Lisa Riley Roche

1 week ago | ksl.com | Lisa Riley Roche

SALT LAKE CITY — Former Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt has a long list of ways the 2002 Winter Games moved Utah forward, including the rapid rebuilding of I-15, and wants to see the same from the next Olympics. At an Envision Utah breakfast Wednesday in the University of Utah's Rice-Eccles Stadium tower, Leavitt recalled a moment from the finale of the 2002 closing ceremony held there that made it clear the efforts were appreciated. "The fireworks are going. The music is playing.

1 week ago | deseret.com | Lisa Riley Roche

Former Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt has a long list of ways the 2002 Winter Games moved Utah forward, including the rapid rebuilding of I-15, and wants to see the same from the next Olympics. At an Envision Utah breakfast Wednesday in the University of Utah's Rice-Eccles Stadium tower, Leavitt recalled a moment from the finale of the 2002 Closing Ceremonies held there that made it clear the efforts were appreciated. "The fireworks are going. The music is playing.

1 week ago | deseret.com | Lisa Riley Roche

Olympic gold medal gymnast Mary Lou Retton faces a charge of driving under the influence. Known as "America's Sweetheart" after her win at the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles, Retton, 57, was arrested on May 17 in her hometown of Fairmont, West Virginia, and posted a $1,500 bond, CBS Sports reported, citing court records.

1 week ago | deseret.com | Lisa Riley Roche

Last year, Utah launched Gov. Spencer Cox's novel plan, making some $300 million in public funds available for low-interest loans to encourage developers to build more affordable homes for first-time buyers. But just $10.7 million has been transferred from the fund, in February for a Nilson Homes project just outside Plain City, Weber County, according to the Utah State Treasurer's office. The first dozen of what eventually will be 275 homes priced below $450,000 have been built and sold.

1 week ago | ksl.com | Lisa Riley Roche

SALT LAKE CITY — One in seven pending home sales in the U.S. were canceled in April. It's the highest share of sales to fall through in April since 2020, which was after the COVID-19 pandemic had been declared just a month earlier, stalling the nation's housing market, according to a new analysis by Redfin, a Seattle-based brokerage site. Around 56,000 purchase agreements for homes in the U.S. were canceled in April, the analysis found, 14.3% of the homes that went under contract.