Utah

SALT LAKE CITY — Organizers of a new effort to explore the possibility of bringing the Olympics back to Salt Lake City say they’ve heard nothing but good things from officials pushing competing bids to host the 2022 Winter Games at Lake Tahoe or Denver.

OGDEN -- The search for a new Ogden police chief will probably take a little longer than city officials expected.

SALT LAKE CITY -- Playing with a little extra fire thanks to ESPN's world-wide audience, the Jazz were juiced for their late-night game with the Western Conference-leading Oklahoma City Thunder.

And playing the night after a nationally televised West Coast game at Sacramento, the Thunder on Friday seemed ripe for the ripping.

Of course perception isn't always reality.

OGDEN -- Christy Vu wants to thank the police officers in Ogden for protecting her and risking their lives every day to do so.

The 9-year-old Lincoln Elementary School student said she felt very sad when Ogden Police Officer Jared Francom was killed and five other officers were wounded early in January.

Christy, along with several of her classmates who are part of the YMCA after-school program, recently made get-well cards for Ogden Police Officers Shawn Grogan, Kasey Burrell and Michael Rounkles, Weber County Sheriff's Sgt. Nate Hutchinson and Roy Police Officer Jason Vanderwarf.

OGDEN -- A 3-1 win over the visiting Park City Junior Moose was all it took for the Mustangs to lasso a seat in the Western States Hockey League postseason after a roller coaster inaugural season.

With six regular season games left Ogden's junior hockey team now has piece of mind that those won't be their last.

"The boys deserve it and they've earned it," Coach Joe Pfleegor said. "Not only did the boys fight hard to get to this point but if you look at the owners and what they've done for Ogden, it's incredible."

OGDEN -- Mary Griffin grew up in the South surrounded by rich black culture and savory soul food.