Marion Dena Herrera, 40, died two days after she was booked into the jail on suspicion of forgery and theft on May 18, 2016. A day after her arrest, Herrera was moved to the medical unit for a “heroin detox treatment,” according to the lawsuit filed Friday in federal court.The lawsuit alleges the county and Sheriff Terry Thompson “exhibited a shocking de
  • [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz notes: Jeremy Evans inks camp deal, Richard Jefferson on Rudy Gobert

    ... ished the season with the Russian club BC Khimki. More from The J-Notes Utah Jazz retrospective: Examining the George Hill trade 18h ago Utah Jazz: Kokoskov w ...
  • Chukar populations down in Utah after two-year explosion

    Hunters may have to hike a bit farther this year to find the hard-to-get chukar partridge.Chukar populations dropped sharply this year from 2016 — helicopter counts in Tooele and Box Elder counties showed declines from 64 to 73 percent — but state biologists say the lower numbers reflect a return to normal levels. Chukar populations tend to hold steady for eight year stretches and then explode for a year, according to a news release by the Division of Wildlife Resources.This yea
  • Arizona man gets prison term for threatening Mormons in Utah

    Tucson, Ariz. • An Arizona man has been sentenced to more than a year in federal prison for threatening members of the Mormon church in Utah.Prosecutors say 72-year-old Richard Corrie Beals of Tucson was sentenced to 13 months and one day in prison and fined $5,000.Beals was convicted after a jury trial on two counts of transmitting a communication containing a threat to kidnap or injure.The evidence at trial showed Beals sent multiple threatening and harassing communications over an extend
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  • Utah football notes: Longtime Pac-12 tormentor Arizona up first as Utes open conference play

    Saddle up.Pac-12 play has arrived.Fresh off their first AP Top 25 ranking of the year, the No. 23 Utah Utes (3-0) have happily put the non-conference schedule in the rear-view mirror. The Utes have now won 19 straight non-conference games dating back to 2012, but after another unblemished precursor to Pac-12 Conference play, another march toward a hopeful Pac-12 crown starts Friday night in the desert.Utah travels south to face division rival Arizona (2-1) at Arizona Stadium, the first time the
  • Family says Weber County showed ‘deliberate indifference’ when inmate going through withdrawals from drugs died of dehydration

    The husband of a Utah woman who died of dehydration at the Weber County jail is now suing the county over her death.Marion Dena Herrera, 40, died two days after she was booked into the jail on suspicion of forgery and theft on May 18, 2016. A day after her arrest, Herrera was moved to the medical unit for a “heroin detox treatment,” according to the lawsuit filed Friday in federal court.The lawsuit alleges the county and Sheriff Terry Thompson “exhibited a shocking de
  • Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for inmate accused in prison murder

    Salt Lake County prosecutors on Monday announced they will seek the execution of a prisoner who is accused of stabbing and stomping a fellow inmate to death at the Utah State Prison.Ramon Luis Rivera, 31, is accused of fatally assaulting 24-year-old Jeffrey Ray Vigil on March 14, 2016, in the common area of the Oquirrh 1, Section 2 housing unit of the Draper prison.Rivera is charged with aggravated murder and other crimes. Prosecutors last week filed their intent to seek the death penalty in the
  • Utah Jazz notes: Jeremy Evans inks camp deal, Richard Jefferson on Rudy Gobert

    Utah Jazz minutia, including Jeremy Evans joining the Atlanta Hawks for training camp and Richard Jefferson’s thoughts on Rudy Gobert. Outside of adding a body or two for training camp, the Utah Jazz have had their roster for the 2017-18 season in place for some time now. However, former Jazzmen continue to be on the move […]
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  • Northrop Grumman to Acquire Orbital ATK for $9.2 Billion

    Falls Church, VA. & Dulles, VA. • Northrop Grumman Corporation, a leading global security company, and Orbital ATK, Inc., a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies, today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Northrop Grumman will acquire Orbital ATK for approximately $7.8 billion in cash, plus the assumption of $1.4 billion in net debt. Orbital ATK shareholders will receive all-cash consideration of $134.50 per share. The agreement has been app
  • [NBC Sports: Pro Basketball Talk] - Zaza Pachulia on Warriors: “I think we’re going to be even better this year”

    ... wheel, eyebrows up and mouth agape. I’ve got no nostalgia for the old school Jazz colors, they need to ditch ’em ASAP. ...
  • Rally and bake sale to challenge Mormon church support of baker refusing to make cake for gay wedding

