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'It feels like a dream': Experienced skiers Moltzan, Wiles pause to celebrate bronze win

Matt Gephardt, KSL  |  Posted Feb. 11 - 10:01 p.m.  |  Save Story

If experience counts for anything in ski racing, it paid off in bronze for the skiing duo of Paula Moltzan and Jackie Wiles in the team combined Alpine race on Tuesday.

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Israel has joined Trump's 'Board of Peace,' Netanyahu says

Kanishka Singh, Reuters  |  Updated Feb. 11 - 9:35 p.m.  |  Save Story

Israel has joined President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" initiative, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ​said on Wednesday during his visit to Washington.

Here's a look at Utah State's first Pac-12 season, including who Aggies will (potentially) play twice

Sean Walker, KSL  |  Posted Feb. 11 - 8:43 p.m.  |  Save Story

The Aggies will play four nonconference games and a round-robin seven-game Pac-12 schedule with an eighth to be determined by the league's "flex" scheduling policy.

National economist reflects on 2025, looks ahead to 2026 during Utah stop

Logan Stefanich, KSL  |  Posted Feb. 11 - 8:34 p.m.  |  Save Story

National economist Tim Mehedy reflected on a chaotic 2025 and spoke about his economic outlook for 2026 Wednesday at an event in Salt Lake City hosted by the Bank of Utah.

21 turnovers doom Utah women on the road as Arizona State sweeps series

Josh Furlong, KSL  |  Posted Feb. 11 - 8:33 p.m.  |  Save Story

Turnovers were the name of the game for the Utah women Wednesday night.

House votes to end Trump's tariffs on Canada in rare rebuke from Republicans

Cami Mondeaux, Deseret News  |  Posted Feb. 11 - 8:10 p.m.  |  Save Story

The House voted on Wednesday to terminate the tariffs President Donald Trump imposed on Canada last year, marking a rare win for Democrats after a handful of Republicans defected.

Does Utah's court system need a transparency overhaul? State lawmakers think so

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

Utah House Speaker Mike Schultz wants the court system to upgrade its website to make it easier to access public records and view hearings.

Firefighters urge caution after February brush fire in Saratoga Springs

Andrew Adams, KSL  |  Posted Feb. 11 - 6:50 p.m.  |  Save Story

A brush fire in Saratoga Springs quickly grew to 7 acres on Tuesday, leaving neighbors unsettled and prompting firefighters to warn about already dry conditions.

Eagle Mountain crash results in fire; 1 dead and others injured

Curtis Booker, KSL  |  Posted Feb. 11 - 6:29 p.m.  |  Save Story

An investigation is underway after a crash in Eagle Mountain on Wednesday.

US lawmakers accuse Bondi of hiding names of Epstein associates

Andrew Goudsward, Reuters  |  Updated Feb. 11 - 5:39 p.m.  |  Save Story

A Republican lawmaker on Wednesday accused Attorney General Pam Bondi of concealing the names of powerful associates of the late financier and convicted sex offender ​Jeffrey Epstein.

Local 6-year-old a 'medical mystery' as doctors try to diagnose her shrinking body

Kaitlyn Hart, EastIdahoNews.com  |  Posted Feb. 11 - 5:36 p.m.  |  Save Story

A local family is begging for answers after doctors discovered the right side of their 6-year-old daughter's body is shrinking, her reflexes have disappeared and something is causing her severe pain.

James Van Der Beek, 'Dawson's Creek' star who later mocked own hunky persona, dies at 48

Mark Kennedy, Associated Press  |  Updated Feb. 11 - 5:28 p.m.  |  Save Story

James Van Der Beek, best known as the titular character on "Dawson's Creek," has died at 48, according to a statement from his family posted on Instagram on Wednesday.

'Blindsided' by new homeless campus, west side lawmakers want a seat at the table

Bridger Beal-Cvetko, Daniel Woodruff and Carter Williams, KSL  |  Posted Feb. 11 - 5:03 p.m.  |  Save Story

As Utah leaders weigh building a 1,300-bed homeless services campus in northwest Salt Lake City, two lawmakers worry their constituents are being left out of the process.

Utah high school coach charged with sexually abusing teens in exchange for alcohol

Pat Reavy, KSL  |  Posted Feb. 11 - 4:34 p.m.  |  Save Story

A former assistant basketball coach at Maple Mountain High School was charged Monday with sexually abusing two teen girls in exchange for providing them alcohol.

Mike Lee's election bill hits some snags in the Senate

Cami Mondeaux, Deseret News  |  Posted Feb. 11 - 4:01 p.m.  |  Save Story

Sen. Mike Lee's SAVE America Act is garnering national headlines and has become one of the biggest bargaining chips on Capitol Hill in recent weeks. The only problem: No one is sure when, or even if, it will get a final vote.

Wasatch County GOP chairman accused of waterboarding teen daughter

Pat Reavy, KSL  |  Updated Feb. 11 - 3:56 p.m.  |  Save Story

A Heber City man, who is also the Wasatch County GOP chairman, was charged Wednesday with aggravated child abuse, a first-degree felony, and accused of waterboarding his teen daughter as a form of punishment.

Have You Seen This? Tortoise narrowly escapes blaze

Cassidy Wixom, KSL  |  Posted Feb. 11 - 3:30 p.m.  |  Save Story

The coolest movie characters are always the ones who walk away from a burning building without looking back. Well, now Leo the Tortoise can join the ranks of the effortless renegades.

Utah moves to ban proposition betting

Bridger Beal-Cvetko and Daniel Woodruff, KSL  |  Posted Feb. 11 - 3:01 p.m.  |  Save Story

The Legislature is taking steps to ban proposition betting in Utah.

Woman dies after off-highway vehicle crash in southern Utah

Curtis Booker, KSL  |  Posted Feb. 11 - 2:30 p.m.  |  Save Story

A woman has died after an off-highway vehicle crash in southern Utah.

Southern Utah man sentenced to 3 years in prison for $3M crypto fraud

Cassidy Wixom, KSL  |  Posted Feb. 11 - 2:04 p.m.  |  Save Story

A Washington County man was sentenced to three years in prison for committing almost $3 million in wire fraud and operating a fraudulent cryptocurrency business.

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Fraser Bullock talks about Utah's next Olympics with IOC President Kirsty Coventry

Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News  |  Posted Feb. 11 - 1:56 p.m.  |  Save Story

Progress of state's 2034 Winter Games discussed during extended meeting in Milan.

Here's a timeline of the Kouri Richins case as jury is now selected for her murder trial

Shelby Lofton and Emily Ashcraft, KSL  |  Updated Feb. 11 - 1:49 p.m.  |  Save Story

The jury was selected Wednesday for the upcoming trial of the Kamas mother accused of fatally poisoning her husband and then writing a children's book about coping with grief.

Johnson, Shiffrin narrowly miss podium as Alpine team event decided by hundredths

Matt Gephardt, KSL  |  Posted Feb. 11 - 1:07 p.m.  |  Save Story

Team USA earned a medal on the ski slopes Tuesday — but it was not the medal many were expecting.