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Annual Greek Festival is a Dancing Good Time
The Assumption Greek Orthodox Church held their 49th annual Greek Festival over the weekend. Since 1975, the Greek Orthodox Church has hosted an annual Greek Festival to help raise funds for the church. While the Greek Festival may have taken a hit due to COVID in the past, they have...
Salt Lake’s 2024 Days of ’47 Team Roping Performances Set
Here's the teams who advanced to the performances at the 2024 Days of '47. The top 32 teams on two head from the Tuesday, July 16, slack are headed to the performances at the 2024 Days of ’47 rodeo in Salt Lake City. The performances pick up July 19...
REPORT: Western Conference Powerhouse Is Offering Massive Package To Utah Jazz In Exchange For Lauri Markkanen
Utah Jazz star Lauri Markkanen is expected to be the most sought-after free agent in 2025. The star has already set his bar unexpectedly high with his performance. Hence, the top-order teams are vying to pursue him, including the Golden State Warriors. According to Shams Charania of The Athletic, the...
NHL Rumours: Utah Willing to Deal Young Defender
It’s time for another edition of NHL rumours. We’re in the middle of the summertime, but we’ve got plenty to discuss on the rumour front. Signings and trades may slow down at this point of the summer, but there could still be some action. One of the franchises that was busy in the early part of the off-season was the Utah Hockey Club. This edition of NHL rumours takes a look at the continued makeover of its defence.
Go Fund Me For Family Traveling Home From Vernal Softball Tournament
Families from near and far traveled to Vernal over the weekend for the thrill of girls softball. Tragically, one family that enjoyed the weekend of competition in Vernal suffered a fatal car crash on their journey back home to Mancos in southwest Colorado. The Hurst family includes Derick and Shay Hurst and their 6 children. The fatal car crash happened outside of Moab in which both Derick and Shay Hurst and their 3-month-old baby were killed. One son was airlifted to Salt Lake City and one was transported to an area hospital. A close family friend created a GoFundMe page to benefit the 5 children moving forward and to help with the expenses of the 3 funerals. Those interested in contributing can find the GoFundMe under the name ‘Help the Hurst Family after tragic wreck’ or by using the link with this news story on BasinNow.com.
Mother, son die in Pleasant Grove house fire
PLEASANT GROVE — Two people were killed in a Pleasant Grove house fire early Wednesday. Pleasant Grove Fire Chief Andrew Engemann said crews responded to the home, 614 E. 100 North, before 2 a.m. and found the back porch and an attached room on fire. A woman in her...
Offensive Position Unit Power Rankings: Pre-Training Camp Edition
BYU's training camp is just over two weeks away. College football's return is right around the corner. Rosters are complete and intact (barring rare late additions or surprise transfers/non-enrollees) and coaches are working on their final tweaks of their playbooks. It's almost time for another year of college football. Today...
Former college running back pleads guilty to killing 2nd man 1 day after killing another
OGDEN — A Lake Shore, Utah County, man pleaded guilty Tuesday to the second of two unrelated killings he committed over two days — one in Ogden and one in Spanish Fork — on July 8-9, 2022. Christian Taele — a 30-year-old former Southern Utah University running...
Coach Kalani Sitake says BYU is ready to bounce back
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — After a disappointing 5-7 season, BYU is ready to bounce back. Cougar Head Coach Kalani Sitake says the team is driven by a losing season a year ago, the coaching staff benefits from a year of Big12 experience and defensive coordinator Jay Hill will be better in his second year in the program. Speaking with Adam Mikulich at the Big12 Media Days in Las Vegas, Sitake says position battles will strengthen the team on the defensive line, wide receiver and the quarterback position.
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