    A group of Salt Lake City activists are challenging the Mormon church’s support for a Colorado bakery shop owner who refused on religious grounds to make a cake for a same-sex wedding.And they’re doing it with cupcakes and cookies of their own at the “Gayest Bake Sale EVER” on Monday night.“Too often the church extends an olive branch in one hand while working local and national law against the queer community with the other,” said the event’s co-organiz
  • Utah State football: Bad news for Aggies — Tonny Lindsey out for season

    Logan • For a team that struggled mightily running the ball in a 46-10 loss to Wake Forest on Saturday, Utah State got further bad news when it comes to its rushing attack for the rest of the schedule.USU coach Matt Wells said Monday that Tonny Lindsey Jr. will be out for the remainder of the year for an injured shoulder.Lindsey was listed second on the depth chart in fall camp, behind senior LaJuan Hunt, but the senior was the Aggies’ leading rusher in 2016. He had 763 yards on the g
  • Republican activist launches campaign for Stewart's seat

    A longtime GOP activist in southern Utah has launched a bid to challenge — and, she hopes, unseat — three-term incumbent Rep. Chris Stewart next year.Mary Burkett, a member of the Republican State Central Committee and former vice chairwoman of the Washington County Republican Party, said she’s seen “an appetite for change” in the 2nd Congressional District.“I’m not looking for a career in politics,” she said in a statement released Monday. “
  • Women won big at Emmys, in front of and behind the camera

    New York  • The Emmy statuette depicts a winged woman, and this year’s Emmy telecast celebrated a TV season in which women, as never before, were able to soar.Strong roles about strong women abounded. And they were rewarded. The winning drama series and limited series (“The Handmaid’s Tale” and “Big Little Lies,” respectively) focused on issues of women — rather than defaulting to the male point of view — as a vivid way to explore the hum
  • Huntsman likely to face questions on Russia's meddling in 2016 election

    Washington • Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman had no role in Donald Trump’s presidential bid but the main focus of Huntsman’s hearing Tuesday to be ambassador to Russia will likely be the country’s meddling in the 2016 election and how he will manage a soured relationship between the nations.The Senate has approved Huntsman three times previously for other diplomatic roles — including, most recently ambassador to China — and no member has objected to his nominatio
  • [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - The Downbeat: To Rest Or Not To Rest Players

    ... tulations to Coach Igor Kokoskov and Slovenia on winning ! — Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) — Raul Togni Neto (@RaulTogni) Congrats Coach!!!!!!!!!!!! Very h ...
  • Provo’s 2 bars had their best weekend ever thanks to beer-loving Wisconsin fans in town for BYU game

    Gary Whiting spent his Monday morning doing inventory and replenishing his stock of hamburgers, Pabst Blue Ribbon and Miller High Life. Wisconsin fans, in town to watch their Top 10-ranked team take on BYU, had cleaned him and his bar — ABG’s Libation Emporium — out of a few items after he decided to open early Saturday morning ahead of the game’s 1:30 p.m. kickoff. “We decided to open Saturday at 10 a.m., which was crazy,” Whiting said. “
  • Utah teen charged with 22 felonies after police say he posed as a woman and asked for nude photos

    A Utah teenager is facing 22 felonies in adult court after police say he posed as a woman online and solicited nude photos from minors.The 18-year-old man was charged with a dozen counts of second-degree felony sexual exploitation of a minor and another 10 counts of third-degree felony dealing in harmful material to a minor by an adult.Prosecutors allege in charging documents that the teen posed as a woman on Facebook, and made “friends” with eleven alleged victims who are under
  • Republicans might hate Count My Vote, but it will save Orrin Hatch a bundle

    Say what you want about controversial SB54, the compromise legislation passed a few years ago that provides alternative paths to the primary election ballot.It ostensibly will save Orrin Hatch $3 million.The drama/comedy surrounding Hatch’s yet-to-be-announced decision on whether he’ll run for an eighth term in the U.S. Senate next year could be called a Utah political version of Abbott and Costello’s “Who’s on First.”Hatch recently said he would be willing to
  • Cedar City boy dies of auto-pedestrian crash injuries

    A 13-year-old Cedar City boy has died of injuries sustained when he was hit by a car on a darkened road this weekend.
    The Cedar City Police Department confirmed Monday that the boy, whose name was not immediately released, died Sunday. The accident occurred about 8:45 p.m. Saturday on the Iron County community’s Cross Hollow Road.
    The boy reported was out with other children playing “night games” near its intersection with 2400 West when he tried to run across the road and was
  • More California condors to be released in northern Arizona at end of September

