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Murray police arrest driver after female passenger is run over while jumping from vehicle; injuries ‘do not appear to be survivable’
MURRAY, Utah, July 23, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — Murray police have arrested a man who allegedly fled officers early Tuesday morning, and ran over his passenger who exited the vehicle. The female passenger who was hit suffered injuries “that do not appear to be survivable,” says an affidavit filed...
Local father-daughter cowboy performing artists headline Tabernacle concert on Pioneer Day
LOGAN – Local cowboy performing artist Dale Major will headline a Logan Tabernacle Concert at noon on Pioneer Day, Wednesday, July 24. As one of the founders of the Cache Valley Cowboy Rendezvous, Major is a familiar face – and voice – in Utah country-western circles. Major...
People Moves: MGIS in Utah Names Wrage VP of Sales and Distribution
MGIS, headquartered in Salt Lake City, named Jim Wrage vice president of sales and distribution. Wrage will develop and operationalize the organization’s sales strategy and manage a team of regional sales directors and internal sales specialists. Wrage worked for more than three decades at Principal Financial Group, most recently...
Utah invited to take next step in securing Sundance Film Festival
Salt Lake City — The Sundance Institute announced that Utah will move to the next phase of the selection process as they determine where the Festival will be located after their contract with Park City expires in 2026. This phase will include venue site visits to their final locations under consideration.
70 active wildfires cause US air quality concerns
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - A blanket of grey haze covers the Grand Valley and shields the mountain view. Several Western states are under an air quality alert due to wildfires. The National Interagency Fire Center says about 70 wildfires are burning across the country. Those fires have burned over a million acres so far.
Big Boy 4014 rolls into Brigham City | News
BRIGHAM CITY – Hundreds of people lined the railroad crossing adjacent to the Historic Brigham City Depot located at 833 W. Forest St. to watch the Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 roll into town. With video, still cameras, and telephones in hand they were ready as the big shiny...
Utah Olympic delegation flies to Paris ahead of last pitch to bring the games in 2034
The greeting room at the Salt Lake City International Airport, where many Utah families welcome home Latter-day Saint missionaries, was full instead of elected officials, athletes and cameras on Monday afternoon. Many, wearing dark blue Team USA T-shirts, waited with excitement to send off the delegation that will make the final pitch to the International […] The post Utah Olympic delegation flies to Paris ahead of last pitch to bring the games in 2034 appeared first on Utah News Dispatch.
Utah botanists and plant hobbyists gather in Ephraim to build community
Within the lush summer undergrowth alongside a vegetated creek in the Wasatch Plateau area of the Manti-La Sal National Forest, Carl Rothfels, director of the Intermountain Herbarium and associate professor in the department of biology at USU, diverges from the path to investigate a large, showy plant with brilliant indigo flowers.
USU football: Albrecht: ‘Once an Aggie, always an Aggie’
With a head football coach and two high-ranking athletic department officials being terminated earlier this month, a fourth individual that was also let go has not made headlines. Austin Albrecht, a former Aggie offensive linemen, was lumped in with Utah State head football coach Blake Anderson and Associate Vice President...
Utah State Football Coach Fired for Contacting Woman Who Accused Player of Domestic Violence
LOGAN, Utah — Utah State University announced the firing of football coach Blake Anderson for allegedly contacting a football player’s girlfriend and a roommate after the girlfriend accused the student-athlete of domestic violence and sexual assault. University officials received a final report, conducted by law firm Husch Blackwell,...
'Baseball fiesta' featuring Mexican clubs planned for Smith's Ballpark's 'last hurrah'
SALT LAKE CITY — Edgar González has fond memories of playing at Smith's Ballpark, arriving multiple times through various stints with different Pacific Coast League teams. "This was one of my favorite cities," said the former major leaguer and current Fox Sports analyst, pointing to the mountain backdrop behind him. "And the people here. It's always a really nice city — just really friendly."
Compact atmospheric water harvesting device can produce water out of thin air
Earth's atmosphere holds an ocean of water, enough liquid to fill Utah's Great Salt Lake 800 times. Extracting some of that moisture is seen as a potential way to provide clean drinking water to billions of people globally who face chronic shortages. Existing technologies for atmospheric water harvesting (AWH) are...
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