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Utah protest says mask mandates curtail civil liberties

Utah protest says mask mandates curtail civil liberties

PROVO, Utah (AP) — A few hundred people demonstrated in Utah on Wednesday to protest face covering requirements they said curtail civil liberties. The Daily Herald reported that protesters in Orem walked around without masks carrying signs that said “Don’t Mask Our Kids.” Healthcare executives and infectious disease experts have […]

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EPA settles with Utah over 2015 Colorado mine spill

EPA settles with Utah over 2015 Colorado mine spill

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The U.S. government settled a lawsuit Wednesday brought by the state of Utah over a mine waste spill caused by federal workers that sent wastewater downstream to several states from the inactive Gold King Mine in southwestern Colorado five years ago. Utah’s lawsuit was one […]

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Gunnison Valley Hospital’s Chief Nursing Officer, Brenda Bartholomew, recognized with the COVID-19 Response/Preparedness Award

Gunnison Valley Hospital’s Chief Nursing Officer, Brenda Bartholomew, recognized with the COVID-19 Response/Preparedness Award

Every year, the Utah Department of Health (UDOH) Office of Primary Care and Rural Health (OPCRH) recognizes the valuable role rural hospital administrators play in their communities. Due to COVID-19, the OPCRH canceled an annual summit to honor these accomplishments; however, OPCRH believes the administrators’ hard work and efforts is […]

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Probe: Police commented on explicit photo in extortion case

Probe: Police commented on explicit photo in extortion case

SALT LAKE TRIBUNE (AP) — An investigation found Wednesday that a group of University of Utah police officers made inappropriate comments about explicit photos of a student who had submitted the pictures as evidence in an extortion case shortly before her shooting death. The findings came after the Salt Lake […]

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Lawsuit: School mishandled disabled student’s rape report

Lawsuit: School mishandled disabled student’s rape report

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A former student at an elite private school in Utah says in a lawsuit that administrators mishandled her 2017 sexual assault allegation as she endured bullying from classmates. She’s seeking $10 million in damages. The lawsuit says students reenacted the rape during a school assembly […]

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Utah parents, teachers debate school reopening plans

Utah parents, teachers debate school reopening plans

SOUTH SALT LAKE, Utah (AP) — Hundreds of teachers and parents have gathered in northern Utah to argue whether school district reopening plans intended to limit the spread of COVID-19 are too restrictive or not. The Daily News reported that there were two demonstrations Tuesday in Farmington and South Salt […]

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Utah man won’t contest allegations of illegal contributions

Utah man won’t contest allegations of illegal contributions

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A once-prominent businessman has agreed not to challenge allegations that he made illegal campaign contributions to Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee and retired Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. A pending consent judgment obtained by the Deseret News says Jeremy Johnson, 44, used straw donors […]

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Pine Hollow Fire update

Pine Hollow Fire update

An update has been released on the Pine Hollow Fire that is burning along the Utah and Arizona border. As of the morning of Aug. 8 the fire has burned 11,373 acres, is 58% contained and has 380 personnel assigned. According to officials one house and four outbuildings were in […]

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Salt Lake City mayor orders stricter use of force rules

Salt Lake City mayor orders stricter use of force rules

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City’s police department will implement stricter policies aimed at limiting the use of deadly force. Mayor Erin Mendenhall signed an executive order Monday directing police Chief Mike Brown to enact several new policy changes by Sept. 5. Previously, officers only needed to use […]

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Dueling protesters including armed men face off in Utah

Dueling protesters including armed men face off in Utah

COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS, Utah (AP) — Groups of dueling protesters that included police supporters carrying rifles and flags in favor of President Donald Trump faced off outside a suburban Salt Lake City police department Monday night. The protests were in response to use of force by officers at a protest the […]

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