Jeff Caplan’s Afternoon News

KSL News Brief 6:30pm - April 8, 2026

KSL News Brief 6:30pm - April 8, 2026

The last we heard from Iran...the Strait of Hormuz was closed again...because of Israel's attacks on Lebanon. The last we heard from the White House...Lebanon wasn't ever part of the ceasefire deal to begin with. 

Joining me now LIVE is Political Analyst and President of ASG Consulting Adam Gardiner.

KSL News Brief 5:30pm - April 8, 2026

Not even 24 hours after the ceasefire deal with Iran was announced... its status is in question.

The White House says it once again comes down to the Strait of Hormuz... if it's still open there's a ceasefire. If Iran closes it again... all deals are off.

KSL News Brief 4:30pm - April 8, 2026

KSL News Brief 4:00pm - April 8, 2026

We have an update today... on the petition to repeal Utah's anti-gerrymandering law.

We're learning that a *second* senate district did not get enough signatures to put the repeal on the ballot.

Joining me live is Inside Sources co-host Holly Richardson.

KSL News Brief 3:30pm - April 8, 2026

Lines are murky between the U-S and Iran right now. Iranian officials have said that the ceasefire agreement has been broken, and the Strait of Hormuz is closed. But U-S officials have said...nuh uh. 

Joining me now LIVE is NewsNation National Security Contributor... Lt. Gen. Richard Newton.

KSL News Brief 3:00pm - April 8, 2026

KSL News Brief 6:30pm - April 7, 2026

We're continuing to follow updates about the temporary ceasefire with Iran.

President Trump says the basis of their negotiations over the next two weeks.. is Iran's 10-point peace plan.

Joining me live to talk more about it is Dr. Austin Knuppe, Assistant Professor at USU and Director of Heravi Peace Institute.

KSL News Brief 6:00pm - April 7, 2026

We're continuing to follow updates about the United States temporary ceasefire deal with Iran.

Joining me live is University of Utah law professor and Israeli-American Amos Guiora.

KSL News Brief 5:30pm - April 7, 2026

BREAKING NEWS...

President Trump says he's agreed to push back his 6 pm bombing deadline.  He'll push it back by two weeks...  *if* Iran agrees to open the Strait of Hormuz.

The latest... from ABC News.

Just *minutes ago* President Trump made a post on Truth Social...saying that he'd postpone bombings on Iran for two weeks while they negotiate *if* the strait of hormuz is reopened. That announcement was only about an hour before the deadline he had set for Iran to reach a deal and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Joining me LIVE now is University of Utah historian Peter Roady.

KSL News Brief 4:30pm - April 7, 2026

A vaguely worded warning from the Trump administration says that hackers working for Iran have begun cyberattacks against US water and energy systems.

Joining me live is Tanner Jensen... the director of the Statewide Information and Analysis Center.

KSL News Brief 4:00pm - April 7, 2026

There's just over 2 hours to go until President Trump's deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz. Meantime... we're hearing that the President is currently reviewing a plan for a two-week ceasefire with Iran.

Joining me live is NewsNation's National Correspondent Jessica Kartalija.. who is in Qatar.

KSL News Brief 3:30pm - April 7, 2026

After a thrilling and spellbinding trip around the moon... the Artemis crew is earthbound.

Joining me now LIVE is ABC News Correspondent Jim Ryan...  when do they get home

KSL News Brief 3:00pm - April 7, 2026

KSL News Brief 6:00pm - April 6, 2026

The mission was a success... the Artemis 2 has circled the far side of the moon. The rest of their journey will be spent returning to Earth.

Joining me live is NASA ambassador for Utah, Patrick Wiggins.

As we speak the Artemis Crew is losing contact with mission control. This as they reach their farthest point from earth...behind the moon.

Joining us LIVE now is the resident Artemis expert at the Clark Planetarium... Jason Trump

DEVELOPING NEWS...

Artemis 2 has gone dark.

The four astronauts aboard Orion have made it to the moon and are currently being gravitationally pulled around it's dark side.

Moments before losing signal... these were the words from NASA pilot Victor Glover.

KSL News Brief 5:30pm - April 6, 2026

KSL News Brief 5:00pm - April 6, 2026

KSL News Brief 4:30pm - April 6, 2026

President Trump told Iran to expect massive military attacks on its civilian infrastructure... if they don't open up the Strait of Hormuz by 6 pm Utah time tomorrow.

