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Utah soldier killed in Alaska 'did so much with the little he was given'
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Army infantryman Arturo Gomez is being remembered for a heroic life, two days after he was struck and killed by a car in Alaska, driven by an accused drunk driver. "He did so much with the little he was given," said Scott Vranes, of...
Here’s why Utah’s raging wildfire season is different this year
The team fighting the Silver King Fire raging northeast of Beaver works 16 hour shifts. Of those hours, at least 12 are spent at the fire line — and that’s on a good day, said team supervisor Sheena Waters Gilbert. Fire incident management teams like Waters Gilbert’s are...
Utah Olympic bobsledder plays role in 2034 bid
SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah Olympic bobsledder is on the team dedicated to bringing the Winter Olympics back to Salt Lake City in 2034. KSL’s Tamara Vaifanua caught up with bobsledder Kaysha Love – a driving force behind the bid. Bobsledder Kaysha Love thrives on overcoming...
Utah drug trafficking ringleader sentenced to 20 years in prison
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 24, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — Joe Robert Rael, of Salt Lake City was sentenced to 20 years in prison and a term of 60 months of supervised release for engaging in a conspiracy to traffic narcotics and launder money. The sentence, imposed by U.S....
Wasatch County celebrates Pioneer Day with Wallsburg parade, Charleston fireworks
Temperatures in the upper 90s didn’t deter Utahns from celebrating their heritage with all-day festivities in the Heber Valley Wednesday. Residents of Wallsburg, a town of 300 people east of Deer Creek Reservoir, lined the streets early Wednesday morning for a holiday parade. Led by the national and state...
Six young Utah athletes attend Sport dans la Ville’s Festival 24 in Paris
PARIS — Six young Utah athletes appeared alongside hundreds of other young athletes on the grassy Le Jardin d’Acclimatation, Paris’ oldest park, for the Sport dans la Ville’s Festival 24. The event formalized a partnership between the French youth group Sport dans le Ville and the...
South Jordan now home to USA Cycling's new BMX freestyle training facility
SOUTH JORDAN — South Jordan is now the home to USA Cycling's new BMX Freestyle Training facility. The training facility finished up in March. Since six cyclists from Team USA were using it to get ready to compete in Paris, the owners kept it under wraps. Joe Sirlin is...
Soldier Hollow ready for Olympics to return to Wasatch Back
The much-anticipated bid was awarded to Utah as a crowd cheered at an overnight watch party in downtown Salt Lake City Wednesday. A delegation from Utah traveled to Paris to attend the announcement in person. This will be the second time the state will host the Winter Games. Events are...
Jehovah’s Witnesses Hold Annual Worldwide Conventions Abroad & Here In Southern Utah
Jehovah’s Witnesses will be holding public conventions worldwide, highlighting the theme “Declare the Good News!”. One of the largest organizers of global conventions will once again draw thousands to St. George—a Three-day Program That Promises Only Good News!. Summer has arrived, and the Lambert family could be...
Reality Town: Union Middle students learn real-life scenarios through simulation
At Union Middle School’s Reality Town, students learn to manage their finances in the real world. (Julie Slama/City Journals) Brooke Gundersen wasn’t ready to be a “grandmother”—let alone, three times over. Luckily, it was a mock situation for her daughter who is an eighth-grader at...
Sprucewood Elementary community embraces ‘Rats!’ during its art night
Sprucewood student Canyon Potter played the piper in his elementary’s production of “Rats!” (Photo courtesy of Jeff Haney/Canyons School District) First-grader Grayson Palmer was making a suncatcher while waiting for his third-grade sister, Margo Palmer, and others to take the stage in Sprucewood Elementary’s production of “Rats! The Story of the Pied Piper.”
Alta High music legacy lives on in new instrumental room
A banner of the bricks which band students signed before graduation, now concealed behind school walls, hangs on the wall of the new instrumental room as a tribute to the origins of Alta High’s thriving music program. (Julie Slama/City Journals) When Caleb Shabestari was a band student at Alta...
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