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Hundreds of volunteers on Saturday searched Salt Lake City for a missing 30-year-old man.
Swenson was last seen Tuesday afternoon in American Fork. The car he was driving was found unoccupied on Wednesday morning at Park View Elementary, 970 Emery Street (1150 West), in Salt Lake City, according to American Fork police Sgt.

The Outdoor Retailer trade show moved to Salt Lake City in 1996 during much simpler times with much more basic gear.
The iPhone wouldn’t be invented for another 11 years, meaning folks going outdoors didn’t feel the need to be connected. In those days, solar power chargers seemed like a faraway concept and electric lanterns the height of innovation.
Basics such as boots, sleeping bags, climbing gear, clothing, camp stoves, tents and coolers dominated the floor space.
But new and exciting gear ke...

Police on Saturday announced they had arrested one person and are considering charges against multiple people after a missing Gunnison teenager was found in a Cedar City apartment.

Kids at the Lied Boys and Girls Club in Salt Lake City each received a bike helmet donated by UnitedHealthcare Friday, a gift to help encourage them and their families to participate in Tour of Utah kids’ events.
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team members helped fit the helmets to each child, and gave lessons in helmet and bike safety and tips for the best stretches and exercises to do before an event.

A man involved in a fiery two-car crash near the University of Utah was identified Saturday.
Jeoffry Dahl, 77, is one of two drivers who died in Friday’s crash, according to Salt Lake City police.
A third person, a 77-year-old female passenger in Dahl’s vehicle, was in critical condition as of Friday evening.
Dahl, driving an SUV west on 500 South, rear-ended a smaller car, propelling it from 1300 East two blocks to 1100 East, Salt Lake City police Lt. Robin Heiden said.

Attorneys representing Utah’s media entities will be allowed to intervene in a civil rights lawsuit brought by the parents of a man who was shot and killed three years ago by a U.S. Marshal at Salt Lake City’s federal courthouse.
The Thursday ruling by U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul Cleary allows the media to seek access to a courtroom video depicting the April 21, 2014, shooting, which has been filed with the court under seal.
According to court documents, the video shows the marshal fire four sho...

Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and former state Rep. Chris Herrod will team up in Lehi on Saturday for an afternoon campaign rally.
Herrod is running for the 3rd Congressional District seat vacated by Jason Chaffetz, which includes Carbon, Emery, Grand, San Juan, Salt Lake, Utah and Wasatch counties.
The rally is set for 2:30 p.m. at 4205 Chapel Ridge Road, in Lehi.

A southern Utah woman beaten to death on an Alaskan cruise ship during an apparent dispute with her husband was kind and optimistic, her family wrote in a statement released late Friday night.
Kristy Manzanarez, 39, of Santa Clara, was reportedly celebrating her wedding anniversary with her husband when she was found murdered in her cabin on Tuesday.
“We are devastated over the loss of Kristy. She is the light of our lives — a devoted mother, daughter, sister and friend.

A 3-year-old girl is in critical condition after being hit by a car in Eagle Mountain on Friday evening.
The girl had been at the park across the street from her home on Wycliffe Way, and her mother called for her to come home about 6:25 p.m., according to Utah County sheriff’s Sgt. Spencer Cannon. The child didn’t cross as fast as the woman thought she would, according to Cannon, and as the girl crossed, a car struck her.

Two girls are in the hospital after lightning struck them in Beaver County on Friday morning.
The two girls, 8 and 16, were walking with their dog when lightning struck them abut 10:45 a.m., according to a news release from the Beaver County Sheriff’s Office.
Their families had been camping near Big Flat in the Beaver Mountains for a family reunion, the release stated. Their dog returned to camp and led family members to the girls, who were found unconscious.