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Authorities in Parowan have released an update regarding the death of an elementary school teacher who was found dead on New Year's Eve.

Sunrise Stories for April 25, 2024. A brush fire on Main Street threatened homes in the area and may have been man-made if witness accounts are to be believed.

When you think of drug abuse, understandably medicine like oxycodone or fentanyl come to mind. Another abuse has been occurring lately, and the fault often lies with the prescribing doctor. Overuse of antibiotic prescriptions for patients with upper respiratory illnesses at urgent care clinics in the United States has been an ongoing challenge, but a new study led by researchers at two Utah health

In the last couple of years, more than 20 Utahns lost their lives in bicycle-related accidents and more than 100 experienced serious injuries. And in recent years, it's not just bicycles and pedestrians, but scooters and e-bikes are making people go faster and faster. Qui ...

Friends of family of Andrei Walter are asking the public for assistance with medical expenses as he's recovering a motorcycle crash in critical condition.

Sunrise Stories for April 24, 2024. More Utah residents are applying for medical marijuana cards with a 19% increase in the past year.

If we take the mosquito, black widow and scorpion out of the mix, focusing just on animals instead of insects, the list of most dangerous animals in Utah is moose, rattlesnake, mountain lion and black bear, in that order. So what do you do if you run into one of these critters in the wild...

There's an old saying in journalism: If a dog bites a man, there's no story there. But if a man bites a dog, that's newsworthy. So in Utah, someone getting bitten by a snake is relatively common. But what about a person eating a snake? I grew up in Texas and "rattlesnake shish-kabob" was something I saw on many a barbecue joint's menu...

The St. George Police Department is warning Southern Utah residents of the danger that comes from teenagers driving high speed motorized scooters.

Sunrise Stories for April 23, 2024. Fishermen can now cast their line on Pangutich Lake following this month's dam scare.

It's 7,086 miles from Caldwell, Idaho, to Offinso, Ghana. The African town lies on the south end of the huge African panhandle (can I call it that?) in the western part of the continent. That's how far Elder Brayden Call — a full-time missionary in the Ghana Kumasi Mission -- had to travel to his service area for his mission. In a w...

The date was April 22, 1974. It was about time to close the Hi-fi record and stereo shop in Ogden, Utah, with employees Stanley Walker, aged 20, and Michelle Ansley, aged 18, preparing to lock up and go home for the evening. Suddenly and without warning, two vans screeched up to the store and four armed men jumped out and entered the store. ...