    Outdoor enthusiasts and especially those with an interest in birds may want to set aside Sept. 30 for a trip to northern Arizona.That’s when the public is invited to watch California condors — so spectacular to see in flight — released to the wild at Vermillion Cliffs National Monument at 11 a.m. The event is part of National Public Lands Day, the nation’s largest hands-on volunteer effort to improve and enhance America’s public lands.To reach the site from Utah, ta
  • Kragthorpe: Utes’ offensive growth improves their Pac-12 football forecast

    Nobody involved with any of Utah’s first three football opponents — North Dakota, BYU and San Jose State — could say the Utes’ offense is the best group their teams have faced this season.South Dakota produced more yards and points than Utah did against North Dakota. Wisconsin outperformed the Utes vs. BYU. Texas topped Utah’s showing against San Jose State. Those teams’ performances offer some context to Utah’s big numbers, amid concerns about the Utes&
  • Utah football notes: Utes’ Matt Gay now nation’s top kicker

    The Matt Gay revelation continues.Utah’s senior transfer and former Utah Valley University soccer player enters Week 4 of college football as the nation’s top field-goal kicker. Gay, a former forward at UVU, has 44 total points, which leads all kickers. Gay is tied for first in college football in field goals made with 11, field goals per game (3.67) and field-goal percentage, which rolls in at even 1.000.“Only three games in, he’s been a guy that, so far, we can rely on,
  • Still missing: Hope alive, but family of Nick Kapos says reality looms

    The search for a Murray man with age-related dementia, missing since last Thursday, continued into a new week, even as family members acknowledged hopes for a happy conclusion were fading.
    Trish Kapos, spokeswoman for the family, said volunteers once more were busy Monday putting up flyers showing her father’s picture and contact information, as well as canvassing Murray-area businesses.
    She said the family holds on to hope that her father still may found alive, but added: “We are be
  • Wellsville leaders pledge to revise 'Sham Battle' with rising tensions over the depiction of American Indians

    After friendly negotiations with tribal members last week, Wellsville leaders have vowed to rework the town’s annual “Founders’ Day” tradition in which white residents slather themselves in red paint and pretend to attack Mormon settlers.At the request of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation, the so-called “Sham Battle” will be updated so it “depicts historical accuracy and may tell a story rich in heritage and culture,” the city wrote in a
  • BYU football: Aside from some decent red zone stops, defense has faltered along with the offense

    Provo • It is well-documented that BYU has one of the worst offenses in major college football this season.However, head coach Kalani Sitake said after the devastating 40-6 loss to Wisconsin on Saturday that the defense also has to shoulder its share of the blame. Specifically, BYU is allowing opponents too much time with the ball, time when its offense could be getting on track.The Cougars rank 127th out of 129 teams in time of possession, averaging just 23 minutes per game.“I though
  • 3.3 magnitude earthquake hits northwest of Park City

    A 3.3 magnitude earthquake was recorded in Summit County just after 11:20 a.m., according to the University of Utah’s seismograph stations.The tremors hit about 7 miles northwest of Park City. Several people in the Park City area took to Twitter to report that they felt the ground shake there. The Park City School District noted that all of their students and staff were safe.Did you feel the 3.3 magnitude earthquake in Park City this morning?All students and staff are safe! #safehealt
  • Clever Octopus making waves in Utah’s arts and craft scene by ‘giving things a second life’ through new creative reuse store

    Murray • It’s 10 a.m. on a Saturday and Clever Octopus has just opened its doors for the day. The small State Street shop, filled with everything from rolls of fabric to scrapbook paper to thread and needles, is a lot to take in — something co-founders Sheri Gibbs and Jen Lopez happily acknowledge.“Everybody who comes in here for the first time goes slack-jawed,” Lopez said. “Half the people exclaim things like, ‘I found my new favorite store.&r
  • [Yahoo Sports: The Vertical] - Ranking the 2017-2018 Utah Jazz Roster: 13th goes to Raul Neto

    ... d. For now, he’ll have to continue earning his minutes with the depth on the Jazz roster. Poll Who is the 12th most valuable player on the Utah Jazz roster? E ...
  • Two death row inmates need new attorneys — but will anyone sign up?

