Posts Tagged Utah

Idaho man heads to court after terrorism arrest

This undated image provided by the Idaho State Police shows Fazliddin Kurbanov. Kurbanov, an Uzbekistan national, pleaded not guilty during his first court appearance Friday, May 17, 2013 on U.S. charges that he gave support, cash and other resources to help a recognized terrorist group in his home country plan a terrorist attack there. (AP Photo/Idaho State Police)

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — He was a Russian-speaking truck driver who came to Idaho nearly four years ago to join hundreds of other Uzbekistan refugees for whom the state has become a sanctuary from violence in their home country.

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Ex-NASCAR racer to court after NV-AZ-UT chase

ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A former NASCAR driver who led police on a high-speed chase through Nevada, Arizona and Utah has been ordered to appear in Utah state court next month.

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Polley tells all on herself in ‘Stories We Tell’

This Jan. 21, 2013 photo shows director Sarah Polley from the film "Stories We Tell" during the 2013 Sundance Film Festival at the Fender Music Lodge in Park City, Utah. A shifting blend of documentary, confessional and reenactment, Polley’s “Stories We Tell” picks away at layers of history and mystery in her family life, exposing secrets to the world that many wouldn’t want to share even with close friends. (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP, File)

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Enough with telling other people’s stories. Sarah Polley has moved on to telling her own, and it’s as strange, revealing, disturbing and ultimately uplifting as anything a fictional filmmaker could dream up in her own head.

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Cedar City boy headed to national Soap Box Derby

CEDAR CITY, Utah (AP) — A Utah boy has won himself a spot in the national All-American Soap Box Derby in Akron, Ohio this summer.

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