Joining me now live is the Director of the Center for National Security Studies at UVU, Ryan Vogel.

KSL News Brief 4:00pm - April 6, 2026

If Iran doesn't make a deal with the U-S...and reopen the Strait of Hormuz by 6 pm tomorrow...President Trump says he'll start bombing infrastructure.

Joining me now LIVE is NewsNation's National Security Contributor... Lt. Gen. Richard Newton

KSL SPORTS...

How's your bracket looking? Probably not great by now. The NCAA tournament is just about over. Tonight is the championship game between number 2 U-Conn and number one Michigan. 

Joining me LIVE is KSL Sports anchor Sam Farnsworth

KSL News Brief 3:30pm - April 6, 2026

KSL News Brief 3:00pm - April 6, 2026

We wanted to check in on the mission... how it's been going so far... so joining me live is NASA ambassador Patrick Wiggins.

KSL News Brief 5:30pm - April 3, 2026

KSL's Top Story

After decades on death row… a Utah murder case is entering a new phase… as the man once convicted is now trying to get it thrown out completely.

KSL NewsRadio’s Eric Cabrera is live in Provo with where the case goes from here. 

KSL News Brief 5:00pm - April 3, 2026

KSL News Brief 4:30pm - April 3, 2026

KSL News Brief 4:00pm - April 3, 2026

This weekend is general conference for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. And this session...has something extra special. They'll be holding a Solemn Assembly tomorrow morning...

Joining me now LIVE is Church News reporter Aimee Cobabe.

Governor Cox announced today that President Trump has requested 1 billion dollars for the Great Salt Lake. 

Joining me now live is Great Salt Lake commissioner Brian Steed... who's in DC this afternoon.

KSL News Brief 3:30pm - April 3, 2026

KSL News Brief 3:00pm - April 3, 2026

Maybe you already got your warning in the mail. The Lieutenant Governor has sent out letters to registered voters in Utah... letting them know that some of their information that used to be private -- things like your address and elections you've voted in -- will now be public.

Joining me now live is Senator John Johnson.. who sponsored the bill to make this happen.

We're hearing about a *second* U-S military jet shot down by Iran. An A-10 Thunderbolt crashed in Kuwait...but the pilot was able to eject and is safe. This after an F-15 was struck down earlier today...with search and rescue operations still ongoing for one crew member.

Joining me now LIVE is former FBI special agent in charge Rich Frankel. 

KSL News Brief 6:00pm - April 2, 2026

KSL's top

BREAKING NEWS...

Weber county has charged a 14 year old with murder...after a car accident that led to the death of two children. KSL News Radio's Raegan Edelman explains the story...

KSL News Brief 5:00pm - April 2, 2026

Pam Bondi...is out. In a post on Truth Social today...President Trump confirmed that he had fired her from her role of attorney general. 

Joining me now LIVE with more...The Hill's Ashleigh Fields.

KSL News Brief 4:30pm - April 2, 2026

According to our latest report... 559 Utahns have gotten measles since the outbreak began. Most recently.. it's spread to the University of Utah campus.

Joining me live is State Epidemiologist  Dr. Leisha Nolen.

KSL News Brief 4:00pm - April 2, 2026

This weekend... millions of Latter-day Saints will tune in to General Conference hear from leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

All four sessions will air right here on KSL NewsRadio and on KSL TV.

In between these sessions... you'll hear stories brought to you by dozens of people in the KSL newsroom.

One of those stories... is about the Other Side Academy. It's brought to you by KSL TV's Mike Headrick.. who joins me now live in studio.

KSL News Brief 3:30pm - April 2, 2026

Despite President Trump's insistence last night that the war in Iran is "nearing completion" ... oil prices surged back up over 100 dollars today.

Joining me now live is Petroleum analyst with Gas Buddy Matt McClain.

KSL News Brief 5:30pm - April 1, 2026

KSL News Brief 5:00pm - April 1, 2026

KSL News Brief 4:00pm - April 1, 2026

Artemis 2 is headed toward orbit... liftoff a success 25 minutes ago 

The Mission commander... Reid Wiseman... says they're looking at a beautiful moonrise... and they're headed right at it. The four-astronaut crew is going further than any human has ever gone before.

