Jeff Caplan’s Afternoon News

KSL News Brief 6:00pm - May 8, 2026

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

KSL's Top Story:

A Utah Supreme Court Justice is hanging up her robe.  She's resigning ...ahead of an investigation into claims she had a relationship with an attorney who argued in the redistricting case before the high court.

KSL NewsRadio's Heather Peterson has the story.

KSL News Brief 5:00pm - May 8, 2026

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

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

You'd really have to *try* to visit every single park... 511 of them... in Salt Lake County. 

Well... we'd like to introduce you to someone who's done it. 

Joining me live is Ali Vallarta..

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

Little green men and flying saucers are getting extra scrutiny today from armchair experts... now that the Pentagon has released its first batch of U-F-O reports from the last 80 years. 

Joining me live is Deseret News congressional correspondent Cami Mondeaux.

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

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

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

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

Drivers reported seeing a fireball in the sky yesterday evening... at least one person shared video from about 72nd West and I-80 shot on their car's dash cam. 

Joining me now live is education programs supervisor at the Clark Planetarium... Jason Trump. 

KSL's Top Story:

Right after winning approval... the company planning the Box Elder County data center ...has pulled its application for water rights.  The question is... why?

We have several reports on the data center fallout... beginning with KSL NewsRadio's Heather Peterson.

KSL News Brief 5:00pm - May 7, 2026

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

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

At least one more person has come down with hantavirus... on a cruise ship.

 That means at least six people have gotten sick. 

Let's get the latest now with ABC's Alex Stone. 

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

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

KSL News Brief 6:30pm -May 6, 2026

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

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

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

Today...hundreds of bills passed during the recent legislative session...officially go into effect. 

Joining me now LIVE to highlight a few...is Inside Sources co-host Holly Richardson.

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

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

We're learning more about the hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship...which has led to three deaths and more cases.

Just today three people were medically evacuated from the ship. Joining me now LIVE with more...is ABC science and health reporter Mary Kekatos 

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

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

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

KSL News Brief 5:30pm - May 5, 2026

KSL's Top Story:

Utah's Homeless Board says their new approach to supporting those in need is getting widespread support... and now... more funding.

KSL NewsRadio's Heather Peterson explains. 

KSL News Brief 5:00pm - May 5, 2026

KSL News Brief 4:30pm - May 5, 2026

KSL SPORTS...

A classic basketball rivalry returning to the state...

For the first time in about five years...Utah State and BYU will face off against each other in December. Joining me now LIVE is KSL BYU Insider Mitch Harper...

KSL News Brief 4:00pm - May 5, 2026

We're talking about multiple efforts here in Utah to tackle homelessness today...including a recent briefing to the state homeless board looking at what they call "High Utilizers."

Joining me now LIVE is assistant director of external operations for Utah's Office of Homeless Services...Nate Meinzer.

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

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

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

KSL News Brief 5:30pm - May 4, 2026

KSL News Brief 5:30pm - May 4, 2026

KSL News Brief 4:30pm - May 4, 2026

For the time being...access to an abortion pill via mail order...is back. This after a judge in Louisiana issued an administrative stay of a lower court order...that had rolled back access nationwide.

Joining me now LIVE is ABC's Legal Analyst Royal Oakes

Gas prices climbing higher and higher. The national average is now almost $1-50 *HIGHER* than they were before the war started. 

Joining me now LIVE...is ABC's Alex Stone. 

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

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

KSL News Brief 6:00pm - May 1, 2026

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

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

KSL News Brief 4:30pm - May 1, 2026

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

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

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

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

KSL's Top Story:

A new independent study shows that Salt Lake City's proposed homeless campus is likely to be fail. 

KSL NewsRadio's Heather Peterson has the story. 

KSL News Brief 5:00pm - April 30, 2026

It's time for the Mammoth Minute...brought to you by Trucordia, a nationwide insurance brokerage based here in Utah...Trucordia... insurance solutions to help protect what matters most. 

ANOTHER devastating loss for the mammoth last night. This time in double overtime...giving the Vegas Knights a lead on the series.

Joining me now live is KSL Sportszone's Scott Gerard.

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

A statement from the Lieutenant Governor today makes it official. The petition to get rid of the new congressional districts will *NOT* be on the ballot  this year...after the effort to repeal Prop 4...didn't get enough signatures. 

