The provost and vice president of student affairs at Southern Utah University has been named as the next president of Pennsylvania Western University, which has campuses in California, Clarion and Edinboro.

Jon Anderson, who also serves as a professor at the 15,000-student university in Cedar City, Utah, will take over the leadership of the State System of Higher Education university on July 1, succeeding R. Lorraine Bernotsky who will become president of West Chester University that same day. The 50-year-old Anderson’s salary has yet to be finalized, said State System spokesman Kevin Hensil.

We got a little bit of information today about the trade talks the Utah Jazz had with the Atlanta Hawks regarding Dejounte Murray and what it would have cost. If you don’t remember, Jake Fischer reported those talks at the trade deadline. He had mentioned the Jazz when he reported the Hawks being 50/50 on whether they would trade Murray.

Today, we got some interesting info from Ben Anderson at KSL, who shed some light on what that trade would have cost the Jazz, and it was Keyonte George. It’s on the Jazz Notes Podcast and it’s a little before the 38:00 mark.

Here’s what Anderson said:

I will tell you that there was some talk about Dejounte Murray to the Jazz at the trade deadline and it was going to cost the Jazz Keyonte George and the Jazz said no.

This can be viewed in multiple ways, but the first is that the Jazz are very high on Keyonte George, as they should be. George showed incredible flashes in summer league and during the season, like when he hit 9 threes against the Golden State Warriors. That said, with all the vets on the team, there were a lot of missed opportunities for him to develop. Once the trade deadline came, it was clear the Jazz wanted to pivot to the development of their rookies, and George was given the reins to the offense as the full-time point guard. He still had moments, but it was a struggle for George at times as he adjusted to the increased responsibilities.

But that’s okay! That’s exactly what the Jazz wanted. Along with the benefit of rising in the draft it allowed George to play the point guard position, something he hadn’t done in College or the NBA. It allowed him to learn what it takes to take his game to the next level too. If George can learn that point guard position, or at the very least improve his playmaking, he can combine that with his scoring and become a special player for the Jazz in the future.

The other thing to consider is that this might be a sign of Utah’s future. So much has been said about the Jazz potentially going big game hunting, but reports like this tell a different story. If we’re going on what the Jazz have actually done recently, we may be looking at a very youth-focused rebuild next season.

A 21-year-old rancher with a history of running away vanished last month while walking to her new job in an “extremely rural” part of Utah.

Elizibeth “Lizzy” Green was reported missing April 17 after she failed to show up to her shift at the ranch in the remote community of Callao, the Juab County Sheriff’s Office said.

“I’m kind of at the point where I think maybe she had somebody pick her up,” Vanessa Simmons, Green’s mother, told 2KUTV Monday.

“I just don’t know who that is, or if they actually picked her up, or if they didn’t come and then she went trying to walk through the desert.”

According to a search warrant, Green had a history of mental health issues and had run away from home in the past, but this instance proved much more distressing.

Green typically maintained an open line of communication with her family when she ran away, and usually returned within a day or so, those close to the young woman told cops.

This time, however, her phone and social media accounts have gone silent, and all attempts to ping her devices have turned up fruitless, the warrant states.

The sheer remoteness of the Callao community has also raised alarm bells for investigators.

Callao, originally part of the Pony Express, is located in northern Snake Valley. Less than 12,000 people populate the entirety of Juab County, according to the Census Bureau.

“This area of our county is approximately three hours away from any major cities and requires travel on dirty roads,” the warrant states.

Deputies descended on the unnamed ranch just one day after Green vanished but found no trace of the young woman.

The ranch owner told authorities she never arrived for her shift and that he hadn’t had any contact with his new employee.

Search and rescue teams also combed the walking route Green would have taken to her job, as well as the surrounding area, but were “unable to locate Elizibeth or anything to determine where she could have gone,” according to the warrant.

“Based on the information that we have received, we are concerned about the possibility that Elizibeth is in danger of serious bodily injury or death,” the warrant states.

“It is unknown if Elizibeth is in danger and lost in the vast desert, or if someone that she was communicating with met with her and is holding her against her will.”

Green was last seen wearing a pink tie-dye high-cut hoodie, a light blue pair of jeans and black Converse sneakers, according to a missing person poster. She was also carrying a white backpack purse.

She stands at 5’11,” has brown hair and “green or hazel eyes depending on what she is wearing,” her mother said.