(St. George, UT) — More COVID-19 cases were reported throughout Utah. Yesterday, the state counted over 43-hundred new cases from the holiday weekend, pushing the total over 524-thousand. School-age children made up 924 of those cases. About 31 new deaths related to the virus were added to the death toll, […]
A paraglider has passed away after a crash in Monroe. On Oct. 4 an ambulance was dispatched to a paraglider who had gone down hard in a yard near 200 East 500 South. When deputies arrived, EMS was on scene and performing CPR, but were unsuccessful at resuscitating the individual […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A coalition of environmental groups is working with a Utah mining operation and state officials to secure more water for the Great Salt Lake. Rio Tinto Kennecott is donating excess water from its mining operations and will allow it to travel down the Jordan River […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Inland Port Authority board is moving forward with plans to create a new infrastructure district that will issue bonds for future projects. The authority voted 9-2 yesterday to create the new district. The board also approved issuing 150-million-dollars in bonds to pay for […]
(Syracuse, UT) — A 16-year-old is facing charges after a fire at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meetinghouse in Davis County. Firefighters were called to the meetinghouse in Syracuse early Saturday morning. Investigators said the interior of the building suffered extensive damage due to the fire and […]
(Washington, DC) — Utah Senator Mike Lee is joining a group of Republican colleagues in asking the Department of Justice to stay out of fights between parents and local school boards. Lee and 11 other GOP senators sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland yesterday saying the DOJ should […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A new policy that would allow Utah school staffers to address students by their preferred pronouns is getting attention from critics and supporters. Protesters came to a meeting of the Utah Board of Education yesterday ahead of a discussion of gender identity issues in state […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The state is looking to invest in new technology to detect earthquakes before Utahns feel shaking. Utah’s Seismic Safety Commission voted yesterday to recommend that the state spend 150-thousand-dollars to study the system. Researchers with the University of Utah say the new tech, earthquake early […]
A man has been arrested in Sevier County after kidnapping an individual and running from police. On Sept. 30, Sevier County Deputies were dispatched to a family fight in Redmond. Trenton Seely had taken Linda Richens away in his truck after threatening to stab her. Richens was able to contact […]
(Ogden, UT) — Utah is being ranked as 5th in the nation when it comes to the gender wage gap by Utah State University. The USU study reports that on average, women in the state make 70-percent of what men make, which is lower than the national average of 82-percent. […]
