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Month: February 2022

USU Pays $140k After Student Who Died By Suicide Following Reported Racist Bullying

USU Pays $140k After Student Who Died By Suicide Following Reported Racist Bullying

(Logan, UT) – Utah State University will pay 140-thousand dollars in a lawsuit settlement after a student committed suicide over alleged racist bullying by her classmates. Twenty-four-year-old Jerusha Sanjeevi was a doctorate student from Malaysia studying psychology. According to the family’s lawsuit, classmates of Sanjeevi singled her out in 2016 […]

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UDOH: Stealth Variant Of Omicron Found In Utah

UDOH: Stealth Variant Of Omicron Found In Utah

(Salt Lake City, UT) – Utah health officials are confirming they detected a different strain of the COVID-19 Omicron variant. The so-called “stealth variant” was identified from tests last month. Evidence from Europe suggests the sub-variant may not be more severe than the original Omicron strain, but is more transmissible. […]

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BLM Agrees To Stop Work At Dinosaur Tracksite Near Moab

BLM Agrees To Stop Work At Dinosaur Tracksite Near Moab

(Moab, UT) — The Bureau of Land Management is stopping work at a site near Moab after accusations about damage to ancient dinosaur tracks. The agency released a statement yesterday saying it will stop construction work at the Mill Canyon Dinosaur Tracksite to allow paleontologists to conduct an assessment. A […]

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Utah County Moves Toward Making Bridal Veil Falls A State Monument

Utah County Moves Toward Making Bridal Veil Falls A State Monument

(Provo, UT) — A popular destination in Utah County is closer to becoming a state monument. The Utah County Commission approved a resolution that would grant that status to Bridal Veil Falls. The county would continue managing the area around the falls and would work to secure funding to improve […]

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DA Renews Pleas For Gun Owners To Properly Store Weapons

(Salt Lake County, UT) – Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill is renewing his plea to Utah gun owners to properly store their firearms. The plea comes as part of National Gun Violence Survivors Week, which runs between February 1st through the 7th. Last year, Gill and other law […]

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Legislature Passes Bill Protecting Workers Who Have Medical Cannabis Cards

Legislature Passes Bill Protecting Workers Who Have Medical Cannabis Cards

(Salt Lake City, UT) — State lawmakers are making it clear that government workers cannot be punished by their employers just because they have medical cannabis cards. The House passed Senate Bill 46 yesterday on 68-to-4 vote. The bill came after several local governments tried to act against first responders […]

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Governor Signs Bill To Pause Test To Stay In Utah Schools

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox is putting the brakes on a program that allowed COVID-19 testing to help keep kids in school. Governor Cox signed House Bill 183 into law yesterday. The measure pauses the state’s “Test to Stay” program, which required a certain threshold of positive […]

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Race is on to save the Great Salt Lake: Will it be enough?

Race is on to save the Great Salt Lake: Will it be enough?

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The largest natural lake west of the Mississippi is shrinking past its lowest levels in recorded history, raising fears about toxic dust, ecological collapse and economic consequences. But the Great Salt Lake may have some new allies: conservative Republican lawmakers. The new burst of energy […]

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ESPN to have all-woman crew for Warriors-Jazz game next week

Beth Mowins made ESPN history in 2017 when she was the first woman to call a “Monday Night Football” game. She will again be part of a network first on Wednesday when ESPN produces an NBA game announced and directed by all women. Mowins will work the Golden State Warriors-Utah […]

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Missing Person in Ephraim

Missing Person in Ephraim

The Sanpete County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the publics help in locating a missing person. In a press release sent out the morning of Feb. 3, it was shared that 86 year old Shirlene Peterson wandered from her residence at 55 South  200 East in Ephraim sometime between 2:30 and […]

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