Utah man's murder conviction in wife's stabbing death upheld
After a few months of discussing divorce off and on in 2009, Touch Choun told her husband that he needed to move out. Dennis Wayne Lambdin later allegedly told police he “just lost it” then.Lambdin...
View ArticlePrep football: Provo Bulldogs preview
Provo’s top receiver from last season, Ty Jones, is making a push for significant playing time at the University of Washington. The Bulldogs also lost their quarterback and running back to...
View ArticleHearing set for Utah woman charged with attempted murder for allegedly urging...
When Logan police officers responded to a report this summer of an unresponsive woman in a hotel room, the incident had the appearance of a suicide attempt.But there was more to the case than that,...
View ArticleUtah's STEM Action Center rolls out its new mobile classroom
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert participated Wednesday in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Utah STEM Bus, a mobile classroom for science, technology, engineering and math education. The bus, developed by...
View ArticleDonald Trump's die-hard supporters show no signs of straying
New York • They wash their hands of neo-Nazis and wag their fingers at leftists. They denounce a press corps they see as biased and controversies they view as manufactured. But in the frenzied blame...
View ArticleUtah submits small-scale Medicaid expansion plan to feds — again
The fate of Utah’s Medicaid expansion plan extending coverage to about 6,000 of the state’s neediest childless adults is now in the hands of the Trump administration.Utah officials submitted the plan,...
View ArticleOfficials break ground at site of new prison, which is set for completion in...
It’s one of the few times shoveling will be allowed at the new prison.There also were a couple of jokes, including one from Utah Gov. Gary Herbert, about northwest Salt Lake City getting a new planned,...
View ArticlePrep football: Springville Red Devils preview
Springville reached the Class 4A state semifinals in 2015 then played for the 4A state title last year.Can the Red Devils complete the climb and win it all this year competing in 5A?Although...
View ArticleSalt Lake Bees GM Marc Amicone promoted to team president
Longtime Salt Lake Bees general manager Marc Amicone now an additional title: Team president.Steve Starks, president of Larry H. Miller Sports and Entertainment, announced Amicone’s promotion on...
View ArticleTraveling to see the total solar eclipse? Here is what you can expect.
Storee Powell planned to be one of the many Utahns heading north to witness Monday’s total solar eclipse.She and her husband would pack up their car and head to Shelley, Idaho, just south of Idaho...
View ArticleImagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds gets a boost for his LGBTQ fundraising concert...
Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds was busy putting together this month’s Orem concert to benefit at-risk LGBTQ youths when he got an offer from an unexpected source: the Mormon church.The...
View ArticleNo, these Republicans haven't endorsed Julie Dole in her bid to keep county...
Julie Dole, who is filling in as the acting head of the Salt Lake County Recorder’s office, has been making Facebook posts that have upset several Republicans who say Dole is misleading voters in the...
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Michelle Quist: What's changed for Julie Dole? Everything.
Elections aren’t over this month. There’s still one more for Salt Lake County Recorder. The Salt Lake County Republican Party Central Committee will elect an interim recorder on Thursday to fill the...
View ArticleWill self-driving cars, taxis make mass transit obsolete?
Utah officials have long planned billions of dollars more of mass transit in coming years — saying it’s the best way to handle expected rapid growth in crowded valleys where not many more freeways are...
View ArticlePrep football: Wasatch Wasps preview
Wasatch got a taste of the postseason by earning the No. 4 seed out of Region 8, but their season came to an end in the opening round at the hands of Alta.The Wasps would like a bigger taste this...
View ArticleWest Valley City police identify victim of suspected fatal hit-and-run
Police on Wednesday identified a man whose body was discovered in a West Valley City street overnight — the apparent victim of a hit-and-run, auto-pedestrian episode.Police used fingerprints to...
View ArticleLawsuit filed over Kane, Garfield commissions' meetings with Zinke
During his May swing through Utah to review national monuments, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke had private meetings with three county commissions whose counties host two of the most controversial...
View ArticlePrep football: Skyridge Falcons preview
A 6-5 overall record and 4-3 in region play? That’s quite an inaugural season.Skyridge will try to build on the momentum from last season as it moves into a new Region 8 this season.“We are still in...
View Article10-year-old boy shot in head at central Utah home
Mount Pleasant • Police say a 10-year-old boy was found with a gunshot wound to the head while at a central Utah home with an 11-year-old.Mount Pleasant police said officers were called to the home...
View ArticlePrep football: Region 8 breakdown
The teams (Last season’s record)Maple Mountain (7-6) • Season preview coming soonProvo (7-5) • Season previewSkyridge (6-5) • Season previewSpringville (12-1) • Season previewTimpanogos (3-7) • Season...
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