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UHP finds kidnapped Iowa girls at Kimball Junction
Three alleged kidnappers are being held without bail, accused of trying to take the girls from Iowa to California. The Utah Highway Patrol was asked to help find a missing 14-year-old Iowa girl Saturday after her phone was pinged in Summit County. Shortly after that, UHP troopers found an 18-year-old...
A back-to-school block party at an indoor skate park
MIDVALE, UT (GOOD THINGS UTAH)- Jay Lower with KTR joined us on GTU to give us the inside scoop on an indoor playground perfect for kids. KTR stands for “kids that rip,” a fitting name for this exciting space featuring an indoor skatepark, trampolines, sports courts, and more. KTR will be hosting a Back-to-School Block Party at their location in Midvale on August 3. This community event will feature a backpack drive, engaging activities, and a chance to connect with neighbors. It’s a great way to kick off the new school year.
Height cut in half for proposed Sugar House high rise building
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — A proposal to build a new high rise in Sugar House won't be nearly as tall as first planned. In an updated proposal, the company behind the effort to construct the new tower has significantly scaled back their plans. Originally, the developers had asked...
We Like As You Like it At The Ogden Shakespeare Festival
OGDEN — Shakespeare is no stranger to Utah. From the popularity down south to productions across the state, one could see a production just about anytime they wanted. However, to get the news that a company called Ogden Shakespeare Festival would be bringing their inaugural production of As You Like It to my neck of the woods, I was ready and waiting to see what would be 15 minutes away rather than a four hour drive.
Friday’s Microsoft outage canceled 70 flights at Salt Lake International
SALT LAKE CITY — The July 19 Microsoft outage left hundreds of travelers stuck or delayed on Friday. Seventy flights leaving or arriving at the Salt Lake City International Airport were canceled. There were also several flights that faced delays. Associated Press reported that Friday’s outage caused many carriers...
AF opened store 3 in Utah, with another on the horizon
DELAWARE, Ohio — Top 100 retailer American Freight held a grand opening for its third showroom in Utah in Orem over the weekend of July 19. The 24,000-square-foot store is located at 21 W. Center St. and joins the Delaware, Ohio-based company’s other Utah stores in Ogden and Layton, with an expected fourth in Logan.
University of Utah Swim & Dive Excels Under New Associate Head Coach Jos Smith
University of Utah's Jos Smith has been promoted to associate head coach for the swim and dive team, with accolades for his coaching leading to personal-best performances, program records, and national recognition. Jos Smith promoted to associate head coach for University of Utah's swim and dive team. 2024-25 campaign will...
Wasatch County celebrates Pioneer Day with parade, fireworks
Pioneer Day is a state holiday recognizing both Utah history and the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Every July 24, Utahns commemorate the arrival of Brigham Young and the first group of Mormon pioneers in the Salt Lake Valley. Residents from across the Wasatch Back...
Controversial technique could reduce transplant organ shortage
SALT LAKE CITY — The field of medical ethics is grappling with use of a relatively new technique that's expected to boost the supply of donated organs and improve the likelihood a transplanted organ will do well in its recipient. The procedure is called normothermic regional perfusion. The Organ...
60 in 60: #29 BYU’s Keanu Hill (Tight End)
SALT LAKE CITY – The countdown is on for Hans & Scotty’s 60 in 60 for the 2024 college football season. Coming in at No. 29 is BYU tight end Keanu Hill. Hill is the eighth Cougar to make our list through 32 selections. He joins No. 30 Weylin Lapuah (OL), No. 31 Jack Kelly (LB), No. 33 Kody Epps (WR), No. 34 Brayden Keim (OL), No. 42 John Nelson (DT), No. 47 Isaiah Bagnah (DE), and No. 46 Blake Mangelson (DE).
Mennonites in Provo connect with community through doughnuts
PROVO — Provo may not seem like an obvious spot for a Mennonite congregation. Most Mennonites choose to settle in farming communities, said Rick Mast, who moved to Provo in 2017. "Our Mennonite community is not standard. It's not normal that we chose to come to the city," Mast...
Lehi Teen heads to France for Youth Sports Festival at Olympics
Six Utah teens will travel to France to participate in a global youth sports festival as a prelude to the Olympic Games in Paris, and among them is Lehi High School athlete Tyson Adamson. The Festival 24 de Sport dans la Ville will bring together more than 500 young people from 37 countries around the world from July 19 to 28 in Lyon and Paris. Festival 24 will celebrate the values of the Olympic and Paralympic Games and showcase social engagement through sport.
2024 Kimball Arts Festival offerings detailed ahead of August start
Kimball Art Center announced on Monday the lineup of art activations and experiences for the 2024 Park City Kimball Arts Festival, which will take place August 2-4. Celebrating its 55th year, this three-day, open-air arts festival features the work of nearly 200 jury-selected artists in 13 different mediums. A full list of exhibiting artists can be found here at kimballartsfestival.org/2024-artists.
Scientists Study Genetic History of the Four Corners Potato
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH—According to a statement released by the University of Utah, genetic analysis of the Four Corners potato, (Solanum jamesii), by scientists from Red Butte Garden and the Natural History Museum of Utah (NHMU) suggests that the nutritious wild tuber became a staple crop planted by the ancestors of modern Diné, Southern Paiute, Apache, and Pueblo peoples on the arid Colorado Plateau. The samples in the study came from 25 modern Four Corners potato populations in the Mogollon Rim of central Arizona and New Mexico. Fourteen of the potato populations were found growing near archaeological sites, and were determined to be smaller and less genetically diverse than plants from S. jamesii populations growing wild in areas without archaeological sites. The researchers also determined that the S. jamesii populations in southern Utah’s Escalante Valley originated from plants growing in other locations. “Domestication of a plant species can begin with people gathering and replanting propagules in a new location,” said Lisbeth Louderback of NHMU. “The potato joins a large assemblage of goods that were traded across this vast cultural landscape,” she explained. The researchers plan to continue to study the Four Corners potato to learn about the early stages of its domestication. Read the original scholarly article about this research in Nature. To learn more about the origins of potatoes of the American Southwest, go to "Letter from the Four Corners: In Search of Prehistoric Potatoes."
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