(Salt Lake City, UT) — The COVID-19 pandemic is being blamed for a sharp decline in student achievement in Utah. A report recently presented to the Utah Board of Education shows that test scores in specific subjects dropped significantly after remote learning and other COVID-19 related issues began affecting students. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican Utah lawmakers have given an early nod of approval to redistricting maps that further carve up Democratic-leaning Salt Lake County. That’s despite urging from a crowd of frustrated people to choose districts drawn by a voter-approved independent body. Many speakers argued Monday that the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Supreme Court upheld the ability of law enforcement to obtain a DNA sample under a search warrant by force. The court rejected a challenged from Douglas Evans, who was convicted of a 2014 murder in Kearns. Evans challenged how police obtained his DNA […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah’s attorney general is cheering an appeals court decision temporarily halting new COVID-19 safety rules from the Biden Administration. A three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals stopped the rules from going into effect in a ruling issued on Saturday. The judges said […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers are expected to vote on a name change for southern Utah’s Dixie State University next week. Fox13 reports a bill to rename it Utah Technical University will be considered in a special session next week where lawmakers will also vote on redistricting. Republican […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Researchers are studying the Great Salt Lake in the hope of finding life-saving medicines. The Salt Lake Tribune reports a University of Utah professor and her students are scooping up mud and other sediment to identify microorganisms like bacteria and fungi that could hold the […]
With the arrival of favorable weather conditions, fire managers on the Fishlake National Forest, Richfield Ranger District will begin igniting prescribed burns in Piute and Sevier Counties Nov. 5 through Nov. 9. The South Monroe Prescribed Fire Project will take place in Piute County, approximately nine miles northeast of Marysvale […]
(Parowan, UT) — A write-in candidate is set to become the first woman to become mayor of Parowan. Mollie Halterman conducted a write-in campaign in the southern Utah town using the slogan “Good Golly, write-in Mollie.” Voters liked her style, as her name was marked on just over 49-percent of […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Cox says Utah is likely to join several other states in a lawsuit to block a rule implementing COVID-19 safety rules at larger businesses. The Biden Administration announced yesterday that companies with at least 100 employees have until January 4th to comply with the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Primary Children’s Hospital is putting non-emergency surgeries and medical procedures on hold, due in part to an influx of COVID-19 patients. Administrators said Thursday the Salt Lake City hospital is seeing an “unprecedented” volume of patients exceeding typical winter surge levels. KUTV reports that typically, […]
