Alex Ovechkin is considered week-to-week after injuring his lower left leg in the Washington Capitals' most recent game at Utah.

Utah athletic director Mark Harlan blasted the Big 12 officiating crew following BYU’s 22-21 win over the Utes for controversial calls on the Cougars’ winning drive.

Kansas is No. 1 in the AP Top 25 preseason men's basketball poll ahead of Alabama and two-time defending national champion UConn.

Utah Hockey Club management insists it’s an expansion team.

A top leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is urging members to “avoid what is harsh and hateful” in the heat of election season.

The Sundance Film Festival has narrowed its search for a new home down to three finalists.

A federal judge in Utah temporarily blocked a social media access law aimed at protecting children’s privacy.

The top leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is celebrating a milestone birthday, his 100th.

A scuba dive boat captain has been ordered to pay about $32,000 in restitution to the families of three of the 34 people killed in a fire aboard the vessel in 2019.

A look the latest news in the 2024 Olympic Games.

As expected, Salt Lake City will be an Olympics host again after the IOC formally awarded the 2034 Winter Games to the United States bid.

Salt Lake City has been formally awarded the 2034 Winter Olympics following a vote by the International Olympic Committee in Paris.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is seeking to broaden support outside Washington, D.

Actor Matthew McConaughey continues to tease about someday running for political office.

Utah voters will decide whether Sen. Mitt Romney’s brand of politics can still succeed in Republican primaries.

A heat wave will bring dangerously hot temperatures to the Midwest and Northeast next week, with health officials urging people to make plans now to stay safe.

Salt Lake City is still cruising toward being named the 2034 Winter Olympics host next month.

The NHL team in Utah is down to six finalists for a name.

Search crews have recovered the bodies of two backcountry skiers who were swept away and buried by an avalanche in the mountains outside Salt Lake City.

Two backcountry skiers were killed and one was rescued after an avalanche Thursday in the mountains outside of Salt Lake City.

Ownership of the NHL's team in Utah has given fans 20 choices to vote on for the franchise's new name.

Transgender activists have flooded a Utah tip line created to alert state officials to possible violations of a new bathroom law with thousands of hoax reports.

Utah educators have been rushing to prepare students and staff as the state starts cracking down on any public school found not enforcing new bathroom restrictions for transgender individuals.

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman sat next to the former Arizona Coyotes owner in a downtown Phoenix hotel meeting room, trying to put a positive spin on the funeral for a franchise.

The NHL team moving from Arizona to Salt Lake City will be known as Utah, at least initially.

The Coyotes closed out their 28-year Arizona tenure as winners, getting a goal and an assist from Dylan Guenther in a 5-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers.

Arizona Coyotes players have been informed the NHL club is expected to relocate to Salt Lake City, according to a person with knowledge of the meeting.

Many other past Olympic hosts around the world have decided in recent years that bringing back the Games isn’t worth the money or hassle.

Maia Kobabe’s graphic memoir “Gender Queer” continues its troubled run as the country’s most controversial book, topping the American Library Association’s “challenged books” list for a third straight year.

Gonzaga played a nearly perfect second half, busting open a back-and-forth game with a 15-0 run to pull away from Kansas for an 89-68 win and extend its nation-best streak of trips to the Sweet 16 to nine.

The referee who blew the whistle that worked against Samford at the end of its loss to Kansas in the NCAA Tournament might be following the Bulldogs straight out of town.

Kansas got a kind whistle at the end and Nicolas Timberlake made both his free throws to help the Jayhawks hold off Samford for a 93-89 victory in the NCAA Tournament.

Long Beach State’s athletic director says the timing of his decision to part ways with coach Dan Monson was done with the hope it might trigger the exact run that led the team on its unexpected trip to March Madness.

It's a great thing for those who love compelling rivalries in sports, and it should make for one of the great storylines of the Paris Olympics.

Lauri Markkanen scored 26 points and the Utah Jazz beat the San Antonio Spurs 128-109 to snap a five-game skid.

Klay Thompson was told Thursday he wouldn’t be starting a game for the first time since he was a Golden State rookie in 2012.

