(Salt Lake City, UT) — A Utah judge is refusing to dismiss claims that several leading pharmacy chains helped make opioids a public health crisis by not doing enough to control access to those drugs. The Third District Court judge declined a request yesterday by Rite-Aid and Kroger to dismiss […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The University of Utah is investigating the cause of a small explosion in a lab on campus. The explosion happened Saturday in the Fletcher Building, which houses the university’s Physics and Astronomy departments. The explosion was contained inside a fume hood, a ventilated enclosure often […]
(Cedar City, UT) — Things are back to normal at Southern Utah University following a report of shots fired over the weekend. Police say they got a call about a shooting at the Gerald R. Sherratt Library Saturday night. Officers arrived on scene and evacuated the library while also searching […]
(Cedar City, UT) — A trio of students is now scheduled to speak at Southern Utah University’s commencement ceremony later this month. The Cedar City school says the three students will replace Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints apostle Jeffrey Holland because of ill health. Holland was also relieved […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Many Utahns support the design of the new state flag, but many don’t know whether they like it or not. A new Deseret News-Hinckley Institute of Politics poll shows that 48-percent of those asked like the new flag. Another 35-percent don’t want the new design, […]
(St. George, UT) — A St. George veteran who trained as a tank destroyer during World War Two celebrated his 100th birthday this week. Bud Duane Dunn was born in the tiny town of Joseph, south of Richfield, and was in the University of Utah’s first graduating class of pharmacy. […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox is asking Utahns to donate a little bit of money to help alleviate homelessness. It’s estimated that about 35-hundred people experience homelessness every night and 30-percent are families with children. At a news conference yesterday, Cox asked every Utahn who’s filing a […]
(Cedar City, UT) — Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Apostle Jeffrey R. Holland is pulling back from all church assignments because of a health issue and won’t speak at Southern Utah University’s commencement ceremony later this month. The church said yesterday that the 82-year-old Holland recently began receiving […]
(Undated) — Utahns who want to protect their homes against floods that could be coming in a big way need to hurry, if they aren’t too late already. The only way to get coverage is through the National Flood Insurance Program, and it typically requires a 30-day waiting period before […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Great Salt Lake is rising as record snowfall has ruled Utah since the year began. Yesterday, the lake measured three feet higher than falling to a historic low last November. The dramatic improvement in the water level has come before true runoff has started. […]
