SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s two largest hospital systems have delayed elective surgeries and other non-urgent medical procedures to save space and equipment for future patients with the new coronavirus. Intermountain Healthcare and University of Utah Health expect an influx of coronavirus patients in the coming weeks. Authorities say […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A Utah jury has acquitted a man charged with murder after finding he shot and killed an acquaintance in self-defense. The Deseret News reports jurors in Provofound 20-year-old Elbert John Paule guilty of a single charge of obstructing justice. The obstruction charge was also related to […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Investigators say they don’t know what triggered an explosion that killed a man at an engineering business in northern Utah. The Standard-Examiner in Ogden reported Monday that police in Brigham City have completed their investigation into the March 10 blast at HyPerComp Engineering but were unable […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A California businessman accused of helping a pair of Utah polygamists expand a biodiesel fraud scheme that ended up stealing nearly $500 million in government funds was found guilty Monday on 10 counts including money laundering and mail fraud. The verdict against gas station owner […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican Sen. Mitt Romney is proposing one-time $1,000 checks for every American adult. This comes amid the shutdown of bars, restaurants and resorts in many places in Utah and the rest of the country. Salt Lake County restaurants will close to diners late Monday, though […]
All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell of the Utah Jazz says he showed no symptoms of being sick before testing positive for the coronavirus. He adds that he continues to have no signs of illness since going into isolation. Mitchell spoke to ABC’s “Good Morning America” in an interview broadcast Monday. He […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah mountain county home to the popular ski town of Park City has closed all restaurants, resorts, bars, entertainment venues, spas and exercise facilities in hopes of preventing the spread of the coronavirus. Summit County health officials announced the measure Sunday night, a day […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Legislature has wrapped up its work for the year. Lawmaker ended a session that saw major changes to the state’s polygamy statute, a revision of a voter-approved redistricting law and a compromise on education funding. The 45-day meeting is ending in the shadow […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal judge has overturned the conviction of a death row inmate, saying he received ineffective counsel during his trial. The Deseret News reports a U.S. District judge ruled Von Lester Taylor was not adequately represented in his 1991 trial that led to a death […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers have passed new regulations on abortion, including a measure approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature Thursday that would ban most abortions if Roe v. Wade is overturned. It comes as abortion opponents around the country hope the Supreme Court will reconsider the landmark ruling […]
