PROVO, Utah (AP) — Utah County commissioners hope the state will move the county from yellow to green in its system rating risk levels for the coronavirus. The Daily Herald reports Commissioner Bill Lee has called for the county commission to support an upgrade to the county’s status in a […]
A man captured on video aiming a bow and arrow at protesters in Salt Lake City over the weekend was charged Thursday with assault and weapon possession. Brandon McCormick was reportedly pushed to the ground on Saturday after pointing the bow and arrow at people protesting the death of George […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A third person has been charged in the destruction of a Salt Lake City police car set on fire during protests over the death of George Floyd. Prosecutors say Connor Peebles, of Belmont, Michigan, helped flip the vehicle onto its roof Saturday. Peebles was charged […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — New figures show the number of people requesting unemployment assistance in Utah last week dropped below 5,000 for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic took hold in the United States but remained at a rate far higher than normal. Utah officials said Thursday that […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two Salt Lake City men accused of setting fire to an empty police car during protests over the death of George Floyd have been charged in federal court. Arson charges filed Wednesday say they tossed combustible substances into the patrol car, feeding the flames that […]
Utah is seeing a spike in new COVID-19 cases about a month after many businesses were allowed to reopen, leading state health officials to issue renewed pleas for people to maintain social distancing. Protests over the death of George Floyd have brought hundreds of people together in downtown Salt Lake […]
SOUTH JORDAN, Utah (AP) — Authorities in Utah say a father killed his two children and himself at their home in a Salt Lake City suburb. The South Jordan Police Department responded to a medical call Tuesday at about 4:30 p.m. at the home. Police Lt. Matt Pennington says officers […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah criminal justice professor who wrote an inflammatory series of tweets about police-brutality protests says he has resigned. Scott Senjo told The Associated Press in an email Wednesday that he agrees that his tweets were simply wrong and his resignation from Weber State University […]
Supercross has made a smooth return to racing, even without fans in the stands. The circuit followed numerous safety precautions in Salt Lake City to protect against the coronavirus and had no issues in the first of seven races scheduled to complete the pandemic-delayed season. The return went so well […]
SALT LAKE CITY (The Salt Lake Tribune) — A largely peaceful protest over George Floyd’s death made its way through downtown Salt Lake City after the mayor announced a new week long curfew. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that demonstrators gathered outside the city’s police headquarters Monday and convinced several […]