Utah has become the latest state to prohibit diversity training, hiring and inclusion programs at universities and in state government.

The NBA has announced the Dallas Mavericks’ game at the Golden State Warriors scheduled for Friday night has been postponed following the death of Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojević.

There are two kinds of people: those that think reality TV is trash and obnoxious, or you think the current cast of “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” deserve every Emmy Award under the sun for their work.

There had never been a day in NBA history where five teams all scored at least 140 points.

A man has been found dead at Salt Lake City International Airport after police say he breached an emergency exit door and climbed inside a jet engine.

Jordan Clarkson came off the bench to post the first regular-season triple-double by a Utah player since 2008, leading the Jazz to a 127-90 win over the Dallas Mavericks.

A trade group that represents TikTok and other major tech companies has sued Utah over its first-in-the-nation laws requiring children to get parental consent to use social media apps.

The nonprofit organization GivingTuesday estimates that donors gave $3.1 billion this year on what has become one of the most important fundraising dates for U.S. nonprofits, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving.

Supporting nonprofits on GivingTuesday this year could have a bigger impact than usual.

Karene Reid returned an interception for a touchdown and Landen King had a TD catch for No. 11 Utah, which used a stifling defensive performance to beat No. 22 UCLA 14-7.

The nationwide surge in book bannings continues.

Bryson Barnes threw a 70-yard touchdown pass to Money Parks on Utah’s first play of the game, rushed for another score and No. 14 Utes beat Florida 24-11 on Thursday night in the opener for both teams.

President Joe Biden will welcome Australia's prime minister to the White House in October for the visit and state dinner that the U.S. promised when Biden had to scrap a stop in Australia earlier this year to focus on debt limit talks in Washington.

A Texas man whose body was found in Arches National Park in Utah is believed to have died of heat stroke while on a trip to spread his father’s ashes.

Chet Holmgren has taken another positive step on his surgically repaired right foot.

After years of sailboats being hoisted out of the shrinking Great Salt Lake amid fears they might not return, sailors are back this summer.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox says elections to replace resigning U.S. Rep. Chris Stewart will take place in the fall.

The U.S. Census Bureau says it is delaying the release, and narrowing the scope, of some of the most detailed data from the 2020 census — until next year.

Utah Republican Chris Stewart is resigning from his seat in the narrowly divided U.S. House of Representatives.

An adult entertainment industry group has filed a lawsuit challenging a new Utah law that requires porn websites to implement age verification mechanisms to block minors from accessing sexually explicit materials.

A Utah judge has ruled that the state law banning abortion clinics cannot take effect on Wednesday as scheduled amid a lawsuit filed by the state’s largest abortion provider.

A Utah judge said he would decide next week whether to delay implementing a state ban on abortion clinics that providers argue could end access to the procedure throughout the state.

Nikola Jokic is a finalist to win a third straight NBA MVP award, with Joel Embiid and Giannis Antetokounmpo the players who can stop him.

The U.S. is preparing to announce a deal with Mexico to counter fentanyl coming across the southern border, with Mexico cracking down on labs and smuggling while the U.S. does more to stop the flow of U.S. guns into Mexico, two sources familiar with the strategy told NBC News.

A new report from the American Library Association says attempted book bannings and restrictions at school and public libraries continue to surge, setting a record in 2022.

The Sacramento Kings might just be riding the beam all the way to the NBA playoffs.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said on Friday that he plans to sign a measure that would effectively ban abortion clinics from operating in the state.

A proposal to ban abortion clinics in Utah and have them provided exclusively at hospitals passed the Utah Senate.

Gianna Kneepkens scored 28 points to lead No. 8 Utah to an 84-78 victory over No. 3 Stanford that gave the Utes a share of their first regular-season Pac-12 Conference title.

Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo left late in the first quarter of the Bucks’ game against the Miami Heat after the Bucks said he knocked knees with an opponent.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission says The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its investment arm will pay $5 million in fines.

