New Mexico officials: 2 dead, 4 injured in library shooting
Clovis, N.M. • Two people were killed and four others injured when gunfire erupted inside a public library on Monday, throwing an eastern New Mexico community into a panic as officers swarmed the...
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Utah taxpayers to spend $67 million to improve SLC’s Rio Grande area through...
As officers scour Salt Lake City for drug dealers who have scattered after an unprecedented crackdown in the Rio Grande neighborhood, officials are looking for nearly a third of the $67 million they...
View ArticleRocky Mountain Power, solar advocates, reach a deal on an alternative to...
The state’s largest provider of electricity has agreed to drop its bid to change the way customers with rooftop solar pay for their power — and will instead grandfather in existing net-metering...
View ArticleSharapova edges No. 2 Halep at US Open in Grand Slam return
New York • So much about Maria Sharapova was the same as it ever was during her first Grand Slam match since a 15-month doping suspension: the shot-punctuating shrieks, the aggressive baseline style,...
View ArticleFormer Michigan State coach Jud Heathcote dies at 90
Jud Heathcote, who led Michigan State and Magic Johnson to the 1979 NCAA championship, has died. He was 90.The school says Heathcote died Monday in Spokane, Washington.Spartans coach Tom Izzo was hired...
View ArticleShots fired toward rock climbers in Little Cottonwood Canyon
Police are looking for people they say fired multiple gunshots toward two rock climbers in Little Cottonwood Canyon on Monday. No one was hurt.Unified Police Lt. Brian Lohrke said Tuesday that no...
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Mormon temple flooded in Houston suburb; LDS missionaries to help in Harvey...
Mormon missionaries in Tropical Storm-ravaged Houston will assist relief and cleanup efforts as floodwaters subside, the LDS Church says.Eric Hawkins, spokesman at the faith’s Salt Lake City...
View ArticleA group of protesters demanded that a Native American swastika be removed...
The swastika is a widely despised symbol that instills fear and terror. It is also a sacred, centuries-old symbol found in the Hindu and Buddhist religions and American Indian culture; the Navajo call...
View ArticleUtah forecast: Fire danger rises, along with temperatures
Potentially record-setting heat will continue through the midweek in Utah, and a Fire Weather Watch has been ordered for the Wasatch Mountains and western deserts.Hot, dry conditions, scattered dry...
View ArticleNews roundup: Trump seems to mistake two Finnish reporters for ‘the same one’...
Trump seems to mistake two Finnish reporters for ‘the same one’ at White House news conference. The bill for Operation Rio Grande comes in at $67 million. Trump is set to renew surplus military...
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Joel Osteen: Houston megachurch to shelter people if needed
Houston • Joel Osteen opened his Houston megachurch to those seeking shelter after social media critics slammed the televangelist for not offering to house people in need while Harvey swamps the...
View ArticleTrump: 'All options are on table' after North Korea's missile launch
Washington • President Donald Trump said Tuesday that “all options are on the table” in terms of a U.S. response to North Korea’s launch of a missile over Japan.In a terse, written statement Tuesday,...
View ArticleKragthorpe: Canadian football team adds intrigue to prep doubleheader at USU
Studying the Utah high school football schedules, I always look for interstate games. One of the most interesting matchups of 2017 will come Friday, when Desert Hills of St. George, with highly...
View ArticleRacist posters removed as classes start at Weber State
Ogden, Utah • A school official in Utah says about a dozen white nationalist posters were removed a day before classes started at Weber State University because their placement violated school...
View ArticleErin Alberty: To survive the ‘divorce boat’ in Class III whitewater, yell more
It took about 5 minutes in the Salmon River for me to start worrying that my husband and I had drastically overestimated our capacity for teamwork.Water — gallons of icy Idaho water — was dumping over...
View ArticleSawtooth Mountains offer wet and wild adventure a short drive from the...
Northwest of Great Salt Lake, across the Snake River Plain and into the mountains of central Idaho, the famously spiked peaks of Sawtooth Range cut into the horizon.But beneath the jagged panorama, a...
View ArticleMerkel: Europe still 'hasn't done homework' on refugees
Berlin • Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday that she did the right thing by allowing large numbers of migrants into Germany two years ago, but said Europe hasn’t done enough to resolve the refugee...
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Rainbow trout’s days are numbered on select national forest streams
The Dixie National Forest is poised to wipe out a sport fishery on two streams to restore native trout to parts of the Paunsaugunt Plateau.In coordination with Utah wildlife officials, the forest is...
View ArticlePac-12 football: Arizona tries to climb out of South cellar, starting with...
Arizona’s football season preview looks a lot like Arizona State’s forecast.The Pac-12′s Arizona schools have followed a similar trajectory this decade, from Arizona’s succeeding ASU as the South...
View ArticleMedicare to foot the bill for treadmill therapy for leg pain
Chicago • Three times a week, Rita Driscoll steps onto a treadmill at a Minnesota hospital under the eye of a rehab therapist. She walks until it hurts — pushing her limits, walking faster and adding...
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