Felony charges for contractor accused of ripping off several Utahns

Actor Viola Davis achieves elite EGOT status with Grammy win

Danielle Broadway, Reuters  |  Posted Feb. 5 - 5:44 p.m.  |  Save Story

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Actor Viola Davis on Sunday won a Grammy for her audio recording of her memoir "Finding Me," granting her entry into the elite ranks of EGOT winners with an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony award.

Pili scores 30, No. 7 Utah tops Oregon, ties for Pac-12 lead

The Associated Press  |  Posted Feb. 5 - 5:17 p.m.  |  Save Story

Alissa Pili scored a season-high 30 points and No. 7 Utah moved into a tie for first place in the Pac-12 Conference with a 100-92 win over Oregon.

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Locals in the Pro Bowl: NFC takes win over AFC in reimagined Pro Bowl Games

Sean Walker, KSL.com  |  Updated Feb. 5 - 5:11 p.m.  |  Save Story

The NFL's annual postseason exhibition Pro Bowl is now the Pro Bowl Games, and Utah was well represented in Las Vegas.

Justice Dept. to review Memphis police after Tyre Nichols' killing

Kanishka Singh, Reuters  |  Posted Feb. 5 - 5:05 p.m.  |  Save Story

The U.S. Justice Department will participate in a review of the Memphis Police Department after the death of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man fatally beaten by officers in the Tennessee city last month.

Balloon bickering over Biden's actions, China's intentions

Chris Megerian, Associated Press  |  Posted Feb. 5 - 3:39 p.m.  |  Save Story

Republican lawmakers are accusing China of deliberately surveilling sensitive U.S. military sites with a suspected spy balloon.

Have You Seen This? An amazing deer rescue

Grant Olsen for KSL.com  |  Posted Feb. 5 - 3:04 p.m.  |  Save Story

I love seeing this type of video. We need more people like this in the world.

Frontier Airlines announces new unlimited summer flight pass

Zoe Sottile, CNN  |  Posted Feb. 5 - 2:21 p.m.  |  Save Story

Frontier Airlines has announced its newest incentive to get travelers back in the air post-pandemic: An unlimited summer flight pass that costs $399.

Colorado State apologizes for offensive chant directed at Utah State's Max Shulga

Jacob Nielson for KSL.com  |  Updated Feb. 5 - 1:52 p.m.  |  Save Story

Max Shulga, native of Kyiv, Ukraine, was attempting free throws near the end of the Aggies 88-79 win over the Rams, when a handful of fans inside Moby Arena started the offensive chant.

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The 7 strangest places to visit in Provo, Utah

Collin Leonard, Deseret News  |  Posted Feb. 5 - 1:32 p.m.  |  Save Story

Provo is full of wonderful, strange and quirky history. Get off the beaten path and explore these hidden gems.

Great Salt Lake is shrinking, but habitat work means more birds

Amy Joi O'Donoghue, Deseret News  |  Posted Feb. 5 - 1:26 p.m.  |  Save Story

As lawmakers were opening the state's wallet to spend a half billion dollars on water conservation including strategies in 2022, the birds began showing up in greater numbers at a nature conservatory next to the Great Salt Lake in western Davis County.

'A tale of 2 cities': Homelessness in Park City

Ashley Fredde, KSL.com  |  Posted Feb. 5 - 12:17 p.m.  |  Save Story

Summit County has no homeless shelter system, so its approach to helping the homeless population is different than other places. The extremes of Park City are like a tale of two cities.

Utah air quality is continuing to get worse, says USU professor

Mike Anderson, KSL-TV  |  Posted Feb. 5 - 11:53 a.m.  |  Save Story

A Utah State University professor says that Utahns are breathing some of the worst air we've seen in over a decade.

Small Utah city makes significant progress in efforts to preserve 153-year-old building

Carter Williams, KSL.com  |  Posted Feb. 5 - 10:51 a.m.  |  Save Story

Corinne is making progress on a project to restore a beloved historic building in the small Box Elder County city. It's now looking to finish the project with the help of the Utah Legislature.

These 10 movies turning 20 in 2023 will make you feel old

John Clyde for KSL.com  |  Posted Feb. 5 - 10:22 a.m.  |  Save Story

Want to feel old? Here are 10 movies that are celebrating their 20th birthday in 2023.

2nd man arrested in connection to fatal Palmer Court stabbing

Ashley Fredde, KSL.com  |  Posted Feb. 5 - 9:53 a.m.  |  Save Story

A second man was arrested in connection with a fatal stabbing at the Palmer Court Apartments in Salt Lake City.

