AMERICAN FORK (AP) — A 9-year-old boy is dead after he was left inside a parked car by a work at a Utah business providing services for people with developmental disabilities. Police say the boy was in the care of Roost Services when he was left behind by a staff […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah has recorded its highest number of people hospitalized due to COVID-19 in five months as the virus surges among unvaccinated people. State health officials renewed their pleas on Wednesday for people to get vaccinated as Utah intensive care units reached 81.5% capacity. There are […]
SANDY, Utah (AP) — Rayan Raveloson scored for the third consecutive game to help the LA Galaxy to a 2-2 tie with Real Salt Lake on Wednesday night. Julian Araujo played a high ball to the center of the area and Raveloson, at the top of the 6-yard box, scored […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City’s mayor has adopted a resolution declaring racism a public health crisis and committing to dismantling racist policies. Mayor Erin Mendenhall and the Salt Lake City Council adopted a joint resolution on Tuesday acknowledging that racism has harmful impacts on the mental and […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — The Utah County sheriff is offering an active-shooter training for teachers and it has filled up long before its start date. The Daily Herald reports trainers at the Teachers Academy include police, self-defense trainers and medical professionals. The training lasts 20 hours. Topics covered include emergency […]
DENVER (AP) — Colorado is lifting some fishing restrictions along a 27-mile (43-kilometer) stretch of the Colorado River, thanks to recent rains and lower water temperatures essential to fish. But biologists warn that historically low water flows caused by drought, high water temperatures and wildfire sediment that all starve trout […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Health officials have warned that algae blooms are turning up in Utah Lake that can produce toxins harmful to humans and animals. The Daily Herald reported the Utah County Health Department warned that samples taken from the lake water on July 13 show that cyanobacteria cell […]
SPRINGDALE, Utah (AP) — Zion National Park has set a new record for visitors in a single month. National Park Service data shows the park saw nearly 676,000 visitors in June. The Spectrum reports that’s a substantial increase over the previous record set during June 2019. Two other Utah parks […]
SPANISH FORK, Utah (AP) — A sheriff’s office says a Utah man fell to his death near Bridal Veil Falls in Provo Canyon. He’d been hiking with a 9-year-old boy, the son of his fiancee, who came down the mountain on his own. The boy’s mother called for help on […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The final legal chapter of a multimillion-dollar online opioid drug ring has ended as a group of millennials who helped run the dark-web operation based in suburban Salt Lake City have been sentenced to prison. Drew Crandall helped start the operation that eventually grew to […]
