SALT LAKE CITY — Children and teens in Utah would lose access to social media apps such as TikTok if they don’t have parental consent and face other restrictions under a first-in-the-nation law designed to shield young people from the addictive platforms. Two laws signed by Republican Gov. Spencer Cox Thursday...
8 Fatally Shot in Utah, Including 5 Children, in Murder-Suicide: Officials
ENOCH, Utah — A southern Utah community was struggling for answers on Thursday after police found eight people from one family, including five children, shot to death in the small town of Enoch. Police sent officers to check on them on Wednesday and found the family dead from gunshot wounds....
Woman Fatally Swept Out to Sea in Northern California Was Utah Magazine Editor
SALT LAKE CITY — The editor of Salt Lake magazine has died after she was swept into the ocean in Northern California. Mary Malouf was visiting Humboldt Bay, located on the coast near the Oregon border. She walked out on the North Jetty with her adult son to watch the...
Woman Missing for 2 Weeks Found Safe in Zion National Park
SPRINGDALE, Utah — A California woman who was missing for about two weeks in Zion National Park in Utah has been found and left the park with her family who had feared the worst, authorities said. Holly Suzanne Courtier, 38, of Los Angeles, was found Sunday by search and rescue...
Fresno Teen Grateful to Be Alive After 30 Hours in Utah Mountains
Nicolas Stacy-Alcantara, who survived nearly 30 hours alone in the snowy Utah mountains, said Wednesday he kept himself awake with phone alarms, built a snow cave for shelter and held a special beaded bracelet to keep his hopes up. The 17 year old Fresno teenager was visiting Utah to see...
Searchers Looking for Fresno Teen Missing in Utah Canyon
Update: Police in Salt Lake City say the missing 17-year old hiker has been found alive. 17-year-old missing hiker found alive. @UPDSL @KUTV2News pic.twitter.com/V65GkMsAn6 — mike sadowski (@sadowski_mike) January 3, 2020 Authorities on Friday launched a search in a canyon east of metro Salt Lake City for a missing 17-year-old...
Mormons Pulling 400,000 Youths out of Struggling Boy Scouts
KAYSVILLE, Utah — For decades, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was one of Boy Scouts of America’s greatest allies and the largest sponsor of troops. But on Jan. 1, the Utah-based faith will deliver the latest blow to the struggling organization when it pulls out more than...
Mormon Church Opposes Utah LGBTQ 'Conversion Therapy' Ban
SALT LAKE CITY — A proposed ban on so-called conversion therapy in Utah is in danger of being derailed after the influential Church of Jesus of Christ of Latter-day Saints came out Tuesday night in opposition, just months after it said it wouldn't stand in the way of a similar...
Armed Utah Teachers Don't Want to Be a 'Sitting Duck'
SPANISH FORK, Utah — Nancy Miramontes had 30 seconds to find the gunman. The Utah school psychologist weaved through a maze of dusty halls before spotting him in the corner of a classroom, holding a gun to a student's head. She took a deep breath and fired three shots, the...
Should Grizzly Bears Be Restored to California's Sierra?
Wildlife advocates are seeking a court order that would force U.S. officials to consider if grizzly bears should be restored to California's Sierra Nevada and habitats in other Western states, following the animals' resurgence in the Northern Rockies. Grizzly bears are protected as a threatened species outside Alaska. An estimated...