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Snowland gets 40-year permit and starts building new lift in Fairview Canyon
The Snowland Foundation hopes to have the new 2,450-foot Ridgeline Express and its rope tows running when the ski area opens Dec. 18.
Utah men's basketball falls 71-61 at Nevada in exhibition
Trey Campbell led the Runnin' Utes with 14 points, six rebounds and five assists in the second exhibition game.
- Sports
Weber State rallies past Idaho State 27-20 in Homecoming game
Spencer Ferguson's 2-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter gave the Wildcats the lead for good and lifted them to 5-3 overall.
Woman seriously injured when car strikes her at Millcreek bus stop
Unified Police said the driver initially tried to leave the scene but was later stopped.
Kansas City Current beat Utah Royals 2-0 in Sandy
Haley Hopkins scored both goals, and the Current moved ahead of the Royals into fourth place.
Bonrue Bakery opens Provo location and plans more in Utah
The bakery, founded in St. George in 2021, has announced its next shops for Orem and Spanish Fork.
Hundreds rally at Utah Capitol and march ballots to Salt Lake City library
Organizers said the 'No Kings: Vote Early' event was one of 12 in Utah and aimed to encourage early voting.
- Sports
Utah Valley women's soccer blanks UC Riverside 3-0 on Senior Night
Josie Clawson, Sadie Beardall and Kate Shirts scored as the Wolverines moved to 5-0-2 in Big West play.
Kouri Richins asks again to delay ruling on her bid for a new trial
Her filings cite charges against two sheriffs that involve a detective in her case, and ask for unredacted copies of their indictments.
St. George man gets probation for faking a plot to have himself killed
Robert Quentin Sprague admitted sending emails that made it look like a woman he had been married to was asking her uncles to help kill him.
- Outdoors · Feature
Utah's search and rescue teams: what the records say about workload and money
Washington County's rescue team reported more incidents and many more people rescued in 2025. State records show a reimbursement formula under review and a new grant for rural counties, but no statewide measure of whether teams can keep up.
- Outdoors · Feature
Little Cottonwood's avalanche towers: what changed, and what the records don't yet show
UDOT installed 16 remote-controlled avalanche towers on Mount Superior in 2024 to cut back on artillery over Alta. Public records confirm the equipment change; none reviewed measure its effect on road closures.
The tiny eggs behind the Great Salt Lake's brine shrimp harvest
The 2026-27 brine shrimp harvest opened Oct. 1. The latest state data pair a cyst count in lake water with cumulative raw pounds harvested, two measures from different dates that answer different questions about the lake.
- Outdoors · Feature
Utah's invasive mussel defenses: what inspections, dip tanks and a new zebra mussel find show
A live zebra mussel turned up in the Colorado River below Westwater this fall, and lawmakers set aside $4 million for more decontamination dip tanks. Inspection totals show how much work the program does; they do not count invasions prevented.
- Community · Feature
At Terrace, archaeology fills in the Chinese community behind a railroad ghost town
Terrace, a Central Pacific repair town in Box Elder County's west desert, declined through the 1890s and lost the main line when the Lucin Cutoff opened in 1904. Excavations in 2020 and 2021 uncovered a small house in its Chinese quarter, and public records show what is known and what is not.
Cornbelly's began in an American Fork field. This fall it's in Lehi and Spanish Fork
The corn maze Brett Herbst opened in American Fork in 1996 now runs at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi and on the Herbst family farm in Spanish Fork. Here is what each site lists for this season, and what a ticket covers.
- Sports
Cedar and Canyon View football learn 3A playoff matchups after regular season wins
Cedar is the No. 9 seed and will play at No. 8 North Sanpete, while Canyon View hosts Manti again.
Elder Gong proposes AI benchmark for moral reasoning at Salt Lake City forum
Gong, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, said a consortium of six faith-based universities is building faith-related AI benchmarks.
Paraglider airlifted after crash on west side of Mount Timpanogos
A witness reported seeing the man get up and try to hike back up the mountain, the sheriff's office said.
Utah State volleyball swept at league-leading Colorado State
The Aggies were outhit by Colorado State and fell to 3-14 overall and 2-5 in the Pac-12.
- Sports
Utah Valley women's volleyball sweeps Cal State Fullerton in Orem
Miley Thunstrom led the Wolverines with 13 kills and a season-high 14 digs.
Utah men's golf to close fall season at Williams Cup in North Carolina
Coach Garrett Clegg said the Utes are adding Jan Farre to the lineup for his first stroke play event.
- Sports
Lehi skateboarder Greg Williams turns professional with national sponsor
Williams, who started vert and bowl skating at the Lehi skatepark, says he hopes to film a video part and compete in the X Games.
'College GameDay' visits BYU for the first time in 17 years before Notre Dame game
Host Pat McAfee read from the Book of Mormon and picked BYU, as did Steve Young, while Desmond Howard and Nick Saban picked Notre Dame.
