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Month: March 2020

Americans celebrate the “Great American Takeout”

Americans celebrate the “Great American Takeout”

With people throughout the country practicing social distancing due to COVID-19, local and national restaurants are suffering. In light of this, groups are declaring Tuesday Mar. 24 as the “Great American Takeout.” People are being asked to support their local and national restaurants by ordering takeout where offered with many […]

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Coronavirus live updates: Virus moving like a ‘bullet train,’ Cuomo says

Coronavirus live updates: Virus moving like a ‘bullet train,’ Cuomo says

vchal/iStock(NEW YORK) — Over 18,000 people around the world have been killed from the novel coronavirus — and the World Health Organization warned the pandemic is accelerating. There are more than 409,000 diagnosed cases globally of the new respiratory virus known officially as COVID-19, according to data compiled by the […]

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Coronavirus live updates: 131 dead in New York City; child dies in Los Angeles County

Coronavirus live updates: 131 dead in New York City; child dies in Los Angeles County

vchal/iStock(NEW YORK) — Over 18,500 people around the world have died from the novel coronavirus — and the World Health Organization warned the pandemic is accelerating. There are more than 415,000 diagnosed cases globally of the new respiratory virus known officially as COVID-19, according to data compiled by the Center […]

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More drive-up COVID-19 testing centers coming to Utah

More drive-up COVID-19 testing centers coming to Utah

The University of Utah and ARUP Laboratories are opening more drive-up COVID-19 testing centers in the state of Utah and they say more are coming. Four new centers are now open in the Salt Lake and Davis counties. University of Utah Health CEO Dr. Michael Good stated that drive-up testing […]

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Where to report Covid – 19 Scams

U. S. Attorney John Huber says a variety of scams and frauds are popping up do to the Covid – 19 virus.  The National Center for Disaster Fraud will serve as a centralized system where U.S. attorney’s nationwide can pursue scammers.  The NCDF phone number is 1-866-720-5721. Here’s a link […]

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Negligence at elder care facility ‘cost’ lives, possibly criminal: Florida governor

Negligence at elder care facility ‘cost’ lives, possibly criminal: Florida governor

Dean Mitchell/iStock(FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla.) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said the negligence of a Broward County assisted living facility in handling the novel coronavirus pandemic “cost . . . residents their lives” and “could be” considered criminal. DeSantis said in a press conference Monday that three residents have died at […]

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Another GOP candidate for governor chooses running mate

Another GOP candidate for governor chooses running mate

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah governor’s race is filling out, with another Republican candidate choosing a running mate. Salt Lake County Council member Aimee Winder Newton announced Tuesday that her lieutenant governor pick is State Auditor John Dougall. She says his knowledge of tax policy and history of pushing […]

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Utah man who died of coronavirus had visited Mormon temple

Utah man who died of coronavirus had visited Mormon temple

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Church officials say a Utah man who died from the coronavirus had visited a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple the week before his diagnosis. The temple in Bountiful, north of Salt Lake City, was closed Sunday after state health officials announced the […]

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Lost snowmobile rider dies, companion survives in Utah park

Lost snowmobile rider dies, companion survives in Utah park

DENVER (AP) — Authorities say only one of two missing Colorado snowmobile riders was found alive after the men were stranded inside a remote area of Utah’s Dinosaur National Monument. The Denver Post reported the 65-year-old who was rescued and the 58-year-old who did not survive were located Saturday. The […]

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Utah residents still reporting damage days after earthquake

Utah residents still reporting damage days after earthquake

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Five days after a magnitude 5.7 earthquake shook parts of Utah, residents continue to report damage. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the Greater Salt Lake Municipal Services District asked those within its boundaries to submit online notices of home or business damage from the March […]

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