NASA Ambassador Patrick Wiggins joined us live just moments ago to explain what's next in the coming hours and days.

Artemis 2 has launched... four astronauts are headed to the moon.. they'll circle around it come right back. 

Claps erupted at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida this afternoon.. and at the Clark Planetarium in Utah where dozens have gathered to watch history in the making.

Joining me now is our NASA ambassador Patrick Wiggins.

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on President Trump's executive order to do away with birthright citizenship today...while he was inside the court room. Joining me now LIVE to talk about how it went...is ABC News Legal Analyst Royal Oakes. 

KSL News Brief 3:30pm - April 1, 2026

More than 50 years later... DNA experts have identified a body found a few days ago in the mountains above Springville.  It was a young woman killed by Ted Bundy in 1974.

Joining me live is former FBI agent Greg Rogers.

KSL News Brief 3:00pm - April 1, 2026

KSL News Brief 6:30pm - March 31, 2026

KSL News Brief 6:00pm - March 31, 2026

KSL News Brief 5:30pm - March 31, 2026

KSL's TOP STORY

Two people are dead... two others injured... in what police are calling a murder-suicide in Kearns last night.

KSL NewsRadio’s Heather Peterson... with what we know.

KSL News Brief 5:00pm - March 31, 2026

KSL News Brief 4:30pm - March 31, 2026

Today...a federal judge *blocked* President Trump from cutting PBS and NPR's funding...saying the president's decision was based on discrimination.

Joining me now LIVE to talk about it is President and CEO of the Radio Television Digital News Association... Tara Puckey.

KSL News Brief 4:00pm - March 31, 2026

KSL News Brief 3:30pm - March 31, 2026

Police say an overnight shooting in Kearns... was a murder-suicide. They say a man killed his wife and her two adult children... before turning the gun on himself.

KSL NewsRadio's Heather Peterson was there when police gave the update earlier this afternoon. She joins us now live with what she learned. 

KSL News Brief 3:00pm - March 31, 2026

KSL News Brief 3:30pm - March 30, 2026

KSL News Brief 3:00pm - March 30, 2026

KSL News Brief 6:00pm - March 27, 2026

KSL News Brief 5:30pm - March 27, 2026

KSL'S TOP STORY...

Spring break is underway.  And it was off to a very slow start at Salt Lake Airport.  

This morning ... it took two hours to get through security... and airport officials are warning that you'd better plan ahead...

Let's check in with KSL NewsRadio's Eric Cabrera..  joining us LIVE from the airport.

KSL News Brief 5:00pm - March 27, 2026

KSL News Brief 4:30pm - March 27, 2026

KSL News Brief 4:00pm - March 27, 2026

You just heard that TSA workers will finally get paid starting Monday... and just in the nick of time.

ABC News Correspondent ALEX STONE joins us live...

KSL News Brief 3:30pm - March 27, 2026

KSL News Brief 3:00pm - March 27, 2026

KSL News Brief 6:00pm - March 26, 2026

There won't be any statewide voting about the Utah Congressional map.   The effort to put Prop-4 back on the ballot is all but dead. 

We have team coverage.. let's begin with KSL NewsRadio’s Eric Cabrera.  He joins us live from the state capitol. Eric, what happened.

KSL News Brief 5:00pm - March 26, 2026

KSL News Brief 4:30pm - March 26, 2026

Get used to the heat...and the road work ahead. We're headed head first into construction season. And UDOT has announced 176 plans...totaling almost three billion for the year.

Joining me now LIVE for some details...is UDOT's John Gleason...

KSL News Brief 4:00pm - March 26, 2026

In an emotional interview with her friend and former Today Show co-host Hoda Kotb .. Savannah Guthrie discussed her mother's disappearance... and the guilt she's been living with ever since.

Joining me live is Former Special Agent in Charge with the FBI, Rich Frankel.

In an emotional interview with her friend and former Today Show co-host Hoda Kotb .. Savannah Guthrie discussed her mother's disappearance... and the guilt she's been living with ever since.

Joining me live is Former Special Agent in Charge with the FBI, Rich Frankel.

KSL News Brief 3:30pm - March 26, 2026