'Died suddenly' posts twist tragedies to push vaccine lies

Ali Swenson And Angelo Fichera, Associated Press  |  Updated Feb. 5 - 9:12 a.m.  |  Save Story

A growing online conspiracy theory is using the tagline "died suddenly" to baselessly claim that COVID-19 vaccines are killing people.

Fremont High School helps support their 'superfan' with celebration, fundraiser

Mike Anderson, KSL-TV  |  Posted Feb. 5 - 8:13 a.m.  |  Save Story

Students and teachers at Ogden's Fremont High School teamed up to help out their superfan who rarely misses a game.

How a Utah nonprofit is using tattoos to help cancer warriors

Sydnee Gonzalez, KSL.com  |  Posted Feb. 5 - 7:21 a.m.  |  Save Story

Ink Against Cancer provides help with living and medical expenses, last wishes and funeral expenses for cancer warriors.

BYU holds down Pacific with 18 turnovers in win

Sean Walker, KSL.com  |  Updated Feb. 4 - 10:28 p.m.  |  Save Story

Fousseyni Traore had 19 points and 12 rebounds as BYU pulled away from Pacific 81-66.

Utah teens learn about healthy relationships at youth summit

Alex Cabrero, KSL-TV  |  Posted Feb. 4 - 10:28 p.m.  |  Save Story

Teenagers gathered at a Healthy Relationship Youth Summit to learn more about the signs of unhealthy relationships and be able to identify them.

Splash attack: Ashworth, Aggies use 3-point barrage to outlast Colorado State

Jacob Nielson for KSL.com  |  Updated Feb. 4 - 10:22 p.m.  |  Save Story

Steven Ashworth and the Aggies were too lethal to be contained for an entire game.

Traffic impacts expected as Salt Lake City begins Sugar House street makeover

Carter Williams, KSL.com  |  Posted Feb. 4 - 9:48 p.m.  |  Save Story

Construction is set to begin this month on a vital business corridor in Salt Lake City.

How a 5-year-old Interior order is changing Utah, Western big game wildlife policy

Carter Williams, KSL.com  |  Posted Feb. 4 - 9:03 p.m.  |  Save Story

State and federal wildlife experts agree that an order signed in Salt Lake City in 2018 is making a positive impact five years later.

Bill would provide funding for suicide barriers in Utah jails

Kailey Gilbert, Deseret News  |  Posted Feb. 4 - 8:27 p.m.  |  Save Story

Utah has one of the highest jail suicide rates in the country, said Rep. Carol Spackman Moss, and she is sponsoring legislation to combat those rates.

Ukraine's Zelenskiy says situation at the front getting tougher

David Ljunggren, Reuters  |  Posted Feb. 4 - 7:48 p.m.  |  Save Story

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that the situation on the front lines in the east of the country was getting tougher and Russia was throwing more and more troops into battle.

As Riverdale trailer park closure approaches, some residents left with big fees and few options

Kaitlyn Bancroft, KSL.com  |  Posted Feb. 4 - 7:04 p.m.  |  Save Story

Lesley's Mobile Home Park resident Jason Williams says that when the park closes at the end of May, 50-plus families will have nowhere to go because of limited affordable housing.

Curly Me's career fair brings representation to young girls

Cassidy Wixom, KSL.com  |  Posted Feb. 4 - 6:19 p.m.  |  Save Story

Curly Me! hosted a career fair on Saturday that gave girls the opportunity to meet people of color in various career fields in South Salt Lake.

Mount Washington experiences record-setting wind chill

Mark Pratt, Associated Press  |  Posted Feb. 4 - 5:36 p.m.  |  Save Story

The Arctic air that descended on the Northeast on Saturday brought dangerously cold sub-zero temperatures and wind chills to the region, including a record-setting wind chill of minus 108 degrees Fahrenheit on the summit of Mount Washington in New Hampshire.

Boeing lands $1.6B missile guidance contract for work to be done in Ogden

Logan Stefanich, KSL.com  |  Posted Feb. 4 - 4:53 p.m.  |  Save Story

Northern Utah continues to bolster its reputation as an aerospace and defense hotbed, this time through Boeing being selected by the U.S. Air Force as the prime contractor for the nation's intercontinental ballistic missile guidance subsystems support.

50-car train derailment causes big fire, evacuations in Ohio

The Associated Press  |  Posted Feb. 4 - 4:04 p.m.  |  Save Story

A train derailment and resulting large fire have prompted an evacuation order in an Ohio village near the Pennsylvania state line. The Friday night derailment covered the area in billows of smoke lit orange by the flames below.