    Wanted: An attorney to represent a Utah man condemned to death.Must be licensed to practice law in the state of Utah and meet the state’s special qualifications for death penalty cases.The pay is about $125 per hour — but co-counsel in one case will warn you, there’s been trouble actually getting paid. And the last guy who had the job? He left because payment issues and threatened disciplinary sanctions took a toll on his health.Nine men are currently on Utah’s death row.
  • Trump shares GIF of himself striking Hillary Clinton in the back with a golf ball

    President Donald Trump retweeted a meme on Sunday morning that showed him hitting Hillary Clinton in the back with a golf ball.Donald Trump's amazing golf swing #CrookedHillary pic.twitter.com/vKhxxFCBV1— CNN SUCKS (@Fuctupmind) September 14, 2017The animated GIF spliced together a clip of Trump swinging a golf club with footage of Clinton falling, apparently edited to appear as if a golf ball had struck her down.The image was originally posted as a reply to the president by a Twitter user
  • Octogenerian in 'extremely critical' condition after Sevier County rollover crash

    An 82-year-old woman was in “extremely critical” condition after her car rolled on State Road 118 in Sevier County this weekend.
    Utah Highway Patrol troopers said the accident occurred about 1 p.m. Sunday about 2 miles south of Loa. The woman was driving her four-door hatchback north near mile marker 22 when she veered right, over-corrected to the left, and then rolled.
    UHP reported that the woman, whose identity was withheld pending notification of family, was not wearing her seatbe
  • Jennifer Rubin: In the Trump era, old labels don’t mean so much

    Once upon a time, the media could say or write “Democrats think. . . .” or “Conservatives want. . . ” and we would know about whom they were speaking. There were always gradations within parties, but we generally knew what “Democratic,” “Republican,” “conservative,” etc. meant. Then came President Donald Trump.Headline writers were tied up in knots last week trying to describe those reacting to Trump’s deal with the Democrats on D
  • [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Ranking the 2017-2018 Utah Jazz Roster: 13th goes to Raul Neto

    ... d. For now, he’ll have to continue earning his minutes with the depth on the Jazz roster. Poll Who is the 12th most valuable player on the Utah Jazz roster? E ...
  • Trump’s childhood home becomes showcase for refugees

    New York • President Donald Trump’s childhood home in New York had some new occupants over the weekend — refugees who shared their stories as a way to draw attention to the refugee crisis as the United Nations General Assembly convenes this week with Trump in attendance.The three-story Tudor-style home in Queens that Trump’s father, Fred, built in 1940 is now a rental available on Airbnb that anyone can stay in for $725 a night. It was auctioned off to an unidentified buye
  • [Yahoo Sports: The Vertical] - Monday Musings: Rotations

    ... a Timberwolves 6:00 AM - Mercedes-Benz Arena - Shanghai, CHN Fri Oct 20 Utah Jazz @ Minnesota Timberwolves 7:00 PM - Target Center - Minneapolis, MN 101 ticke ...
  • Unified Police hunt two suspects in gang-related drive-by shooting

    Police were looking for two suspects in a weekend drive-by shooting in Kearns that put one teenage boy in the hospital.
    Unified Police detectives say a group of teens were walking west along 6200 South when a car pulled up, one of the suspects got out and then fired several shots. A 17-year-old boy was wounded in the leg.
    The gunman jumped back into the vehicle, a tan Chevrolet Impala with a temporary license placard, and sped from the scene.Neighbors reportedly rushed out and offered first aid
  • Utah forecast: ‘And all at once, summer collapsed into fall’

    One day is breezy, sunny and warm, the next 20-25 degrees colder and rainy. Welcome to autumn in Utah.
    “And all at once, summer collapsed into fall,” Oscar Wilde once wrote. The Irish poet could have been describing the Wasatch Front‘s nippy transition from Monday to Tuesday, and beyond.
    Tuesday, with morning and afternoon rain showers expected, will struggle to reach high temperatures in the low- to mid-60s — a dramatic tumble of the mercury compared to Monday’s fo
  • News roundup: Senate Republicans may try one more time to gut Obamacare.

    Senate Republicans may try one more time to gut Obamacare. Zinke recommends shrinking Bears Ears, Grand Staircase. Hatch’s re-elect decision hinges on his health.Happy Monday. It’s back. Senate Republican leaders are gauging interest on bringing back another effort to repeal and replace Obamacare this week. It would be a last-ditch attempt to repeal Obamacare before the GOP’s power to pass health care legislation through a party-line vote in the Senate expires on Sept. 30. [Pol
  • [Salt Lake Tribune] - Who is being arrested in Operation Rio Grande? Many have felonies or lengthy records, though few appear to be the promised ‘worst of the worst’

    ... hlighted 37 new treatment beds and an employment component being led by Utah Jazz President Steve Starks, and they’ve characterized Operation Rio Grande as a...
  • Salt Lake Comic Con’s founders, in their own words, on how the event began and has grown

    Bryan Brandenburg had never been to a comics convention until he got involved in planning one.Brandenburg and his business partner, Dan Farr, teamed up in 2013 — after encountering each other in the software industry over the previous two decades — to create a comics convention in Utah. “I said, ‘If we’re going to do this, I need to go to one.’”So it was at the Wizard World Comic Con in Portland, Ore., in February 2013 that Farr took Brandenburg around t
  • Who is being arrested in Operation Rio Grande? Many have felonies or lengthy records, though few appear to be the promised ‘worst of the worst’

