DENVER — The world watched earlier this month as President Barack Obama announced at the State of the Union address plans to withdraw 34,000 of the 66,000 troops remaining in Afghanistan by next … more

SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah lawmaker has introduced legislation to keep minors out of smoke shops and to tax electronic cigarettes and dissolvable tobacco products at the same rate as cigarettes. … more

SALT LAKE CITY — Ramsey Shaud has never met his 2-year-old daughter, and doesn’t even know where she lives, but a recent ruling from the Utah Supreme Court opens the door for him to fight to get … more

BILLINGS, Mont. — A Denver-based oil company has pleaded guilty to violating federal law in the deaths of migratory birds in fluid pits at the company’s oil and gas drilling facilities in … more

RAPID CITY — A Rapid City woman who lost her class ring in the flood of 1972 has been reunited with it. Vesper Wright says she had long written off the ring that she’d gotten in 1968. She said … more

JACKSON, Wyo. — Standing in the middle of the National Elk Refuge, a small band of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees watch the approaching helicopter. It clatters over the usually silent … more

SALT LAKE CITY — Doctors say a Utah soccer referee remains in a coma after being punched by a teenage player unhappy with one of his calls, and his family says their only hope is for a … more

DENVER — A taxpayer advocacy group is objecting to a Texas Republican's proposal to subsidize research on developing oil from oil shale. Rep. Ralph Hall has introduced a bill in Congress that … more

ST. GEORGE, Utah — The St. George City Council passed a resolution Thursday saying it wants “Dixie” to remain part of the name of a college that is expected to soon attain university status. … more

AURORA — An Aurora movie theater where 12 people were killed and 58 others were wounded is reopening. On Tuesday and Wednesday, victims and their families will be allowed to tour the complex, … more