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Utah House Majority Leader Brad Dee returned this week from a trip to Europe that included an eight-day Rhine River cruise with three prominent Capitol Hill lobbyists and their spouses.

A Utah Army veteran charged with killing a police officer and wounding five others in a shootout during a marijuana raid was found hanging dead in his cell early Friday.

This Nov. 2, 2012, file photo, Matthew David Stewart walks into the court room during the third day of his preliminary trial at Second District Courthouse in Ogden, Utah.

President Barack Obama meets with Daniel Werfel, incoming Acting IRS Commissioner, in the Oval Office, May 17, 2013.

A law enforcement official from Davis County walks from the garage Thursday, May 23, 2013, at a home where two young boys were found dead Wednesday night in West Point, Utah.

A 15-year-old boy is in custody after authorities investigating the stabbing deaths of his younger adopted brothers found him miles away with traces of blood on him, officials said.

A 15-year-old boy is in custody after authorities investigating the stabbing deaths of his younger adopted brothers found him miles away with traces of blood on him, officials said.

She also had a long history with the local acoustic music scene, as a performer, a house concert host and a DJ; for more than three years, she was the host of KRCL's Sunday Bluegrass Express.

The U.S. Forest Service has issued the following advisory for campground status and safety tips in advance of the Memorial Day weekend.

After seven-months of hard work and recovery from the devastation of Superstorm Sandy, thousands have already begun to arrive for the annual "kick-off to summer" holiday.

All that is left of Shayne Patterson's three-bedroom home is the tiny area where his wife hunkered down under a mattress to protect their three children when a tornado packing winds of at least 200 mph slammed... A band of thunderstorms battered the Oklahoma City area Thursday, slowing cleanup operations in the suburb where a tornado killed 24 ... (more)

President Barack Obama says his administration is willing to consider accepting increased oversight of lethal drone strikes outside of war zones like Afghanistan.

Jurors in Jodi Arias' murder trial resume deliberations Thursday after they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether she should be sentenced to life in prison or death for killing her one-time... Jurors in Jodi Arias' trial resumed deliberations Thursday, a day after they reported they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether ... (more)

In 1983, the snowfall in the mountains around the Wasatch Front was so heavy that Salt Lake City had to build a canal of sandbags down State Street to carry away the spring runoff that the flooded streams couldn't handle.

Utah would have to spend an additional $365 million a year to move out of last place for per-pupil funding, and $2.6 billion to reach the national average, legislative fiscal analysts told lawmakers Wednesday.

Provo Veracity Networks, a Utah telecommunications provider, announced the launch of its new national Multi-Protocol Layer Switching , a customizable telecommunication system designed to integrate companies with multiple locations throughout the United States under one secure private network.

Laren Ruiz shields her candle from the breeze as she attends a DREAM Team event Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at the Mexican Federation of Clubs of Utah in Salt Lake City.

Scott D. Pierce writes about television for the Salt Lake Tribune. Vice president of the Television Critics Associationn, he's covered TV in Utah since 1990.

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The U.S. Interior Department has awarded more than $20 million in grants for water conservation projects in 11 Western states, including several in Utah, Nevada and California.