SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say toxic levels of a cyanobacteria have been detected in a Utah river for the first time after a dog suffered seizures and died. The dog was at Zion National Park’s Virgin River. Public health officials in the state have since cautioned people against […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah tallied 10 more confirmed deaths from the coronavirus Tuesday, the latest sign showing the severity of a surge of case that began after businesses reopened in May. The Utah Health Department reported that Six of the deaths came in rural San Juan County in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah prosecutor who cleared two officers in the shooting death of an armed man has released a list of proposed deadly force policy reforms. Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill released 22 recommendations on Monday that include holding officers to a higher standard […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Federal inmates have sued officials who run a Utah jail, alleging a failure to adequately protect them from the coronavirus. Six inmates at Weber County Jail filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court on Friday, asking for more inmates be released to home confinement and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah protesters changed their mood from angry to celebratory in a weekend demonstration that remained focused on the message of ending police violence and systematic racism. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that demonstrators danced and passed out doughnuts and Popsicles on Sunday, saying the uplifting […]
HUNTSVILLE, Utah (AP) — A US Army veteran was moved to rare tears in Utah after he and his family received a donated home from New York-based charitable group Tunnel to Towers. Travis Vendela lost both legs in a horrific incident in Iraq in 2007 when he was on a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is asking all its members in Utah to wear face coverings when in public. The Deseret News reports that the Utah Area Presidency sent out the request in an email on Friday evening. The area presidency operates […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah healthcare company executives called on state leaders to require masks as intensive care unit bed space dwindles amid a sustained surge in coronavirus cases. The newest plea comes one day after Republican Gov. Gary Herbert said he will require masks in schools as they […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah prosecutor who cleared two officers in the shooting death of an armed man denounced subsequent protests that turned violent and resulted in another officer being injured. Protesters rallied Thursday evening following Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill’s announcement that police officers acted […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Residents of a Utah city that has adopted a nickname with ties to the Confederacy held a rally to support the name. The Spectrum reports a crowd gathered in St. George Thursday to defend the use of Dixie as the community’s unofficial second name. The […]
