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2 days ago | ksl.com | Lisa Riley Roche

SALT LAKE CITY — There's a timeline for organizers of Utah's 2034 Winter Games. "We're definitely in the forming stage right now of the organization," Brad Wilson, the CEO of Utah's next Olympics, told members of the advisory steering committee at their second-ever meeting held Monday. The eight people already on the organizing committee's payroll recognize the importance of what they're doing, Wilson said.

2 days ago | ksl.com | Carter Williams

LAKETOWN, Rich County — Bear Lake State Park officials are asking drivers to slow down and pay attention after a black bear was recently struck and killed by a vehicle near a popular beach. The bear was found dead alongside a dirt road near Cisco Beach on Utah's side of the lake's eastern shore, park officials posted on social media Wednesday.

2 days ago | ksl.com | Emily Janeen Ashcraft

FARMINGTON — Former 3rd District Judge William Kendall logged onto WebEx, a video platform used by Utah courts, on Wednesday like he has done many times before — but this time as a defendant facing his own charges. He spoke respectfully to Judge Jennifer Valencia, referring to her with "your honor" when confirming he waived his right to have the charges against him read and a preliminary hearing.

2 days ago | ksl.com | Carter Williams

SALT LAKE CITY — Adam Turner became emotional as he described how the best job he's ever had has turned into a nightmare. He says he became a Utah Transit Authority bus operator to provide for his wife and three children, but he's had to take on more split shifts, working two time periods stretched out throughout the day. It's taken him away from his family, who are often in bed by the time he comes home, while he's had to pick up spare jobs to afford the rising cost of child care.

2 days ago | ksl.com | Pat Reavy

SOUTH OGDEN — A fast food restaurant manager in Weber County is facing criminal charges accusing him of engaging in an illegal sexual relationship with a 17-year-old co-worker for at least three months. Joshua Kevin Ashby, 29, of South Ogden, was charged Wednesday in 2nd District Court with 16 felonies, including 10 counts of rape and four counts of forcible sodomy, first-degree felonies; and sexual exploitation of a minor and obstruction of justice, second-degree felonies.