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Ogden Mayor Mike Caldwell, who had been quiet thus far about his plans this election cycle, won’t run for a fourth term as leader of the city. “It wasn’t tough,” he told the Standard-Examiner on Friday in announcing the decision. “It’s time for me to do new things.” The announcement comes as the 2023 mayoral…

Latter-day Saint apostle Jeffrey R. Holland will speak at Southern Utah University’s commencement ceremony next month, the university’s president announced Thursday, despite calls from students, faculty and thousands online to rescind Holland’s invitation because of his controversial comments asking members of his faith to take up metaphorical arms against homosexual marriage. President Mindy Benson explained…

New York • A Manhattan grand jury has voted to indict Donald Trump on charges involving payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign to silence claims of an extramarital sexual encounter, his lawyers said Thursday, producing the first criminal case against a former U.S. president and a jolt to Trump’s bid to retake the White…

Shortly after winning their third straight Pac-12 title, members of Utah’s gymnastics team spoke confidently that their best gymnastics was ahead of them. They just might have been right. The Utes roared into the NCAA regional finals with a convincing win Thursday, posting a 198.125 in the Los Angeles regional. Washington finished second with a…

A 13-year-old Eagle Mountain boy has died after police said he rode an electric scooter through a residential stop sign Wednesday and struck the side of a car. Kayden Pennock was in critical condition when an ambulance took him from the scene of the wreck to Timpanogos Hospital in Orem, police said. He was later…

For the second time in a month, a Utah athlete led Team USA’s athletes into Beijing’s National Stadium to kick off an international celebration of winter sport. Park City native Danelle Umstead joined fellow alpine skier Tyler Carter in marching ahead of the 67-member United States delegation Friday as it entered the stadium best known…

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A bill that would restrict the public from accessing certain internal law enforcement records is headed to Gov. Spencer Cox’s desk after passing out of the Senate late Thursday, the penultimate day of this year’s legislative session. Stakeholders have said access to these records is critical to maintain public trust and hold government employees accountable…

There was something strange and off-putting — along with a significant question — blowing in the desert air on Saturday afternoon. And it wasn’t the smell of blooming saguaros across Pima County. It was much more disagreeable than that. It was the surprising stench of a normally redolent Utah football team that everyone expected to…

Tucson, Ariz. • After things did not go according to plan Saturday afternoon, after the University of Utah flirted with the unthinkable here in the desert, after everyone took a breath following a 38-29 win over Arizona, TJ Pledger issued a reminder as to what is happening right now. “It’s Championship November, everybody’s coming,” Pledger…

Utah State entered CEFCU Stadium as four-point underdogs to San Jose State but left with a 48-17 victory despite a 14-0 second-quarter deficit. It’s a win that keeps the Aggies on the inside track to appear in the Mountain West championship game for the second time in school history. Head coach Blake Anderson his team…

Ogden • After a 24-year championship drought, the Grantsville Cowboys are champs once again. The Cowboys beat the Morgan Trojans 14-10 on Saturday at Weber State’s Stewart Stadium to claim the UHSAA 3A state championship, the fourth football title in school history. “When no one believed in us, we believed in ourselves,” said Grantsville’s Caleb…