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Utah collision shop honored for outstanding service: Here's why

Young Automotive Group  |  Posted Feb. 4 - 8:00 a.m.  |  Save Story

A Young Collision Center 2025 accomplishment is being celebrated across the Young Automotive Group — its reception of a BusinessRate Top 10 award.

Petition launched to save BYU's SOAR program after federal funding cuts

Jodi Reynosa, KSL  |  Posted Feb. 4 - 7:40 a.m.  |  Save Story

A growing online petition is urging Brigham Young University to keep its long-running Summer of Academic Refinement, or SOAR, program, alive after it was hit by federal funding cuts.

IOC open to earlier dates for future Winter Olympics and Paralympics because of warmer temperatures

Graham Dunbar, Associated Press  |  Posted Feb. 4 - 7:21 a.m.  |  Save Story

Staging future Winter Games as early as January and the Paralympic Winter Games in February is a possibility because of the effects of warmer temperatures, the International Olympic Committee said Wednesday.

Salt Lake City finalizes 'historic' collective bargaining agreement with librarians

Carter Williams, KSL  |  Posted Feb. 4 - 7:00 a.m.  |  Save Story

Salt Lake City Library's staff are the first municipal library staff to unionize in the state following a collective bargaining agreement approved on Tuesday.

Utah lawmakers hesitate over posting candidate petition signatures online

Daniel Woodruff, KSL  |  Posted Feb. 3 - 10:33 p.m.  |  Save Story

A proposal by Rep. Mike Kohler, R-Midway, to publicly list the names of those who sign petitions in support of candidates for office is not moving forward, at least for now.

Man who fired fatal shot in Clearfield road rage shooting acquitted in murder trial

Emily Ashcraft, KSL  |  Posted Feb. 3 - 10:01 p.m.  |  Save Story

A West Point man was acquitted of murder during a jury trial on Friday. Jurors found that he acted in defense of himself, his vehicle or both during a road rage confrontation in June 2024.

Trump, Colombia's Petro make amends at White House after months of feuding

Bo Erickson, Luis Jaime Acosta, Gram Slattery and Simon Lewis, Reuters  |  Posted Feb. 3 - 8:31 p.m.  |  Save Story

President Donald Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on Tuesday that they had a cordial meeting in their first face-to-face encounter, defying some analysts and advisers.

Collier posts career-high 22 assists as Jazz pick up 131-122 win over Indiana

Jaxon Wynder, KSL  |  Posted Feb. 3 - 8:18 p.m.  |  Save Story

Isaiah Collier recorded a career-high 22 assists and all seven Jazz players scored in double-digits as they picked up the road win over the Pacers 131-122.

David Huntsman carries Olympic torch in Milan suburb, highlights mental health ahead of 2034

Alex Cabrero, KSL  |  Posted Feb. 3 - 8:16 p.m.  |  Save Story

Rainfall didn't stop Utah's David Huntsman from carrying the Olympic flame Tuesday morning as the torch continued toward Milan, where it will light the cauldron in three days.

Growing Mexican airline to expand into Utah, adding new connections for travelers

Carter Williams, KSL  |  Posted Feb. 3 - 7:36 p.m.  |  Save Story

Salt Lake City International Airport is getting a new airline, which seeks to bolster connections between Utah and Mexico.

County attorney says prosecutor's daughter had no influence on decision to seek death penalty

Pat Reavy, KSL  |  Updated Feb. 3 - 7:14 p.m.  |  Save Story

The Utah County attorney testified Tuesday that the daughter of one of his prosecutors had no influence on his decision to seek the death penalty for the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk.

Bar condemns Legislature's 'all-out attack' on judicial independence

Bridger Beal-Cvetko and Daniel Woodruff, KSL  |  Posted Feb. 3 - 7:11 p.m.  |  Save Story

Leaders of the Utah State Bar reiterated their opposition to a slate of bills they say would remake the court system and threaten to erode the judiciary's independence.

Vonn 'confident' she can race at Olympics with ruptured ACL in left knee

Andrew Dampf, Associated Press  |  Updated Feb. 3 - 6:34 p.m.  |  Save Story

Lindsey Vonn is "confident" she can compete at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics beginning this week despite the left knee injury she sustained in a crash four days ago.

State School Board selects Raptor Technologies as panic alert provider for K-12 schools

Logan Stefanich, KSL  |  Posted Feb. 3 - 6:02 p.m.  |  Save Story

Among the sweeping school safety requirements implemented through HB84, all Utah public schools are required to have a wearable panic alert system in place by the end of June 2026.

Utah 2034 committee updates IOC on progress during presentation in Milan

Alex Cabrero, KSL  |  Posted Feb. 3 - 5:34 p.m.  |  Save Story

Utah's committee leaders on Tuesday outlined the work completed over the past year and emphasized Utah's readiness for the 2034 Winter Olympic Games.

Jazz part of multi-player trade with Memphis to send Jaren Jackson Jr. to Utah

Josh Furlong, KSL  |  Updated Feb. 3 - 5:23 p.m.  |  Save Story

After several years of a rebuild, the Utah Jazz have made a major move.

Utah woman missing after mysterious route change; family desperate for answers

Dan Rascon, KSL  |  Posted Feb. 3 - 5:05 p.m.  |  Save Story

A desperate search is underway for 69‑year‑old DeEtte Spencer, who vanished after leaving her daughter's home in Colorado. Investigators say she was last seen at a Walmart in Price.

Parts of popular trail, forest to reopen after destructive Grand Canyon wildfire

Carter Williams, KSL  |  Posted Feb. 3 - 4:32 p.m.  |  Save Story

More hiking and camping areas in and around Grand Canyon's North Rim are scheduled to reopen for the first time since a pair of massive wildfires ripped through the area last year.

Pilot suffers critical injuries in southern Utah helicopter crash

Curtis Booker, KSL  |  Updated Feb. 3 - 4:23 p.m.  |  Save Story

A helicopter crash in southern Utah has left pilot hospitalized in critical condition.

NASA delays astronauts' lunar trip until March after hydrogen leaks mar fueling test

Marcia Dunn, Associated Press  |  Updated Feb. 3 - 4:01 p.m.  |  Save Story

NASA's long-awaited moonshot with astronauts is off until at least March because of leaking hydrogen fuel, announced Tuesday following a critical fueling test in Florida.

Most Americans OK with some moves to counter US immigration crackdown, survey shows

Tim Vandenack, KSL  |  Posted Feb. 3 - 3:03 p.m.  |  Save Story

A new survey shows most people are OK with some of the efforts of those who have taken steps to counter the federal immigration crackdown.

Trump signs spending bill that ends four-day government shutdown

David Morgan, Richard Cowan and Bo Erickson, Reuters  |  Updated Feb. 3 - 3:01 p.m.  |  Save Story

President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a spending deal into law that ends a partial U.S. ⁠government shutdown and gives lawmakers time to negotiate potential limits on his ‌immigration crackdown.

WAC files $1 million lawsuit against Utah Valley University over exit fees

Sean Walker, KSL  |  Posted Feb. 3 - 2:54 p.m.  |  Save Story

The conference, which will rebrand as the United Athletic Conference in July, says Utah Valley declined to pay a contractually obligated exit fee to leave for the Big West.