Author – The Durango Herald

Hard work, honey of Utah beekeepers vanish

SALT LAKE CITY – A pair of brothers who hope beekeeping will help pay for Mormon missions and college degrees has had their hives go missing. Bryce Bunderson, 15, said he drove an...

DATE: Aug 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Step off beaten path for Mexican food in Salt Lake

SALT LAKE CITY – In a west side Salt Lake City neighborhood known for tire shops and taco joints, a pineapple turns on a spit over layers of smoky, marinated pork. The dish is called al past...

DATE: Aug 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: Food

Graffiti ‘slap tags’ multiply in Utah

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah – Authorities in Utah’s second-biggest city say they are struggling to address a newer kind of graffiti. West Valley City police are citing a rise in so-ca...

DATE: Aug 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Ex-polygamous compound becomes bed-and-breakfast

SALT LAKE CITY – Continental breakfasts are now being served at a bed-and-breakfast that has opened on the site of a sprawling, mostly unoccupied compound in southern Utah that was built for...

DATE: Jul 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Could twice-yearly ‘jet lag’ come to an end in Utah?

The fate of daylight saving time in state put into public’s hands

DATE: Jul 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Rainbow Gathering ends

SALT LAKE CITY – About 8,000 members of counterculture group the Rainbow Family have arrived in eastern Utah for the annual gathering’s final celebration, officials from the U.S. Forest Serv...

DATE: Jul 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Peace, man – Rainbow Gathering arrives to celebrate free-spiritedness

SALT LAKE CITY – Authorities are bracing for nudity, drugs and general free-spiritedness during a counterculture gathering that began near Salt Lake City this week, compelling a pair of near...

DATE: Jun 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Utah arch could close to swinging

SALT LAKE CITY – A signature towering arch in southern Utah could soon be closed to rope-swinging and other daredevil activities amid frustration from visitors who came to marvel at a natura...

DATE: Jun 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Utah’s Days of ’47 Parade turns down gay-rights group

SALT LAKE CITY – Organizers of Utah’s biggest parade have turned down a float proposal from a Mormon faith-related gay-rights group, citing too much potential for controversy. Day...

DATE: May 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Have the number of feral horses become a problem?

Various groups – private and public – come to a head

DATE: May 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Atheists gather in Mormon country for Easter

SALT LAKE CITY – Leaders of a national atheist group say the best spot to find a nonbeliever is in a place of faith. To that end, the American Atheists, in an effort to raise awar...

DATE: Apr 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Want a divorce in Utah? You may have to do this

SALT LAKE CITY – A few nights a week in Utah, rooms in courthouses typically reserved for deliberating juries fill up with parents looking to divorce. And among the first lessons they are ta...

DATE: Mar 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Family