16-year-old boy dies after falling more than 100 feet on popular Little Cottonwood Canyon trail
The teen was hiking Devil’s Castle Trail, a steep, exposed climb that takes Utah hikers up nearly 1,500 feet.
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Twin teen brothers both struck in Kearns church shooting — one killed, the other hospitalized, family says
The twin brothers, according to a GoFundMe, had just graduated from high school this spring.
Utah’s largest school district just welcomed students back for the final time. Here’s how it will soon split into 3.
The district’s final first day of school brought bittersweet emotions for some longtime staffers. "It has been a marvelous ride," one principal said.
A piece of the Bricks & Minifigs dispute over a missing Lego ‘Star Wars’ collection is now settled
Two other lawsuits continue, stemming from the $200,000 collection’s disappearance.
Lake Powell’s falling water levels could sink Utah’s ferry service for good
Utah lawmakers no longer want to keep this unique way of exploring the state’s redrock country afloat.
Utah just banned the book that inspired the hit film ‘Precious’ from all public schools
With this addition, 37 books are now banned from public school shelves statewide.
ICE scraps Salt Lake City detention warehouse plans
ICE is abandoning a plan to turn a Salt Lake City warehouse into a detention facility.
Here’s why Utah prosecutors say Tyler Robinson should face the death penalty in Charlie Kirk’s killing
Whether or not Robinson can face death if convicted hinges on a key argument.
Structures threatened as fire burns near mouth of Weber Canyon
A large grass fire that sparked overnight was burning near the mouth of Weber Canyon in the Uintah and Highlands areas of Weber County early Wednesday.
Do you ride a UTA bus or train? Next year, you may be paying as much as anyone in the country to do so.
UTA is proposing its first fare hike since 2013. Base fares would jump from $2.50 to $3, making the transit system among the costliest in the country.