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BYU poll Majority favor impeachment resignation for Attorney General John Swallow
Embattled Utah Attorney General John Swallow speaks with reporters in Salt Lake City on May 14, 2013. A new BYU poll released Monday indicates an "extremely low" approval rating of just 12 percent for Swallow. About 78 percent of Utahns polled think he should resign while 72 percent believe the Utah House of Representatives should begin formal impeachment proceedings against ...
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My husband Alex Boye grilled in UK for Im a Mormon campaign
Alex Boye takes the heat in several BBC radio interviews in response to "The Book of Mormon" musical tour in London and the "I'm a Mormon" ...
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Watch Miss Utahs cringe-worthy pageant flub
Photo credit: Giuliana Rancic, left, looks on as Miss Utah USA Marissa Powell answers a judge's question. (Getty) The country has a new Miss USA, but the real spotlight is on Miss Utah, whose bumbling answer to a question on income equality all but took the crown of the night. Miss Utah, aka Marissa Powell, was asked by a judge at the pageant Sunday night about a recent report showing ...
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Park fire officials plead for public to be careful lighting fires
VERNAL — Given the high winds expected later in the week and already-dry conditions, fire officials in eastern Utah have said that striking a match even in well-protected fire ring would be a bad idea. They're asking those camping or recreating to think carefully about lighting a fire, though no explicit restrictions have been issued. "They're going to see 20- to 30-mph ...
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Utah Jazz UCLA star Shabazz Muhammad visits Utah but doesnt work out because of injury
UCLA's Shabazz Muhammad (15) goes up for a shot as Minnesota's Rodney Williams (33) defends during the second half of a second-round game of the NCAA college basketball tournament Friday, March 22, 2013, in Austin, Texas. Minnesota won 83-63. (AP Photo/David J. ...
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Utah Jazz Massive state-of-the-art scoreboard part of $15 million Energy Solutions Arena renovation
" The fan experience at EnergySolutions Arena will change significantly, showcasing the world’s best basketball players in a dynamic and entertaining game-time presentation as well as providing enhanced visuals and sound for concerts, family shows, dirt shows and ...
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Issues plaguing black families in a report 50 years ago now cross racial boundaries
In this Sept. 8, 1970 file photo, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, presidential urban affairs adviser, and President Richard Nixon, left, are seen discussing. Moynihan was an assistant secretary in the Labor Department when he compiled the study, "The Negro Family: The Case for National Action." In it he outlined social ills plaguing black families that he argued left many of them in poverty. ...
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Donald Trump Others Defend Miss Utah After Flubbing Question on Equal Pay
Business magnate and television personality Donald Trump came to the defense of Miss Utah, Marissa Powell, as a growing chorus flooded the 21-year-old with a deluge of mockery online for flubbing her response to a question some think was too loaded in the Miss USA pageant on Sunday ...
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Wildfires to Increase Over California Nevada Utah and Arizona
AccuWeather.com reports weather favoring the spread of wildfires will increase over California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona Tuesday into Wednesday. A strong storm system moving onshore into the Northwest will work to kick up winds over the Southwest into the middle of the week. While winds will not be damaging in most cases, they will be strong enough to raise the risk of spreading existing fires ...
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Man dies trying to cliff jump at Flaming Gorge
ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. — A 24-year-old man died Saturday while trying to cliff dive in the Big Firehole area of Flaming Gorge. Michael Pond and four friends drove to a spot at the top of a series of high cliffs along the lakeshore, the friends told detectives. Pond said he wanted to jump into the water, but his friends tried to talk him out of it, they said. Once Pond went under, he ...
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Rock On Getting up to speed at BYU Jazzs old house and more
DISTANCE DRIVING BYU students have built a car that won a national competition by getting 1,331 miles per gallon. Drivers had to go at speeds as low as two miles per hour and average just 15 mph. In other words, it went forever, but agonizingly slow. Designers reportedly fashioned their plan after the football program’s search to find a suitable ...
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Google building database to help clear child pornography from the Internet
Google is stepping up its fight against child pornography, announcing its intention to take action through "hashing" technology, which allows it to tag known child sexual abuse images and then identify, block, and report the images and their duplicates across the ...
