(Zion National Park, UT) — Officials at Zion National Park say one person is dead and two others are safe following a weekend rescue operation. Search and rescue crews were called to the area of Heaps Canyon on Sunday. They found two people stranded nearly 300 feet above the Upper […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utahns are trying to make sure they remain healthy following holiday travel and Thanksgiving get-togethers. A spokesperson for Nomi Health tells that nearly ten-thousand COVID-19 tests were done yesterday at sites around the state. The healthcare group partners with the state to do coronavirus testing […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox is riding a wave of voter approval as his first year in office winds down. A new Morning Consult poll shows 62-percent of registered voters in Utah approve of Cox’s job performance. Cox’s rating is the tenth-highest among governors in the U.S. […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah’s annual swan hunt is closing two-and-half-weeks early. The Division of Wildlife Resources says hunters breached the 20-bird quota for trumpeter swans as the birds migrate from the Yellowstone region. DWR says it will likely require hunters to take a bird identification court next year […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The lights at Salt Lake City’s Temple Square have returned to visitors for the first time in two years as of Friday night. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints closed the square down to pedestrians last year due to concerns with the COVID-19 […]
(Zion National Park, UT) — Zion National Park could hit an all-time milestone for visitors before the end of the year. The park has already broken its record for yearly visitation with over four-point-five-million people. If visitation numbers remain strong, Zion could attract five-million visitors by the end of the […]
(Orem, UT) — Former Utah Governor Gary Herbert has been appointed to an open position on a national education board. Herbert became a member of the National Assessment Governing Board last week. He will work with other members of the board to set the standards for the National Assessment of […]
(Utah County, UT) — A Utah wildland fire crew is spending their Thanksgiving weekend in southern California to help with fire prevention efforts. The Lone Peak Fire District posted a picture on social media yesterday showing members of the crew eating Thanksgiving dinner at a California restaurant. The crew drove […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A group of Utah lawmakers and religious leaders are asking the legislature to end the state’s sales tax on groceries. Members of the Coalition of Religious Communities called for the elimination of the tax yesterday during an event in Salt Lake City. Speakers at the […]
(Green River, UT) — A 13-year-old Colorado girl is safe after being found in Utah Wednesday. Police in Aurora, Colorado had issued an AMBER Alert for the girl Tuesday, saying she may have been kidnapped or lured from her home. Troopers with the Utah Highway Patrol spotted the suspect’s vehicle […]
