Verl Johansen

3 weeks ago | kslnewsradio.com | Pat Reavy |Verl Johansen |Tanner Tripp

PARK CITY — An argument at a Park City ski resort has resulted in a felony charge for a Connecticut man accused of tackling another skier while the victim was still in his skis. Paul Howard Kauffman, 63, of Wilton, Connecticut, was charged Wednesday in Summit County’s 3rd District Court with aggravated assault resulting in serious injury, a second-degree felony. Kauffman got into an argument with another man while on a ski slope at Deer Valley Resort on March 15, according to charging documents.

1 month ago | kslnewsradio.com | Adam Small |Verl Johansen

SALT LAKE CITY — The Department of Justice said Utah State University has taken some of the necessary steps to address yearslong Title IX concerns on its campus. Getting to Title IX compliance is something the university has been working to address for more than five years. The DOJ entered into a settlement with the university in 2020 after it found system-wide failures in how the school handled reports of sexual assault.

1 month ago | kslnewsradio.com | Brian Carlson |Shelby Lofton |Verl Johansen |Amie Schaeffer

SALT LAKE CITY – There’s a new addition to Temple Square. Wednesday morning, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints unveiled a new sculpture on its Main Street Plaza. The sculpture shows five women of different ages and ethnicities supporting each other. The message it’s meant to depict is one Christ taught himself, as recorded in the Bible. It’s the church’s first sculpture on the east side of Temple Square. Faith and wisdom are now on display in a new way at Temple Square. “It is glorious.

1 month ago | kslnewsradio.com | Mark Kennedy |Shelby Lofton |Verl Johansen |Amie Schaeffer

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Val Kilmer, the brooding, versatile actor who played fan favorite Iceman in “Top Gun,” donned a voluminous cape as Batman in “Batman Forever” and portrayed Jim Morrison in “The Doors,” has died. He was 65. Kilmer died Tuesday night in Los Angeles, surrounded by family and friends, his daughter, Mercedes Kilmer, said in an email to The Associated Press. Val Kilmer died from pneumonia. He had recovered after a 2014 throat cancer diagnosis that required two tracheotomies.

1 month ago | kslnewsradio.com | Tim Vandenack |Verl Johansen

SALT LAKE CITY — The debate over diversity programs in Utah schools — eliminated, presumably, in a controversial law approved by Utah lawmakers last year — isn’t over. Listen live at 8:45 a.m. on Utah’s Morning News. The Utah Board of Education on Thursday is to consider a resolution targeting lingering diversity, equity and inclusion practices that it says are “still present and active” in the state’s schools and Board of Education rules.