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SEATTLE (ABC4) —The Utah Mammoth battled back from a two-goal deficit in the third period, but Seattle had the final answer in a 5-3 Kraken win Thursday night. Karel Vejmelka was back in net for Utah after being pulled in his previous start against Edmonton, but his night got off to an unlucky start. Just
CACHE COUNTY, Utah (ABC4) — The former Director of Victims Services for Cache County has been charged after allegedly faking parts of her education for a pay increase. Terryl Lee Warner, 63, is charged with one count of communications fraud, a second-degree felony. According to court documents, Warner started working…
WEBER COUNTY, Utah (ABC4) — A man has been sentenced to up to 20 years in jail after an August 2025 shooting that left one dead, and two others, including a 5-year-old child, injured. Christian Elias Antonio Ruiz, 18, was previously charged with murder and other charges, but entered a plea deal in August. He
HURRICANE, Utah (ABC4) — After an intense storm hit Southern Utah, one woman's house was completely flooded. Flash floods, severe thunderstorms, and even hail hit Southern Utah this morning. Some areas, including the Willow Wind RV Park, were evacuated, and various roads shut down due to debris. For one local, the…
MORGAN, Utah (ABC4) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has confirmed the death of a missionary. In a statement issued today, the Church confirmed that one of their missionaries died after temporarily returning home for a medical procedure. The individual has been identified as 19-year-old Elder Braxton…
PROVO, Utah (ABC4) — The defense team for Tyler Robinson says they are expecting to go to trial in 2029, according to a motion filed this week. However, other motions call for a 2027 trial date. Robinson is charged with one count of aggravated murder with the victim targeting enhancement and various other charges after
WASHINGTON — The price health insurance companies charge for employer-sponsored plans increased again this year, as did the deductible many people must pay before those plans begin covering most healthcare costs, according to a survey released Thursday by the nonpartisan health organization KFF. The cost of individual…
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Utah (ABC4) — I-15 is closed to northbound traffic near Washington Parkway due to a multi-vehicle crash. According to the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT), northbound I-15 is closed to all traffic at milepost 13, near Washington Parkway, due to a crash. They state the road will reopen around…
NORTHERN UTAH, Utah (ABC4) — A motorcyclist was killed after colliding with a deer on SR-13. The motorcyclist, riding a Suzuki VL1 motorcycle, was traveling northbound on Sr-13 on October 22nd shortly after 6:30 a.m.. Around milepost 29, a deer ran out into the roadway in front of the motorcyclist. Unfortunately, the…
The current Trump administration claims its mass deportation efforts have expelled nearly a million people through July of this year, but those include both voluntary returns and people turned around at the border, according to a new analysis by the former chief statistician for the Department of Homeland Security…
The U.S. Department of Justice is sending election monitors to Utah polls to oversee the Nov. 3 elections, Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson learned on Wednesday. The move comes amid pressure from the agency as Henderson, Utah’s chief election officer, refuses to release private voter data to the federal government. The…
When Patrice Jetter and Garry Wickham became engaged, the first decisions were of small, giddy consequence: where to hold the ceremony, whom to invite, what to wear. But soon enough, a far weightier question eclipsed them all: whether they could afford to marry at all. They learned that, as people with disabilities…
Utah lawmakers may soon evaluate how public universities hold tenured professors accountable after a legislative audit found the institutions struggle to correct instances in which faculty members are “persistently poor teachers.” Auditors analyzed 666 performance reviews conducted in 2024 and 2025, which are required…
Utah, you have done this three times since 1977. Gary Gilmore. John Albert Taylor. Ronnie Lee Gardner. Five rifles. A chair. A hood. A white target pinned over the heart. Sandbags stacked behind the chair so the bullets would not ricochet off the cinderblock. For 48 years, every firing squad execution in America was…
Embattled Wasatch County Sheriff Jared Rigby sent a letter to County Council members Tuesday night offering to go on paid administrative leave until his term ends at the end of the year. The letter, obtained by Utah News Dispatch, came ahead of the Wasatch County Council’s 4 p.m. meeting Wednesday, when council…
A progressive advocacy group is calling on a Utah Supreme Court justice to recuse himself from the state’s ongoing anti-gerrymandering court battle after reports that he signed a petition to repeal Utah’s 2018 voter-approved independent redistricting law before he was appointed to the bench. Alliance for a Better Utah…