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Utah Boy Scouts Leaders Could Lose Membership for Wearing Uniforms at Gay Pride Parade
Two Utah Boy Scouts leaders who joined a cadre of Scouts donning official Boy Scouts uniforms in the Utah Gay Pride Parade over two weeks ago were sternly warned that the next time they decide to make a political statement like that, they could lose their membership in the ...
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Sideshow Things got a little rocky for Miss Utah at Miss USA pageant
Miss Utah stumbled on a question about equal pay for women in the workplace during the Miss USA pageant, but still managed to win third runner up; Wisconsin's Sen. Ron Johnson also fumbled on a question about work place discrimination; and the questions about Putin and the Superbowl ring are still ...
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Utah church shooting victim identified
James Evans ; his son-in-law was charged with the crime. Evans' wife, Tara, said a last-second movement may have saved her husband's life, The Salt Lake Tribune said Monday. "He turned his head at the right time," she said. "If he hadn't turned his head he could have been hit [directly] in the back of the head." Charles Richard Jennings, 35 was taken into ...
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Chairs painted by Utah artists to be auctioned for charity
SALT LAKE CITY — Thirteen Utah artists have partnered with RC Willey and the Huntsman Cancer Institute to create unique painted chairs for a charity auction this week. Artists including Randall Lake, Nathan Florence and Janell James used plain white chairs as canvases to create one-of-a-kind works of art for the auction. Many of the artists have been personally affected by cancer. ...
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After 6-hour standoff SWAT team finds no one inside West Jordan home
A SWAT team on Monday surrounded the house of a West Jordan man wanted for aggravated sex abuse of a child. The standoff ended with no ...
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Dog killed after insecticide sprayed down throat police say
SALT LAKE CITY — A woman was arrested over the weekend for allegedly forcing a dog to swallow insecticide and tossing the dog's body in a Dumpster. Kimberly Michelle Davis, 53, was arrested for investigation of felony cruelty to animals. Salt Lake police were called to 1363 S. Emery St. (1170 West) about 12:30 p.m. Saturday by a concerned neighbor. After finding the dog's body ...
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Salt Lake police investigate pair of weekend shootings
SALT LAKE CITY — Police here investigated a pair of apparently unrelated shootings on Sunday and early Monday that occurred within a few blocks of each other. Just before 1:30 a.m. Monday, a 23-year-old man told police he was sitting in his car at Jordan Park, 963 W. Fremont Ave. (near 1100 South), when another car pulled up beside him and someone from inside shot him in the chest. The ...
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Efforts to stop excavation at Point of the Mountain at a standstill
Point of the Mountain is home to some of the best wind in the world, but efforts to preserve this recreational haven for paragliding and hang gliding have reached a stalemate with state and local ...
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Private school in Texas gives students $100000 to invest in stocks
A private school in Texas has received a donation of $100,000 from parents of former and current students to help its business club gain real-life investing ...
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Utah man shot during Mass
A man was shot and killed during Sunday Mass at a church in Ogden, Utah, on June 17. Charles Jennings was arrested on charges of shooting his father-in-law, in the head. The victim, James Evans, was reported to be in critical condition, but expected to survive. Jennings reportedly had a history of domestic disputes with his wife, Evans' ...
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NPR writer slightly defends Miss Utah USAs botched answer during national competition
NPR writer Linda Holmes defends Miss Utah USA Marissa Powell's answer during the national competition on Sunday, citing the question was "dumb" and an "impossible question to ...
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Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Utah Police Agency
The family of a young woman fatally shot by West Valley City police has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the officers involved and the former police chief. Danielle Willard’s parents filed the lawsuit Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City. The November shooting triggered an internal investigation that uncovered misconduct that led to agency’s drug unit being ...
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Summer Food Sites are Now Open
Summer Food Service Program Ogden Summer food sites are now open! The purpose of the Summer Food Service Program is to offer healthy, tasty meals to kids for FREE during the summer. Any and all children are welcome to come enjoy a meal at any of the state's open summer feeding sites. Visit our website ...
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