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Utah, Salt Lake County awarded grants for community cleanup

Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL  |  Posted June 26 - 8:00 p.m.  |  Save Story

he Environmental Protection Agency awarded Utah and Salt Lake County a total of $3.5 million in grants to assess polluted properties for eventual cleanup and redevelopment.

'Tonight is all about hope': Tabernacle Choir ends world tour with Hollywood Bowl benefit concerts

Keri Wilcox, KSL  |  Posted June 26 - 7:30 p.m.  |  Save Story

Through Broadway tunes, hymns and stories, The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square and guests entertained audiences while raising money for global charities in the final stop of their "Songs of Hope" tour.

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One hundred opportunities to celebrate with your community for the nation's birthday bash

America250 Utah  |  Posted June 26 - 7:00 p.m.  |  Save Story

From special festivities at the Utah State Capitol to hometown traditions, patriotic programs, and community gatherings, more than 150 Utah communities are contributing to this historic moment.

Salt Lake SWAT detective cleared in shooting during warrant service

Pat Reavy, KSL  |  Posted June 26 - 7:00 p.m.  |  Save Story

A Salt Lake officer was legally justified in shooting a man holding a gun while the SWAT team was serving a high-risk search warrant.

Bison injures 12-year-old at Yellowstone National Park

Daniel V. Ramirez, EastIdahoNews.com  |  Posted June 26 - 6:40 p.m.  |  Save Story

A 12-year-old was injured at Yellowstone National Park on Friday after an encounter with a bison.

Massive Shiite crowds mark Ashoura amid fresh Iran-Israel-US war fallout

Fadi Tawil and Abby Sewell, Associated Press  |  Updated June 26 - 6:18 p.m.  |  Save Story

Shiite Muslims on Friday marked Ashoura, a significant day on their calendar, with large gatherings in Iran, Iraq, Lebanon and other areas globally against the backdrop of war.

Longtime Fillmore mushroom farm closes after more than 50 years

Alex Cabrero, KSL  |  Posted June 26 - 6:02 p.m.  |  Save Story

After more than 50 years in business, Mountain View Mushrooms, in Fillmore, is closing its operations.

Firefighters proceed with caution against Cottonwood Fire amid PDS Red Flag Warning

Andrew Adams, KSL  |  Posted June 26 - 5:30 p.m.  |  Save Story

Firefighters were battling the Cottonwood Fire with caution Friday as winds picked up in the middle of a Particularly Dangerous Situation Red Flag Warning.

Man killed in Logan after fleeing police

Payton Davis, KSL  |  Posted June 26 - 5:26 p.m.  |  Save Story

A man died in Logan on Friday morning after fleeing police in a vehicle, hitting a tree after police shot at him.

US strikes Iran in response to a drone attack on a ship that Trump says violated ceasefire

Collin Binkley and Jon Gambrell, Associated Press  |  Updated June 26 - 5:06 p.m.  |  Save Story

The U.S. has struck Iran to respond to a drone attack a day earlier on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, a provocation that President Donald Trump said violated the ceasefire.

UHP investigates road rage involving 2 semis; 1 driver arrested

Pat Reavy, KSL  |  Posted June 26 - 5:00 p.m.  |  Save Story

A road rage confrontation between two semi drivers resulted in one man being arrested in southern Utah.

Fear grips Haitian communities after Supreme Court ruling unwinds protection from deportation

Gisela Salomon, Patrick Aftoora-orsagos and Claire Galofaro, Associated Press  |  Updated June 26 - 4:30 p.m.  |  Save Story

After the Supreme Court decided Thursday to allow the Trump administration to end legal protections for migrants fleeing violence and natural disasters in Haiti and Syria, fear ricocheted through those communities.

Logan man caught during police sting given 1 year in jail for minor solicitation

Cassidy Wixom, KSL  |  Posted June 26 - 4:00 p.m.  |  Save Story

A Logan man was sentenced to a year in jail after police caught him attempting to solicit minors on a chat app.

Pineview Reservoir in Weber County to be largely drained for pipeline project

Joe Wirthlin, KSL  |  Updated June 26 - 3:39 p.m.  |  Save Story

Pineview Reservoir in Weber County, a popular recreation draw, will be largely drained as part of Ogden's ongoing pipeline replacement project.

Have You Seen This? Somewhere 'round the rainbow

Grant Olsen for KSL  |  Posted June 26 - 3:33 p.m.  |  Save Story

Circular rainbows are most often seen from airplanes, thanks to the elevated perspective. A "sun halo" like this is rarer.

Utah firefighters brace for difficult weather conditions this weekend; Relief in sight?

Carter Williams, KSL  |  Posted June 26 - 3:00 p.m.  |  Save Story

Hot and windy conditions are expected to create "critical" fire danger across Utah this weekend, but the state could also be at the center of moisture next month.

Mistrial declared after jury deadlocks in arson trial over deadly 2025 Palisades Fire in Los Angeles

Jaimie Ding and Christopher Weber, Associated Press  |  Updated June 26 - 2:31 p.m.  |  Save Story

A federal judge declared a mistrial Friday in the arson case against the man accused of sparking the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles after the jury said it could not agree on a verdict.

Israel and Lebanon sign framework agreement with US in 'first step' toward peace, Rubio says

Ben Finley, Abby Sewell and Melanie Lidman, Associated Press  |  Updated June 26 - 2:10 p.m.  |  Save Story

Secretary of State Marco Rubio joined Israel and Lebanon's ambassadors to the U.S. to announce a framework agreement described as a first step toward peace following months of conflict.

DNA testing leads to charges in 2025 sexual assault investigation

Pat Reavy, KSL  |  Posted June 26 - 2:04 p.m.  |  Save Story

Charges have been filed in a case involving a woman attacked by a stranger while walking along a trail in West Valley last year.

New York City freezes rents for 1 million apartments in Mamdani victory

Jonathan Allen, Reuters  |  Updated June 26 - 1:28 p.m.  |  Save Story

A New York City housing board voted on Thursday to freeze rents for about 1 million regulated apartments for ​up to two years, fulfilling a central campaign promise of Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

Utah County Attorney's Office found in contempt in Robinson case, but death penalty still on table

Pat Reavy, KSL  |  Updated June 26 - 12:56 p.m.  |  Save Story

The Utah County Attorney's Office was found Friday to be in contempt of court for violating the judge's pre-trial publicity order, but the death penalty remains.

Venezuelans take search for the missing into their own hands as earthquake death toll climbs

Juan Pablo Arraez, Regina Garcia Cano and Megan Janetsky, Associated Press  |  Updated June 26 - 12:38 p.m.  |  Save Story

Venezuelans took the search for missing loved ones into their own hands Friday in the aftermath of back-to-back earthquakes as the death toll climbed to at least 920.

Convicted rapist Nicholas Rossi dies in prison

Pat Reavy, KSL  |  Updated June 26 - 12:15 p.m.  |  Save Story

The man convicted of raping two women, who fled the country, faked his death and assumed a new identity to avoid prosecution, has died.