Joining me now LIVE is Utah GOP party chair Robert Axson

KSL News Brief 4:00pm - April 30, 2026

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

Against all odds this season... Brighton Resort has now announced it's *extending* its season by another week.

Joining me live is Vice President of Marketing at Brighton... Jared Winkler.

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

KSL News Brief 6:00pm - April 29, 2026

KSL News Brief 5:30pm - April 29, 2026

KSL's Top Story:

Parents at an Elementary School in Provo have started a petition to save their school.  Their concern is that the district is looking toward closing schools with low enrollment.

The story... from KSL NewsRadio's Heather Peterson.

KSL News Brief 5:00pm - April 29, 2026

It's time for the Mammoth Minute...brought to you by Trucordia, a nationwide insurance brokerage based here in Utah...Trucordia... insurance solutions to help protect what matters most. 

They're back on the road. Taking on the Golden Knights at 8 pm tonight in Vegas...the series is currently tied up. 2-2.

Joining me now LIVE is Utah Mammoth Insider Cole Bagley.

KSL News Brief 4:30pm - April 29, 2026

KSL News Brief 4:00pm - April 29, 2026

Today...Utah's supreme court said it will head new arguments *against* a new law that created a special panel of judges for lawsuits against the state.

Joining me now LIVE is KSL Legal Analyst Greg Skordas

KSL News Brief 3:30pm - April 29, 2026

In a 6-3 ruling this morning...the Supreme Court struck down a gerrymandered congressional district in Louisiana. They said the district lines relied too heavily on race...  that ... they said is  unconstitutional.

Joining me now LIVE is Inside Sources co-host Holly Richardson.

KSL News Brief 3:00pm - April 29, 2026

KSL News Brief 6:00pm - April 28, 2026

KSL News Brief 5:30pm - April 28, 2026

KSL's Top Story:

Felony voter fraud charges have been filed against one of those guys with a clipboard gathering signatures against prop 4.

The man's accused of forging names

KSL NewsRadio’s Eric Cabrera has the latest

KSL News Brief 5:00pm - April 28, 2026

It's time for the Mammoth Minute...brought to you by Trucordia, a nationwide insurance brokerage based here in Utah...Trucordia... insurance solutions to help protect what matters most. 

Late late at night deep into overtime... the winning goal slipped into the net and the Delta Center went dead silent.

A devastating overtime loss last night. The series between the Mammoth and the Vegas Golden Knights is now all tied up.

Joining me now LIVE from the KSL Sportszone is Scott Gerard

KSL News Brief 4:30pm - April 28, 2026

A man from North Carolina is facing charges in eastern Utah... after prosecutors say he forged hundreds of signatures on the petition to repeal Prop 4

Joining me live is Director of County my Vote... Taylor Morgan.

KSL News Brief 4:00pm - April 28, 2026

Oil prices rising today...after word of the United Arab Emirates dropping out of OPEC. 

Joining me now LIVE is The Hill's Sarah Davis

KSL News Brief 3:30pm - April 28, 2026

More on the second indictment against Former FBI Director James Comey.

Joining me live is ABC News Legal Analyst Royal Oaks.

KSL News Brief 3:00pm - April 28, 2026

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

KSL's Top Story:

Residents in West Bountiful are back home... after an abrupt evacuation that lasted several hours this morning.  Residents chased from their homes by dynamite found at a neighbor's house.

The story from KSL NewsRadio's Cameron Elliot ...

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

It's time for the Mammoth Minute...brought to you by Trucordia, a nationwide insurance brokerage based here in Utah...Trucordia... insurance solutions to help protect what matters most. 

The Utah Mammoth's have taken a 2-1 lead against the Vegas Golden Knights in the first series of playoffs... and they'll attempt to make it 3 tonight at the Delta Center.

Joining me now live is Utah Mammoth Insider Cole Bagley.

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

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

Cole Allen, the suspect in Saturday night's shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, is expected to be arraigned in U.S. District Court this afternoon.

We have ABC News Reporter Sasha Pezenik with more

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

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

We're seeing some much needed rain across the Wasatch front today.

Joining me live is KSL Meteorologist Kevin Eubank.

KSL News Brief 6:00pm - April 24, 2026