Local Muslim youth group packs thousands of meals for those in need

Cassidy Wixom, KSL.com  |  Posted Feb. 4 - 3:32 p.m.  |  Save Story

More than 80 people packed thousands of meals for those in need Saturday morning at the Bluffdale fire station.

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6 tips to save money on your family food budget

Beehive Meals  |  Posted Feb. 4 - 3:00 p.m.  |  Save Story

Food cost is one thing that can vary drastically from month to month. And if you're not careful, your spending habits in this category could be draining your bank account faster than you think.

Have You Seen This? Proud dad's reaction is priceless

Martha Ostergar for KSL.com  |  Posted Feb. 4 - 2:54 p.m.  |  Save Story

My one wish is that everyone could have a hype man with this vibe.

Senate passes bill to name law enforcement scholarship after retired Sen. Karen Mayne

Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL.com  |  Posted Feb. 4 - 2:16 p.m.  |  Save Story

Former Senate Minority Leader Karen Mayne retired last month due to health concerns after she was diagnosed with cancer.

Man arrested, but motive unknown in Dallas Zoo monkey theft

Jamie Stengle, Associated Press  |  Posted Feb. 4 - 1:19 p.m.  |  Save Story

The arrest of a 24-year-old man accused of taking two monkeys from the Dallas Zoo after cutting their enclosure has shed some light on a mysterious string of events there.

US downs Chinese balloon over ocean, moves to recover debris

 Zeke Miller, Michael Balsamo, Colleen long and Aamer Madhani, Associated Press  |  Updated Feb. 4 - 1:02 p.m.  |  Save Story

The United States downed a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the Carolina coast after it traversed sensitive military sites across North America.

Oregon pins hopes on mass timber to boost housing, jobs

Claire Rush, Associated Press  |  Posted Feb. 4 - 12:16 p.m.  |  Save Story

In Oregon, mass timber is increasingly being viewed as a construction material that could help the state build more affordable homes and revive rural logging towns.

Man arrested in Salt Lake City fatal stabbing; police seek 1 more

Pat Reavy, KSL.com  |  Updated Feb. 4 - 11:43 a.m.  |  Save Story

One of two men believed to be involved in the fatal stabbing of a third man in Salt Lake City this week has been arrested.

New Salt Lake salon moves away from gender-specific cuts to be more inclusive

Ashley Moser, KSL-TV  |  Posted Feb. 4 - 11:31 a.m.  |  Save Story

When stylist Joshua Lucero looked into opening his own shop inclusivity was top of mind, which is why he's doing away with "men's" and "women's" haircuts.

Utah printing press museum opens the gates and seizes the day with its historical collection

Cassidy Wixom, KSL.com  |  Posted Feb. 4 - 10:11 a.m.  |  Save Story

The new Crandall Printing Museum opened its doors Jan. 28 in Alpine after the original in Provo shut down more than three years ago.

Walker Kessler had a bad game; he's learning how to handle that

Ryan Miller, KSL.com  |  Posted Feb. 4 - 9:42 a.m.  |  Save Story

There's an argument that Walker Kessler has been Utah's second best player this season. He was far from that on Friday against the Hawks.

Indian police arrest 1,800 men in crackdown on underage marriage

Zarir Hussain, Reuters  |  Posted Feb. 4 - 9:38 a.m.  |  Save Story

Police in Assam have arrested more than 1,800 men for marrying or arranging marriages to underage girls, launching what the eastern Indian state's chief minister said on Friday was the start of a sustained crackdown on the practice.

Experts urge better opioid rescue drug access to save lives

Geoff Mulvihill and Sharon Johnson, Associated Press  |  Posted Feb. 4 - 9:02 a.m.  |  Save Story

Public health experts are telling U.S. state and local government officials in charge of using funds from opioid settlements to consider getting more naloxone into the hands of people who use drugs and those who are around them.

Offices are more than 50% filled for the 1st time since the pandemic started

Jordan Valinsky, CNN  |  Posted Feb. 4 - 8:02 a.m.  |  Save Story

Nearly three years after the pandemic began, American offices are finally more than half-full again, as workers have gradually returned to the office.

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Love dogs? Here are Utah's most popular breeds

Siegfried & Jensen  |  Posted Feb. 4 - 8:00 a.m.  |  Save Story

Utahns are always looking to add a new furry friend to the family. Using data from KSL Classifieds searches in 2022, here are the most popular dog breeds in Utah.

