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Sen. Mike Lee of Utah. AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File Mike Lee leads Evan McMullin 36%-34% in a new Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll. The Utah Senate race is shaping up to be one of the most competitive statewide contests in years. The key to victory is the support of the state's moderate voters, […]
Kazi Awal/Insider Salt Lake City, Utah. DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty Images Salt Lake City, Utah, is facing climate-related challenges like droughts and worsening air quality. The Utah Climate Action Network is bringing people together to seek solutions to these problems. Efforts within the network include tracking water consumption and expanding electric vehicle usage. This article […]
Kazi Awal/Insider Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute. Courtesy of Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute University of Utah's Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute helps students launch startups and raise money. Undergraduate students, graduate students, and alumni have access to mentorship and other resources. The university also plans to offer an online master of business creation degree to expand its reach. This article […]
Two teenage boys have been arrested after stealing an airplane from a private airstrip in rural Utah. For rebellious teens across America, ‘borrowing’ someone else’s car for a short ride is something of a right of passage – but two Utah teens took the joyride to new heights, stealing an airplane from a private airstrip and taking […]
The US serviceman killed in an insider attack in Kabul is identified as Brent Taylor, a mayor from Utah. While shocking to some back at home, this is only the latest such incident in a war that even top brass now call unwinnable. North Ogden city mayor Major Brent Taylor was deployed to Afghanistan with […]
Article by Libby Coleman. Video by Nat Roe. It was one of those rare moments of bipartisanship: Then-Vice President Joe Biden visited the red state of Utah about a year ago and met with the enormously effective Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch and former Republican Gov. Jon M. Huntsman Jr. to discuss the C-word. Huntsman noted […]
A Utah man flew a small aircraft into his own house, kamikaze-style, hours after he had been arrested for assaulting his wife during an argument, police say. Duane Youd, 47, died in the crash, as the light-skinned Cessna disintegrated on impact and burst into flames. Youd’s wife and a child, both inside the house, survived […]
AP Mitt Romney handily won the Republican primary for a Utah Senate seat. The former presidential candidate won a landslide victory in the race to replace retiring Sen. Orrin Hatch. Romney blasted Donald Trump as a “phony” and a “fraud” during the 2016 presidential campaign, but his tone has changed significantly since then. President Trump […]
Rick Bowmer/AP Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell and Philadelphia 76ers guard Ben Simmons are the two favorites to win NBA Rookie of the Year. Simmons made headlines when he said he was “100%” the Rookie of the Year and that none of the other rookies had caught his attention. Mitchell prior to Tuesday’s game with […]
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