Andre Seldon Jr., Utah State corner, dead after apparent drowning
Utah State cornerback Andre Seldon Jr. was found dead Saturday night in Porcupine Reservoir, about 40 minutes from campus. The university said he drowned after diving off a cliff. He was 22 years old. The Cache County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were dispatched to the scene around 2:20 p.m. Saturday after receiving a report of […]
Utah Governor Cox Endorses Trump In Reversal
President Biden hosts dinner for the nation’s governors who are in Washington DC for the National Governors Association Winter Meeting WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 11: U.S. President Joe Biden listens as National Governors Association Vice Chairman and Governor Spencer Cox of Utah gives a toast during a black-tie dinner in the State Dining Room of […]
‘God Had A Hand In Saving You’: Utah Governor Cox ‘Impressed,’ Offers Endorsement After ‘Courage Literally Under Fire’
Republican Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, a previous critic of Donald Trump, announced his support for the 2024 Republican presidential nominee on Sunday following the former president’s nearly assassination attempt. Trump was grazed in the right ear by a bullet at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13. Cox, who had not yet endorsed the […]
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox Endorses Trump After Vowing a Week Ago Not To
Utah Governor Spencer Cox, a Republican, said last week that he would not endorse either the former president or Joe Biden, but on Friday he endorsed Donald Trump. Cox said at a press conference Friday morning. Said He said he would “do everything I can” to help Trump win the election and unite the country. […]
Utah State fires football coach Blake Anderson for ‘significant’ contract violations
Utah State University fired football coach Blake Anderson on Thursday, citing “material breaches of contractual obligations.” Anderson’s firing comes more than two weeks after the university informed him of its plans to terminate his contract because his actions in spring 2023 violated “both his employment contract and university policies.” The university said it conducted an […]
Republican Utah governor endorsing Trump in reversal
Utah Governor Spencer Cox (Republican) reversed course on Friday, endorsing former President Donald Trump in the wake of last weekend’s assassination attempt on Trump. “Mr. President, I know we have our differences and you probably don’t like me very much, and that’s OK,” Cox wrote to Trump. He shared “I am not writing this letter […]
Utah State fires head coach Blake Anderson before start of season
There’s still more than a month until the first regular season of the 2024 college football season, but there’s already been one major coaching change. Utah State University has officially fired head coach Blake Anderson after notifying him in early July that he would be fired due to allegations that he was not following Title […]
Utah Canyonlands National Park hikers die after getting lost, running out of water in 100-degree heat
Rangers say the father and daughter died Friday after getting lost in Utah’s Canyonlands National Park and running out of water amid triple-digit temperatures. According to the National Park Service, a 52-year-old man from Green Bay, Wisconsin, and his 23-year-old daughter were hiking on the Sinkline Trail when they got lost and ran out of […]
Republicans slam Utah Supreme Court gerrymandering ruling for ‘striking very heart of our republic’
Utah Republicans issued a resounding condemnation of the state’s Supreme Court ruling on redrawing district lines. The state’s highest court declared the state’s legislature acted outside its authority when it passed legislation determining how to draw up new legislative districts, known as gerrymandering, after voters approved a 2018 ballot initiative greenlighting an independent redistricting process. […]
Utah girl vanishes in Mexico while visiting family
The FBI is asking the public to help locate a Utah teen who went missing last month while visiting family in Mexico. Elizabeth “Ellie” Gonzalez, 14, of Ogden, went missing June 30 while visiting her grandmother in Mexico City, FBI Special Agent Steven Hymas said at a press conference Wednesday. Surveillance camera footage showed Gonzalez […]