Indiana woman dies at Utah national park amid summer heat

The National Park Service said Thursday that the 61-year-old visitor was pronounced dead at Canyonlands National Park.

Tearjerking video: Utah couple reunites with lost dog after days-long search

“Yesterday was the best day of our lives," owner Cienna Macfarlane shared. “After four excruciatingly painful days, we got our baby boy back!

Utah woman accused of killing husband then writing grief book for kids denied bail

A woman accused of killing her husband by slipping him five times the lethal dose of fentanyl into a cocktail and later writing a book to help children grieve the loss of parents was denied bail.

WWII veterans return to Utah Beach to honor D-Day on 79th anniversary

Dozens of World War II veterans have traveled to Normandy this week to mark the 79th anniversary of D-Day, the deadly assault that led to the liberation of France and Western Europe from Nazi control.

Utah district bans Bible in elementary, middle school 'due to vulgarity or violence'

The Good Book is being treated like a bad book in Utah after a parent frustrated by efforts to ban materials from schools convinced a suburban district that some Bible verses were too vulgar or violent for younger children.

Senior man found dead on Utah national park trail

Arches National Park rangers say it happened on the Primitive Loop section of Devils Garden Trail.

Stray bullet hits toddler playing outside Utah day care center

A 2-year-old was shot in the head by a stray bullet while playing outside at day care in Utah, authorities said Tuesday.

Heather Armstrong, mommy blogger known as Dooce, dies at 47

Armstrong’s boyfriend, Pete Ashdown, told The Associated Press that he found her Tuesday night at their Salt Lake City home.

Utah woman who wrote children's book about grief charged with husband's murder

A Utah woman who wrote a children’s book about dealing with grief after her husband died last year was charged with his murder by prosecutors who say the man died from a fentanyl overdose.

California man drives to Utah to kill brother, set house on fire, officials say

Video shows the suspect, Jeffrey Roberts, fire multiple rounds inside the house, striking his brother. Roberts was ultimately killed in a shootout with police.

Police: Utah toddler run over, killed by landscaping equipment

A 2-year-old girl wandered into the backyard and stepped behind a piece of equipment her father was operating, police said.

Park rangers: 70-year-old man fends off cougar attack with rock

The unidentified man told authorities that he was hiking through some trees when a cougar jumped out and knocked him to the ground.

Watch: Utah DOT uses dish soap to slide 5.3-million-pound bridge into place

While it's not known exactly why dish soap was the chosen lubricant as opposed to others, the UDOT said it was environmentally friendly, effective and cheap, and all of those factors sound like great reasons to use it.

Cloud seeding gaining traction amid Rocky Mountain drought

A technique to get clouds to produce more snow is being used more as the Rocky Mountain region struggles with a two-decade drought. Cloud seeding involves using planes and ground-based equipment to put silver iodide into clouds when weather conditions are right.

Utah trooper stops wrong-way driver with his patrol car
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The wrong-way driver was in a truck pulling a trailer while going over 70 miles per hour on a busy interstate. The trooper veered into the truck's path, crashing into it. The trooper says he was on his way home when he saw cars pulling over, and that's when he realized what was happening. Both the trooper and the wrong-way driver suffered minor injuries.