Southern Utah man celebrates 80th birthday by water skiing 80 miles on Lake Powell
Lew Wheelwright finished the run in two hours and 27 minutes on Friday.
BYU freshman Carter Smith kicks field goal on 'College GameDay' to win $3 million
Smith, from Honey Creek, Iowa, made a 33-yard kick on his second attempt after the crowd urged host Pat McAfee to allow another try.
- Sports
Park City Outliers beat Casper Warbirds 4-1 at home to improve to 6-1
Goalie Will Zinnen stopped 23 of 24 shots Friday at the Black Rock Mountain Event Center.
- Sports
Final RPI rankings set Utah high school football playoff brackets
Skyridge is the top 6A seed, and only the top 16 teams in 6A, 5A and 4A qualify for the first time since 2019.
Logan police seek suspect in vehicle burglary and debit card use
Police say the man used stolen debit cards at a Dollar Tree and a Walmart.
- Sports
Weber State women's soccer visits Montana on Sunday after Portland State loss
The Wildcats are 7-6-2 overall and 3-1-1 in Big Sky play ahead of the 1 p.m. MT match in Missoula.
- Business
Ski Utah CEO Nathan Rafferty inducted into Utah Tourism Hall of Fame
Rafferty, who started at Ski Utah as an intern in 1994, has led the group since 2005.
St. George's new City Hall Plaza draws more than 4,000 visitors on weekend days
The downtown space off Main Street includes fire pits, a zen garden, public art and two metal slides off a parking structure.
- Sports
Southern Utah men's golf closes fall season at Twin Oaks Intercollegiate
The Thunderbirds send eight players to the 54-hole event in Springfield, Mo., on Oct. 19-20.
Salt Lake City Fire Department posts tribute to firefighter Gabe Reilly
Reilly, 27, died Sept. 27 in a BASE jumping accident in Cache County, and his family held a private memorial.
- Sports
Skyridge hosts Riverton and Lehi visits Lone Peak as 6A playoffs open Oct. 30
Skyridge took the top seed in the final 6A RPI, while Lehi is the No. 10 seed at 5-5.
Dough Lady cinnamon roll shop opens second location in Lehi
Owners Amy and Eric Lund opened the shop in September, after launching their first storefront in Millcreek in December 2024.
Jodi Picoult gives away 600 copies of banned novel at Salt Lake Book Festival
The author surprised attendees at West High School with copies of "Nineteen Minutes."
Utah's two-quarterback system with Dampier and Ficklin helps Utes start 5-0
Coach Morgan Scalley said both quarterbacks can run, catch and throw, and that backup Byrd Ficklin's willingness to play different roles has worked for the Utes.
North Logan's Pumpkin Walk returns to Elk Ridge Park with 'All-American Pumpkins' theme
The free event, started 43 years ago by a local family, draws more than 25,000 people a year, according to the city.
Latter-day Saint presiding bishop says convert baptisms are up 20% this year
W. Christopher Waddell said the pace could mean 450,000 to 500,000 convert baptisms in 2026, compared with a record 385,490 in 2025.
Salt Lake police seek shooting victim after witnesses report shots in downtown fight
Officers found evidence of a possible shooting near 600 S 600 W but have not located the victim.
Park City High senior builds Spanish-language voting guide for midterms
Alix Finkel, a member of the Utah Attorney General's Student Advisory Council, created the nonpartisan guide as her legacy project.
Utah adds 25,200 jobs over the year as unemployment holds at 3.5%
Nonfarm payroll employment rose 1.4% in the 12 months through September, led by education and health services, the state's monthly report shows.
Jazz close preseason with 119-116 win at Phoenix
Lauri Markkanen scored 19 points as six Utah players reached double figures before Wednesday's season opener at Memphis.
Unsealed warrants show police sought drone and cell data in Saratoga Springs killings
The warrants were filed in October 2025 and recently unsealed, ABC4 reported.
Ogden's free Halloween event returns Saturday with a focus on mental health
Organizer Mark Ryan said this year's event honors his son Cayden and promotes suicide awareness and men's mental health.
- Sports
Copper Hills, Box Elder, Ridgeline and Mountain Crest win in Week 10 football
Copper Hills beat Riverton 40-17 and Box Elder beat West Field 28-7 in Region games on Friday, Oct. 16.
- Sports
Ridgeline's Noah Fiefia runs for 7 touchdowns in 56-30 win over Bear River
The win gave Ridgeline an undefeated regular season and its third straight outright Region 11 title.
Salt Lake County voters to decide $128 million parks and recreation bond
County officials say the bond would replace an expiring 2016 bond on property tax bills.
Utah women's soccer ties Arizona 0-0 at Ute Field
Goalkeeper Anna Solomon recorded her fifth clean sheet of the season.