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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.
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...
Inside the Utah Royal's new training facility
KUTV — The Utah Royals are Utah’s women’s professional soccer team that competes in the National Women’s Soccer League. Fresh Living had Tyler Gibbons, VP of marketing, chat with Kari about the completion of the new multimillion-dollar SharkNinja Performance Center in Herriman, Utah, a 11,000+ square-foot expansion to the training site at Zions Bank Real Academy.
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...
VAMC athletes prepare for national competitions this summer
MARTINSBURG, W.Va – Athletes from the Martinsburg Veterans Affairs Medical Center are set to compete in a pair of national competitions this summer. Local competitors are headed to both the National Veterans Wheelchair Games in New Orleans from July 25-30 and the National Veterans Golden Age Games from August 24-29 in Salt Lake City, UT.
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...
Attorneys for state of Utah ask parole board to keep death sentence for man convicted in 1998 murder
Attorneys for the state of Utah are expected to urge a parole board to deny a death row inmate's request to spare his life ahead of his scheduled Aug. 8 execution. Representatives of the
Southern Utah Selected Third; Utah Tech Eighth, In United Football Media Poll
ARLINGTON, Texas-Tuesday, at the United Athletic Conference Football Media Day, Southern Utah was selected third and Utah Tech eighth. Central Arkansas was selected first overall by the media to win the conference as the Bears netted 77 points and five first-place votes. The standings are as follows:. Central Arkansas 77...
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...
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."
Former No. 11 overall pick changes representation, may sign in Europe
Utah RFA defenseman Victor Soderstrom is switching representation as he tries to land a contract for next season. PHNX Sports’ Craig Morgan reports he’s dropped his agent, which PuckPedia shows was Darren Ferris at Quartexx Management. Morgan also reports that Söderström, whom the Coyotes drafted with the 11th overall pick in 2019, may opt to play in a top-level European pro league this season rather than re-sign with Utah.
Utah Hockey Club signs forward Cole Beaudoin as 24th overall pick
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Utah Hockey Club signed forward Cole Beaudoin to an entry-level contract as their 24th overall pick for the first round of the 2024 NHL draft. Beaudoin, 6’2” and 206 lbs, comes to Utah from the Barrie Colts, a junior team in Ontario. He recorded 28-34-62 in 67 games during the 2023-24 season, ranking second on the Colts in assists and third in goals and points.
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