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The lawyer for the family of missing Utah woman Susan Powell said Tuesday that even as local police close the active part of their investigation into her disappearance, federal authorities continue to review the case - a claim that was denied by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Salt Lake City.

In Moore, Okla., at least 24 people - including nine children - were killed, and more than 200 people were injured by the 200-mph winds across 17 miles.

Washington a Gov. Gary Herbert backed the idea of a congressional " grand bargain " to solve the decades-old contentious public lands debate in Utah but he still says the federal government should hand over public lands to the state.

Founded in 1850 Research I University Top 100 world ranking 190 majors 2007 Nobel Prize winner Mario Cappechi Pac-12 Conference member starting in 2011-12 Ranked among the top 100 universities in the world, the University of Utah is renowned for its research expertise, academic performance and athletic prowess.

West Valley City Deputy Police Chief Mike Powell, center, makes remarks during a news conference, while West Valley City Mayor Mike Winder, right, and West Valley City Manager Wayne Pyle, left, look on Monday, May 20, 2013, in West Valley City, Utah.

Those following the safety of our children are likely to have heard about the ongoing opposition to Common Core and CSCOPE .

It's long overdue. The first-ever Utah Biennial art exhibit at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art assembles the most representative Utah contemporary art, after the art world tradition of the Venice Biennale.

Renters in a Holladay apartment complex want their money back after they found bed bugs living in their home when they moved in.

The warm weather has brought a transition time here on the Green. The smaller bugs are less prevalent and bigger bugs are starting to show.

West Valley police have called a 3 p.m. news conference they say will involve "detailed updates" pertaining to the 3 ½-year-old case.

I met former Vice President Dick Cheney when he was a Wyoming congressman in the 1980s and I was an officer for the Utah Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

The Salt Lake Tribune) Irrigation lines are piled together amid heaps of trash, clothing and food items, the only remnants of a marijuana grove that once held more than 4,200 plants in Iron County, Thursday, November 1, 2012.

With few exceptions, the pattern of jobs distributed across Utah is largely unchanged after two recessions since the turn of the new century.

Utahns made an all-time high 23,000 gun purchases in December, the same month as the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.

Provo school officials have not lost one youngster to suicide in the past seven years, a remarkable fact given suicide's prevalence in other parts of the Beehive State.

A refugee woman from Congo has started a new life in Utah, and shares her story of survival with her new friends and neighbors to offer them hope.

The Utah Republican Party again rejected a series of reforms to the party's nominating process in a move that could trigger a threatened ballot initiative to overhaul the system for picking candidates.

Utah County officials on Saturday celebrated the opening of the 17-mile Murdock Canal Trail that starts at the mouth of Provo Canyon and ends at Thanksgiving Point.

"Dance with the Bear: The Joe Rosenblatt Story," written by Joe's oldest son, Norman, documents the life of an internationally known Utah businessman, government and community leader.

District Attorney Sim Gill and a defense attorney will join us to explain how they are going to handle all of the West Valley Police Department's dismissed cases.