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Charity pickleball tournament to benefit Utah children
KUTV — Pastor Shaw Clay and the Salt Lake City Mission are excited to announce their upcoming pickleball tournament, set to take place on July 20. This event promises to be a fun-filled day for participants and spectators alike, all while supporting a noble cause: benefiting children in need.
Marathon Refinery and Make-A-Wish Utah Help Fund Teenager’s Dream
Marathon Petroleum Corp.’s (MPC) Salt Lake City refinery has long been active in its local community. As a result, when Make-A-Wish Utah learned about Jesse Mecham, an 18-year-old with germ cell cancer in the Salt Lake City area who wants to be a firefighter, the nonprofit looked to MPC for help.
'It's very meaningful to us': Utah church offers $1K reward in search for stolen relic
SALT LAKE CITY — A cherished relic that had been housed at the Cathedral of the Madeleine for more than a century is missing and local Catholic leaders are asking for the public's help to get it back. Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City leaders say the relic was...
Jazz free agent wing scorer & NBA champion ranked as seventh-best remaining free agent
The Utah Jazz don't have that many who hit the open market once free agency started. There's Kris Dunn, who will sign with the Clippers any day now, Omer Yurtseven, who the Jazz just waived, and there's Talen Horton-Tucker, who is still unsigned as of July 15. The Jazz acquired...
Deputies identify 2 killed after being struck by separate cars on I-215 in Murray
MURRAY — Deputies identified two people who were killed after they parked their car on the shoulder of I-215 near 900 West Saturday morning and got out of their car, according to the Utah Highway Patrol. UHP says a dark SUV pulled to the shoulder of the road just...
Rocky Mountain Power to install powerlines underground
BIG COTTONWOOD CANYON, Utah (KUTV) — Rocky Mountain Power crews are preparing to install powerlines underground up Big Cottonwood Canyon and Guardsman Pass in hopes of preventing wildfires and power outages. “It’s a lovely place that puts some peace in your heart,” said Barbara Cameron, President of the Big...
UTA gets $18 million to replace diesel buses with electric fleet
The Utah Transit Authority building in Salt Lake City is pictured on Thursday, April 18, 2024. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch) The Federal Transit Administration has awarded more than $18 million to the Utah Transit Authority to replace old diesel-powered buses with a new electric fleet, part of a grant awards program for low- and no-emission buses and facilities.
Details emerge about Wisconsin dad, daughter who died in Utah park
New details are emerging about three hikers who died over the weekend in suspected heat-related cases at state and national parks in Utah, including a father and daughter who got lost on a strenuous hike in Canyonlands National Park in triple-digit temperatures.The daughter, 23, and her father, 52, sent a 911 text alerting dispatchers that they were lost and had run out of water while hiking the 8.1 miles Syncline Loop, described by the National Park Service as the most challenging trail in the Island in the Sky district of the southeast Utah park. The pair set out Friday to navigate...
More locals are visiting Utah ski areas
Ski Utah President and CEO Nathan Rafferty said one new trend is apparent when looking at visitor data for the state’s 15 ski resorts from winter 2023-2024. “We have seen just this last year an uptick in local visits,” Rafferty said. “There are two reasons. A lot of people are moving here to Utah, because of the great recreational opportunities. And then the sale of these multi-area passes. If you’ve got a pass in your pocket that’s good for multiple ski areas, you’re going to ski a ton.”
As Utah political threats rise, security measures becoming tighter, says DPS
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Department of Public Safety Commissioner Jess Anderson says it takes more than just security measures, which he feels confident about in this state, to prevent violence against politicians. Anderson said it also takes the American people to say enough is enough. Locally, threats against...
With six large fires burning in Utah, conditions could worsen with upcoming forecast
This weekend brought new fire activity to an already smokey Utah, with two new blazes — the Graff Point and Speirs fires — both growing more than 200 acres since Friday. Meanwhile, the Silver King Fire, which was sparked by lightning on July 5 and has since become the state’s largest at over 17,000 acres, […] The post With six large fires burning in Utah, conditions could worsen with upcoming forecast appeared first on Utah News Dispatch.
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