TAYLORSVILLE — A Taylorsville Elementary School teacher who allegedly asked students for foot and back massages and played dodgeball in class is back on the job. Granite School District … more

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — South Dakota has received slightly fewer applications from residents seeking help to pay heating bills than it did last year, likely the result of tightened eligibility … more

BOISE, Idaho — A busy young attorney with a new baby, Tom Lloyd realized in the summer of 2011 that he'd have a legitimate excuse nearly every day for not exercising.So he set a simple goal: … more

SALT LAKE CITY — A juice bar that charges liberals $1 more than conservatives says those on the political left are happy to oblige in the Utah oil town of Vernal - “all three of them,” the … more

CASPER — The Natrona County Health Department has received more than 50 reports of foodborne illness this week. Agency director Bob Harrington says reports of vomiting and diarrhea have been … more

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A 16-year-old boy fatally shot his friend with a shotgun after the pair argued over a paintball game and playfully wrestled at the boy’s home in South Dakota, according to an … more

CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Witnesses presenting the most detailed portrait yet of last year's Aurora movie theater massacre are detailing sometimes paradoxical behavior by James Holmes, the man accused of … more

DENVER — After the annual late-summer harvest on his farm in the eastern reaches of Colorado, Greg Brophy has a few friends over, breaks out the handguns and semi-automatic rifles and mows down … more

ALBION — Nebraskans have another chance to let state regulators know at a public hearing what they think of a new oil pipeline route a Canadian company proposed. The Keystone XL pipeline … more

LONGMONT, Colo. — Jess Parrish's foray into ice carving started with a very different kind of medium: wood. A case of mononucleosis kept Parrish, then 12, at home — and largely confined to … more