Falling inflation, falling unemployment is the stuff of 'economics fiction'

Art Raymond, Deseret News  |  Posted Feb. 4 - 7:17 a.m.  |  Save Story

Data out of a new federal employment report released Friday blew past estimates as the U.S. jobs market continues to churn with unexpected resilience and unemployment dropped to its lowest level since 1969.

'We didn't have that': Jazz play low-energy game in home loss to Hawks

Ryan Miller, KSL.com  |  Updated Feb. 3 - 11:49 p.m.  |  Save Story

The Utah Jazz haven't won three games in a row since early November. That streak stayed alive on Friday against Atlanta.

O'Keefe scores 10.0 on beam as No. 4 Red Rocks eclipse 198 in win over No. 5 UCLA

Josh Furlong, KSL.com  |  Posted Feb. 3 - 11:12 p.m.  |  Save Story

The way Utah approached Friday night's home meet against the fifth-ranked UCLA Bruins, it's easy to see why it's been a one-sided affair as of late for the fourth-ranked Red Rocks.

Missing Arizona girl found in home of West Valley man convicted of child sextortion

Pat Reavy, KSL.com  |  Updated Feb. 3 - 10:53 p.m.  |  Save Story

A Utah man convicted of sexually extorting a teenage girl in 2020 was arrested after police say he kidnapped a girl from Arizona and took her to his West Valley home.

Will next Olympics in the U.S. be affected by the controversy over Russian athlete status?

Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News  |  Posted Feb. 3 - 10:33 p.m.  |  Save Story

The escalating controversy over a proposal to allow Russian athletes to compete in the 2024 Summer Games in Paris despite the ongoing war in Ukraine may spill over onto future Olympics, especially if some nations decide to boycott.

Man accused of exposing himself to underage girls at Utah store

Shara Park, KSL-TV  |  Posted Feb. 3 - 10:05 p.m.  |  Save Story

The owner of Rad Swim in Highland is warning Utah families after she says a man exposed himself to her associate and several young girls in her store Monday evening.

US may lift protections for Yellowstone, Glacier grizzlies

Matthew Brown, Associated Press  |  Posted Feb. 3 - 9:29 p.m.  |  Save Story

U.S. wildlife officials have taken the first step to lift federal protections for grizzly bears in the northern Rocky Mountains, which would open the door to future hunting in several states.

Utah teacher raises $20K to pay off school lunch balances for students

Arianne Brown for KSL.com  |  Posted Feb. 3 - 9:01 p.m.  |  Save Story

A middle school teacher in Heber City has raised $20,000 to pay off all the school lunch fee balances at his school and then some, simply by posting a video on TikTok.

Making dating apps safer and celebrating Diwali: Day 18 at the Utah Legislature

Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL.com  |  Posted Feb. 3 - 8:37 p.m.  |  Save Story

Lawmakers passed several bills on Friday, including requiring dating apps to provide resources to assault or rape survivors, and a bill legalizing fireworks during Diwali.

Who's responsible when a train hits a cow in the middle of nowhere?

Kailey Gilbert, Deseret News  |  Posted Feb. 3 - 8:04 p.m.  |  Save Story

Utah lawmakers are considering a bill requiring railroads to report collisions with livestock and to maintain fencing.

Primary Children's program aims to help parents and teachers 'Talk to Tweens' about emotions

Emily Ashcraft, KSL.com  |  Posted Feb. 3 - 7:34 p.m.  |  Save Story

Intermountain Health is working to improve teen mental health through a Talk to Tweens initiative designed to help parents and teachers.

3 elk die after herd wanders onto roads near Parleys Canyon

Jed Boal, KSL-TV  |  Posted Feb. 3 - 7:05 p.m.  |  Save Story

A large herd of elk continues to keep motorists and state troopers on high alert near the mouth of Parleys Canyon. Three elk died in collisions with cars Friday morning.

Utah lawmaker, sister fight over rape victim abortion law

Katie McKellar, Deseret News  |  Posted Feb. 3 - 6:43 p.m.  |  Save Story

Rep. Kera Birkeland says her bill focuses on rape victim services and holding rapists accountable. But her sister, a rape survivor, says it strips away choices.

Search underway in Garfield County for missing father suffering mental health crisis

Shara Park, KSL-TV  |  Posted Feb. 3 - 5:59 p.m.  |  Save Story

A search is underway right now in Garfield County for a 32-year-old father from Mapleton, who was last heard from almost a week ago.