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Taberon Honie’s request to avoid death penalty denied as state moves forward with execution plan
Taberon Honie’s request to have his death sentence commuted and instead serve the rest of his life in prison was denied on Friday. His execution by lethal injection, planned for Aug. 8 just after midnight, will continue as scheduled, the state said. The decision comes on the heels of Honie’s commutation hearing earlier this week, […]
Utah Supreme court overturns death sentence for man who murdered witness in 1985
The Utah Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of Douglas Lovell this week, ruling that attorneys for the convicted murderer were ineffective during testimony about his excommunication from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The opinion, issued on Thursday, reaffirms Lovell’s murder conviction. But instead of facing the death penalty, he will be […]
Wasatch Back follows Utah trend in record fentanyl pill seizures
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration considers fentanyl “the nation’s greatest and most urgent drug threat.”. The Utah News Dispatch reports Utah has already seized a record number of fentanyl pills this year. In 2023, the Drug Enforcement Administration and its local partners seized more than 664,000 fentanyl pills,...
Sunrise Stories: 24-Year-Old Motorcyclist Declared Dead After Accident near St. George BLVD
Officials from the United States Drug Enforcement Administration reported a record number of fentanyl pills were seized throughout the state in 2023. Fentanyl is the deadliest drug threat in the entire country, and such a threat required several high-ranking officials to meet in Northern Utah on Thursday to discuss the issue.
New machine harvests water from thin air in dry environments
Earth’s atmosphere contains an immense amount of water, enough to fill Utah’s Great Salt Lake 800 times. This vast resource has the potential to pull clean drinking water out of thin air for billions of people facing global shortages. Existing atmospheric water harvesting (AWH) technologies are hindered by...
Ryan Smith: Utah ‘Not Going To Be Known As A Small Market’
SALT LAKE CITY – Ryan Smith, chairman of the Smith Entertainment Group is in Paris to celebrate the opening of the 2024 Olympic Games, and discuss the direction of Salt Lake City ahead of the 2023 Winter Olympics. Speaking at an event featuring 500 young athletes from over 36...
Herriman mom thrilled for son’s Olympic debut in Paris
HERRIMAN — The family of a world-class marathon runner who grew up in Herriman will be cheering him on in the Paris Olympics, but he won’t be sporting red, white and blue. There’s a reason Rory Linkletter isn’t competing for Team USA, and his family and friends — especially his mom — are absolutely ecstatic about it.
Rising star Ali Mulhall advances to women's amateur final vs. 5-time champ Kelsey Chugg
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Saturday's championship match at the 118th Utah women's state amateur will pit a first-time debutante against the winningest champion in the event's modern era. But just to get to the weekend, Ali Mulhall had to knock off another former champ. The 18-year-old golf prodigy who plays...
Utah Royals Host Portland Thorns For Second Summer Cup Match
HERRIMAN, Utah (Friday July 26, 2024) - Utah Royals FC (0-1-0, 0 pts) returns home for the second match of the NWSL x LIGA MX Femenil Summer Cup against Portland Thorns FC (1-0-0, 3 pts) on Saturday July 29. After a narrow 2-1 defeat against Seattle Reign, the Royals will...
Great Salt Lake dry-up may be increasing greenhouse gas emissions: Study
As the Great Salt Lake falls prey to human-induced drought conditions, its increasingly exposed seabed is emitting greenhouse gases and accelerating climate change, a new study has found. About 4.1 million tons of such gases were released from the dried-out lake floor in 2020 alone, with carbon dioxide making up 94 percent of those emissions,…
IOC awards 2034 Winter Games to Utah and pushes state officials to help end FBI investigation
By Graham Dunbar, Associated Press PARIS — What was expected to be a simple coronation of Salt Lake City as the 2034 Winter Olympic host turned into complicated Olympic politics
Esther Hutchings Sumsion retires after 30 years at Hutch’s
When Esther Hutchings Sumsion walked out of Hutch’s two weeks ago, a 70-year tradition of serving Lehi’s citizens ended for the Hutchings family. Sumsion, the daughter of the late Harold and Marie Hutchings, has worked at the store for 30 years. The history of Hutch’s started when W.D....
The USA vs China Rivalry Has Never Been More Back After IOC Tells America To Just Stop Caring About The Chinese Doping Their Faces Off
NPR -- In a shocking move on Wednesday, the International Olympic Committee moved to crush U.S. inquiries into a Chinese sports doping scandal, by threatening to reject Salt Lake City's bid to host the Winter Games in 2034. In a series of fierce statements coordinated by IOC President Thomas Bach,...
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