Author: Mariah Wheeler

UTAH – The day some 10 years ago was memorable. The man who made it that way, not so much. It was one of the biggest moments in Utah sports history, the day the Utes were officially invited from the backwater Mountain West into what was supposed to become the big-time Pac-12. And the league’s commissioner, Larry Scott, was front and center, leading the festivities. He will lead no longer. Not after June, 2021. His deal, the one that made him the highest-paid commissioner in all of college sports, at one point enabling him to collect more than $5 million…

OGDEN, Utah — The Davis County Sheriff’s Office is having success with a new program that allows some inmates to use ankle monitors instead of being incarcerated. The program, first introduced in October, is designed for low-level and non-violent offenders who would spend their days in work release or school and their nights in jail. Funding from the federal CARES act allowed the Sheriff’s Office to purchase ankle monitors and laptop computers to track inmates. The Sheriff’s Office began its ankle monitor program with seven inmates in October. Since then, a total of 47 people have been admitted to the…