At 12:20 AM Friday in Utah, convicted murderer Ronnie Lee Gardner was shot to death by a firing squad for a crime he committed 25 years ago. For the first time in 14 years, a firing squad was used as punishment in the United States. Gardner was strapped to a chair, a target pinned to [...]
The Pacific 10 Conference’s Plan B appears set. Utah is expected to announce it will become the league’s 12th member during a noon (local time) news conference Thursday at Rice-Eccles Stadium on campus. Last Wednesday, Utah received an official invitation to join the conference. Last week, Colorado announced that it would become the conference’s 11th [...]
A 4.9 magnitude earthquake shook Utah-Wyoming border near Randolph. At about 6 in the evening, mountain daylight time, Utah, Wyoming and Idaho were rocked with said earthquake. Fortunately, there was little damage incurred. Based on reports from the US Geological Survey, the epicenter of the earthquake was said to be located about five miles east-northeast [...]
A former Peace Corps volunteer and University of Colorado graduate has been living in a cave in Utah since 2000 and has sworn off money for good. Daniel Suelo, 48, lives in a cave about an hour walk from Moab, Utah. For the past decade, he has not spent any money and goes to the [...]
