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Neighborhood terror suspect charged with 'witness tampering' over letter from jail
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — A continuing 2News Investigation into a neighborhood terror suspect who wrote a letter from jail and sent it to a neighbor prompted the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office to file a new criminal charge against Maurice Raffoul. On Friday, Deputy District Attorney...
Portions of Bangerter Hwy, US-89 to experience weekend road closures
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Portions of two major Utah highways will be closed from Friday through Monday while crews conduct utility work. Authorities of the Utah Department of Transportation said that Bangerter Highway would close in both directions from 12600 South and Redwood Road beginning at 10 a.m. on April 26 through the morning of April 29.
Mitt Romney profiled in YouTube series about inspirational people. Here's what he values in life
SALT LAKE CITY — Mitt Romney says he's never measured his life by what happens at the ballot box. "Winning and losing an election, that really doesn't define who I am. My relationship with my family, my wife, my God, that defines who I am. And so losing is not as hard as people might expect in a circumstance like that," the retiring Utah senator and former Massachusetts governor who lost his bid to become president explains in the latest episode of "The Thread," streaming on YouTube.
May is American Wetlands Month
Growing up in Salt Lake City, Utah, I had no idea of what a wetland really was. We weren’t duck hunters and my only exposure to a wetland was pheasant hunting in North Salt Lake near the oil refineries. There we could hunt the small stands of thick cover of cattails and bulrushes that grew alongside several canals and associated mudflats. The mudflats were tough walking, and even the dog wouldn’t go willingly into them to fetch a pheasant. Had you asked me my opinion then about wetlands, I would have responded with a less-than-glowing image from this brief exposure.
2 arrested in cockfighting case that began with a teen at school with a gun
WEST JORDAN — Two men accused of engaging in game fowl fighting, commonly referred to as cockfighting, were arrested Thursday in West Jordan. And police say their monthslong investigation started because of a separate investigation where a teenager was removed from a high school for allegedly threatening to kill a teacher and was found on school property two months later with a gun.
Review: COME FROM AWAY at the Eccles Theater is Constantly, Profoundly Moving
The national tour of COME FROM AWAY at the Eccles Theater is profoundly moving while constantly moving forward at a brisk pace that keeps you hanging on the edge of your seat to see what next theatrical wonder is in store, even while allowing all the feels to wash over you.
Utah GOP convention picks Trump-backed mayor Trent Staggs as nominee to replace Sen. Mitt Romney
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mayor Trent Staggs of Riverton, Utah, was selected Saturday as the state Republican Party’s nominee to replace Mitt Romney in the U.S. Senate, hours after the local official received former President Donald Trump’s endorsement. While the endorsement carried Staggs, 49, through the...
Jeff Caplan’s Minute of News: The real history of Monopoly
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah loves its board games. But am I wrong to say we suffer through one of ‘em? The granddaddy of ‘em all –I’ve never heard anyone say “We played a zesty game of monopoly last night. So much fun!”. No.
Four cars destroyed in American Fork garage fire
AMERICAN FORK — Four cars were destroyed, with an additional vehicle damaged during a detached garage fire on Friday night. At approximately 10 p.m., firefighters arrived to the home near 200 S 400 East in American Fork. Firefighters report the garage was destroyed by the fire, with an estimated...
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