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The Liberty Sky Apartments...
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL.com

Why Utah and Salt Lake County could fare better than most in a mild recession

Predicting when the next economic recession will hit or how bad it will be can be difficult, especially in the years since the COVID-19 pandemic upended supply chains and the traditional ways Americans work.
3 minutes ago
emergency lights generic...
Larry D. Curtis

Police identify Utah couple killed in apparent murder and suicide

Two people found dead in a home Wednesday night in Hyrum, Utah were killed in an apparent murder and suicide.
36 minutes ago
contestants in a pageant...
Ashley Moser

Lehi teen stripped of crown, sash and pageant title after clerical error

A Lehi teen was stripped of her title just three days after winning the Miss Lehi Teen competition due to a clerical error.
3 hours ago
FILE - The Utah Capitol is shown on March 3, 2023, in Salt Lake City. Attorneys representing adult ...
Ashley Imlay, KSL.com and Lindsay Aerts, KSL NewsRadio

Cox, Legislature will move back municipal elections for special election to replace Rep. Stewart

Gov. Spencer Cox announced that he and the Legislature are pushing Utah's municipal elections several weeks later than planned so the state can also hold a special election to fill the seat of retiring Utah Rep. Chris Stewart on the same days.
5 hours ago
Utah Food Bank trucks backed up to a building ahead of its free summer lunch program for Utah kids....
Karah Brackin

Utah Food Bank offering free summer lunches for kids

The Utah Food Bank says 142,000 kids are experiencing food insecurity across the state, and it hopes to help bridge the summer meal gap.
7 hours ago
Cache County deputies at the scene of a fatal shooting in Hyrum, Utah. (Brian Champagne/KSL TV)...
Josh Ellis

Two found dead after shooting at Cache County home

Deputies are investigating after two people were found dead in their home Wednesday night.
9 hours ago
Brigham City gives Ogden police officer a hero’s welcome home. (KSL TV)...
Debbie Worthen

Brigham City gives Ogden police officer a hero’s welcome home

Flags line the streets of Brigham City as the Ogden Police Officer injured in Tuesday’s shootout is escorted home.
16 hours ago
 When you get a text message from a company, it can be hard to know if it's legitimate. (KSL TV)...
Matt Gephardt

How short code text messages can be safer than texts from regular phone numbers

When you get a text message from a company, it can be hard to know if it's legitimate.
17 hours ago
One of the teens caught on camera stealing a Pride flag from a Sandy resident's home. (KSL TV)...
Andrew Adams

Sandy mayor, neighbors call for end to recent pattern of Pride flag thefts

Sandy's mayor and residents are calling for a recent pattern of Pride flag thefts to stop around the city and Salt Lake Valley.
17 hours ago
Majority of events canceled at Farmington park due to flooding...
Lauren Steinbrecher

Majority of events canceled at Farmington park due to flooding

A popular Farmington park has had to ask events booked at the park to cancel or reschedule because of flooding.
19 hours ago
Construction is underway to repair a section of the Nebo Loop after it washed away last month thank...
Mike Anderson

Construction underway to repair washed out Nebo Loop

Construction is underway to repair a section of the Nebo Loop after it washed away last month thanks to a waterfall that formed down the mountainside.
21 hours ago
9 Line Trail construction...
Katija Stjepovic

9 Line Trail reconstruction will make traffic, biking, walking safer

Right now, Salt Lake City is reconstructing the heavily trafficked area of 900 South: 900 West to Lincoln Street (945 East).
21 hours ago
Prove River blast...
Carter Williams, KSL.com & Ladd Eagan, KSL TV.com

Explosives blow out ice bridge over Provo River

Traffic in Provo Canyon came to a temporary standstill Wednesday afternoon as a bomb squad used explosives to destroy an ice bridge that formed over the Provo River as a result of a massive avalanche by the popular Bridal Veil Falls over the winter.
21 hours ago
One of the bullets that entered Ogden resident, Maria Reece, apartment when gunfire erupted. (KSL T...
Dan Rascon

‘Not an experience I want to be in again;’ Police shootout sends bullets into Ogden apartments

Many Ogden residents feared for their safety as gunfire erupted in an apartment complex, hitting their homes on Tuesday afternoon.
21 hours ago
RB's One Stop store damage...
Shelby Lofton

Centerville business cleaning up after truck smashes into building

Centerville police are looking for the driver of a truck who crashed into the front of a gas station store and then took off.
21 hours ago
FILE: Rep. Chris Stewart speaks during the Utah Republican Party state convention at the Maverik Ce...
Michael Houck

Rep. Chris Stewart set to resign from Congress in September

Utah Rep. Christ Stewart officially submitted his resignation letter to Utah's Governors Office on Wednesday.
22 hours ago
Davis School District removes Bibles...
Bridger Beal-Cvetko

Utahns protest after Davis School District pulls Bible from some shelves

The state lawmaker who sponsored a law to crack down on material found to be pornographic in school classrooms and libraries says he wants to revisit elements of the law after the Bible was pulled from some shelves in Davis School District.
22 hours ago
demolished car carrying two people who were killed...
Larry D. Curtis

Driver booked for manslaughter in crash that killed two in Utah County

The man who was involved in a crash that killed two people in Utah County has now been booked on felony manslaughter charges.
23 hours ago
Medical bills...
Matt Gephardt and Cindy St. Clair, KSL TV

Saving time-fighting insurance denials with AI

Those who have had to fight a medical bill or to get a preauthorization from their insurance know it can take months, even years, to get approval.
1 day ago
Wednesday's Child Junior...
Shara Park

Wednesday’s Child: Junior needs a family to guide him after high school

At Elite Performance Gym in Sandy, 18-year-old Junior listened intently to every direction given by owner Jeremy Horn.
1 day ago
Farmington Bay...
Carter Williams, KSL.com and Kim Bojórquez, Axios

How Utah’s record snowpack is impacting the Great Salt Lake’s shorebirds

Janice Gardner vividly remembers what it was like to venture out into the Great Salt Lake's vast wetlands as she and multiple groups of volunteers began counting shorebirds as part of the first extensive shorebird count in the area since 1995.
1 day ago
(KSL TV)...
Casey Scott

Casey Scott surprises gym members with free gas cards

It's Wednesday, which means it's time for Casey Scott to give away some free gas cards! Today, he was outside EOS Fitness in Bountiful.
1 day ago
salvaged engagement ring...
Andrew Adams

Finding engagement ring in ashes of total loss gives hope to Utah couple

A Utah couple expressed gratitude and relief Monday after uncovering an engagement ring in the burned-out remains of their stolen trailer.
1 day ago
(Salt Lake City Police Department)...
Karah Brackin and Josh Ellis

Broken water main floods Salt Lake City street

Crews have closed 300 East between 800 and 900 South due to a water main break.
1 day ago

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