    Utah Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox and House Speaker Greg Hughes have used the phrase “worst of the worst” to describe people arrested during Operation Rio Grande, portraying them as wolves who prey upon the homeless near Salt Lake City‘s downtown shelter.But records that The Salt Lake Tribune requested from the Salt Lake County jail show only a handful of those arrested in the operation’s first month are the “dangerous criminals” sometimes described to justify th
  • Bloomberg View: How the Consumers Bureau should respond to the Equifax breach

    In the worst possible way, the monumental data breach at Equifax -- involving the names, addresses and social security numbers of some 143 million people -- draws attention to a long-neglected gap in the U.S. system of financial oversight. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ought to take the lead in putting this right.The three big U.S. credit reporting companies -- Equifax, Experian and TransUnion -- have an unusual combination of power and lack of accountability. They dominate the busine
  • Gomberg: Gender-specific screwdrivers?! No matter how adorbs, they’re still misogynistic.

    I was on a mission to find the furnace filters at the grocery store when I passed the brightly-colored subset of the tool section: the dainty women’s kits.It was the perfect aquamarine bag and pliers that caught my eye, but it was the “Her Hardware” logo that stopped me dead in my tracks. For the record, shopping carts screech like cars.Lady tools. Really?I was sick about it. First of all, they’re actually adorable, and kind of practical for my small hands. But come on! T
  • Apartments (and their rents) are going up fast in Salt Lake County, but they fill up just as quickly

    Real estate agent Kip Paul gets the question all the time: “Are apartments being overbuilt?”With all the big apartment buildings going up in downtown Salt Lake City and Sugar House, it seems like a logical concern.But his company’s recent report on Salt Lake County’s 2017 apartment market found the lowest vacancy rate — 2.6 percent — encountered by Cushman & Wakefield in its 16 years of compiling statistics.“We’re just keeping even with demand,
  • 7 celebrities at Salt Lake Comic Con worth standing in line to see

    Of all the things to do at Salt Lake Comic Con — listen to panel discussions, gawk at the amazing cosplayers, admire the comic artists’ work, sniff the Voldemort-scented candles — the celebrity appearances may rank as the biggest draws.In past years, such luminaries as William Shatner, Mark Hamill, Stan Lee, Carrie Fisher, Sir Patrick Stewart, Chris Evans, Nathan Fillion, Lena Headey, Gillian Anderson, Buzz Aldrin, John Cena and many more have made fans laugh and scream either
  • West Valley City police: 14-year-old autistic boy found safe

    West Valley City police have found a 14-year-old autistic boy who went missing Sunday afternoon.
    Gage Gordon was found safe and returned to his family late Sunday night, police confirmed early Monday morning.He had left a store in South Salt Lake at noon and was last seen about 3 p.m. on a home security camera riding a white BMX bike in the area of 3700 South and 1200 West in West Valley City, near his home.-- Reporter Bob Mims contributed to this story
  • Newgarden gives Team Penske a 15th IndyCar championship

    Sonoma, Calif. • Josef Newgarden rushed through the doors on to the championship stage with an American flag draped around his shoulders. He felt silly, he said, like a boxer at a title fight.Fitting for IndyCar’s newest champion.Newgarden won his first IndyCar championship by closing out the best year of his career as the top driver at Team Penske. He turned in a nearly flawless performance Sunday at Sonoma Raceway to prevent his three Penske teammates — as well as four-time ch
  • Falcons deliver repeat performance in 34-23 win over Packers

    Atlanta • Matt Ryan and the Atlanta Falcons picked up where they left off against the Green Bay Packers, building a big halftime lead on the way to a dominating victory Sunday night.The rematch of last season’s NFC championship game was essentially a repeat: Ryan threw for 252 yards and a touchdown, Devonta Freeman had a couple of scoring runs, and Desmond Trufant darted to the end zone off an attempted pass by Aaron Rodgers that was ruled a fumble, leading the Falcons to a 34-23 vict
  • Broncos' Bolles, former Utes star, injured in rout of Cowboys

    Denver • Broncos rookie left tackle Garett Bolles was carted off the field with a lower left leg injury in the third quarter of Sunday’s 42-17 rout of the Dallas Cowboys.Bolles was hurt on a running play near the goal line. He immediately signaled to the sideline to come out and check on him. After being loaded into the cart, he waved to the crowd as he was driven off the field.Bolles was taken with the 20th overall pick in the draft out of Utah.ESPN's Adam Schefter reported that the

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