MLK’s daughter helps open Utah’s first Black-owned bank
While Salt Lake has a Black population under 3 percent, Redemption’s founder and executive chairman says Utah is the perfect location for a bank of its kind.
Utah mom calls $200 fine ‘slap in the face’ after daycare lost track of...
BLUFFDALE, Utah (KUTV) — A Utah mother is pledging to fight for state oversight change after her 2-year-old son went missing for as long as 45 minutes during a daycare outing. The incident resulted in a $200 fine for the daycare provider. "I want to make sure no other...
Man faces felony charge after digging out cave to live in under I-15 bridge
MURRAY, Utah (KUTV) — A man faces a felony charge after police allegedly found him living in a dug-out cave under an I-15 overpass in Murray in early September. The man, identified as Troy Coyn Jones, 45, was charged with second-degree felony criminal mischief that threatens substantial interruption or impairment of...
Salt Lake City hospital ranks No. 2 in Rocky Mountain region
Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital was named the No. 2 children's hospital in the Rocky Mountain region, according to the U.S. World News & Report's annual rankings released Tuesday. Why it matters: The rankings could help Utah families make informed decisions about where to seek medical care for their...
Domestic incident investigation leads to lockdown of Sandy schools
Police in Sandy say two area schools had to be put into 'secure status' Wednesday morning as officials investigated a domestic incident in the area.
‘Habitual DUI offender’ arrested in connection to death of Murray woman
Salt Lake City police have arrested a 24-year-old man in connection to a hit-and-run collision that killed a 53-year-old Murray woman in August.
Now on air: Utah’s first bilingual radio station
Avanza 88.3 is Utah’s first bilingual radio station, providing music and news in both English and Spanish to its listeners. On Oct. 2, Avanza celebrated its launch with a large party in downtown Salt Lake City. The launch was scheduled to coincide with National Hispanic and Latino Heritage Month. Live music from...
Homeless Senior Citizens Speak Out as Utah’s Housing Crisis Pushes Them to the Streets
We say it. We nod along. But then we walk past a homeless tent and try not to look. In Salt Lake City, the line between housed and unhoused is thinner than most of us want to believe, especially for seniors whose Social Security checks no longer stretch far enough to cover rent. Their stories aren’t statistics; they...
Wire strung between trees in Tibble Fork throws man from his bike, officers say...
SALT LAKE CITY — Dan Bender was riding the Hidden Forest trail with some friends on Friday, Oct. 3, when a wire hit his helmet and mouth, throwing him from the bike and cutting his face. “If a dirt bike rider was going at a higher rate of speed...
‘Diesel Brothers’ star arrested for failure to pay $851K in fines for removing emissions...
A star of the TV reality show “Diesel Brothers” was recently arrested in Utah for failure to pay a large fine issued following a civil lawsuit alleging violations of the Clean Air Act. On October 7, 2025, David “Heavy D” Sparks was arrested and booked into the Salt Lake County Jail after a bench warrant was […] The...