Milwaukee star Giannis Antetokounmpo is scheduled to be in New York on Monday to undergo testing and get further evaluation on his injured right wrist, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

Damian Lillard was the first reserve taken by captain Giannis Antetokounmpo in Sunday’s All-Star Game draft, and Joel Embiid was the first starter taken by fellow captain LeBron James for the matchup.

A person with knowledge of the decision says Kevin Love has chosen to sign with the Miami Heat for the remainder of the season once he clears waivers.

The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association clearly do not agree on everything, as evidenced by the fact that there’s no new Collective Bargaining Agreement yet.

The 72nd NBA All-Star Game takes place Sunday night in Salt Lake City.

There will be an NBA game in Salt Lake City on Sunday night.

Salt Lake City’s hosting of this weekend’s NBA All-Star game for the first time in three decades is giving Utah another opportunity to try to change long-held notions that the state is odd or peculiar.

Lawmakers throughout the United States are weighing proposals to legalize psychedelic mushrooms for people.

Donovan Mitchell had 46 points in his return to Utah, but the Jazz rallied late behind Jordan Clarkson to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 116-114.

Court documents detail the events that led to the death of a popular Houston area bull rider who was allegedly shot and killed by a woman he was dating. Lashawn Bagley, 21, fired bullets at Demetrius Omar Lateef Allen until her gun was empty after she saw him flirting with one of her friends, investigators said.

The Outdoor Retailer trade show is back in Salt Lake City this week after a four-year run in Denver.

Sam Smith will embark on a set of stadium shows across North America this year to promote his forthcoming album “Gloria”.

Federal officials will more closely monitor the impacts of shrinking lakes throughout the U.S. West after President Joe Biden signed legislation that creates and funds monitoring efforts into the region's saline lakes.

The U.S. population grew by 1.2 million people this year, with growth largely driven by international migration, and the nation now has 333.2 million residents.

Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto and the Japanese Olympic Committee say they will “discontinue for some time” their effort to land the 2030 Winter Games because of damage done by the Tokyo Olympic bid-rigging scandal.

After missing a month with a sore right heel, Chris Paul returned Wednesday night against the NBA-leading Boston Celtics.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints voiced its support for proposed federal legislation safeguarding same-sex marriages.

Take note: The Utah Jazz evidently need a new hashtag.

A Utah-based Native American tribe that frequently has sparred with President Joe Biden criticized the White House again for not adequately consulting its leaders ahead of this week’s creation of a national monument on ancestral lands in Colorado.

Family and friends have said their final goodbyes to Demetrius Omar Lateef Allen, also known as “Ouncie Mitchell” in the professional bull riding world.

A pro bull rider was killed in Utah overnight Monday in what Salt Lake City police are calling a domestic violence homicide.

The wave of attempted book banning and restrictions continues to intensify, the American Library Association reported Friday.

Grab your skis and parkas because “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” are back, and the trailer for the new season looks crazier than ever.

The Salt Lake City Police Department has released body-camera footage of a struggle between police officers and an unarmed man, who wound up dead.

About 10% of monkeypox vaccine doses have been given to Black people, even though they account for one-third of U.S. cases.

Utah state and county officials have sued the Biden administration over the president’s decision last year to restore two sprawling national monuments on rugged lands sacred to Native Americans that President Donald Trump had downsized.

British health officials say the monkeypox outbreak across the country “shows signs of slowing” but that it’s still too soon to know if the decline will be maintained.

It turns out millennials haven't strayed very far from the areas where they grew up.

A member of “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” has pleaded guilty to a fraud conspiracy charge that could result in a prison sentence of over 11 years.

The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline plunged 19 cents over the past two weeks to $4.86 per gallon.

No. 2 pick Chet Holmgren shined in his debut, scoring 13 of his 23 points in the first quarter to help the Thunder build an early 20-point lead en route to a 98-77 victory over the Utah Jazz.

Recent meetings with the IOC have led U.S. officials to believe all signs point toward Salt Lake City bidding for the 2034 Winter Olympics, though they say Utah’s capital will be ready if asked to host the 2030 Games, too.

Eileen Gu won two gold medals for China in freestyle skiing at the recent Beijing Olympics.