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Utah National Guard To Require COVID-19 Vaccinations

Utah National Guard To Require COVID-19 Vaccinations

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Members of the Utah National Guard will be required to get COVID-19 vaccinations and submit copies of their vaccine cards as proof. Officials announced yesterday that the vaccinations are now a part of the Guard’s medical readiness requirements. Units will receive the vaccine during upcoming […]

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Body Found In Wyoming Confirmed To Be Gabby Petito

(Teton County, WY) — The FBI is confirming that a body found in Wyoming last weekend belongs to Gabby Petito. The body was found on Sunday in a camping area near Grand Teton National Park. Her death is being classified as a homicide at this time. Investigators plan to continue […]

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Utah Poison Control Reports Increase In Calls Related To Ivermectin

Utah Poison Control Reports Increase In Calls Related To Ivermectin

(Kamas, UT) — The Utah Poison Control Center is seeing a spike in calls related to a drug typically used to deworm horses. People across the country and in Utah have been using ivermectin to try and treat or prevent COVID-19, and officials say they have received over four times […]

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Governor, Lieutenant Governor Upset With US Department Of Interior

Governor, Lieutenant Governor Upset With US Department Of Interior

(St. George, UT) — Governor Cox and Lieutenant Governor Henderson are upset with the U.S. Department of the Interior’s plans to relocate the Bureau of Land Management’s headquarters. Last week, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced her plans to rebuild and strengthen the BLM to better serve the American […]

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Lawmakers To Hold Public Hearing On Vaccine Mandates

Lawmakers To Hold Public Hearing On Vaccine Mandates

(Salt Lake City, UT) — State lawmakers are gauging their options to respond to President Biden’s vaccine mandate for businesses and federal workers. However, there has been no further updates on the order since Biden’s announcement, so lawmakers are seeking public comment on the subject from both sides in the […]

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LDS Church Competes Digitization Of Family History Record

LDS Church Competes Digitization Of Family History Record

(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is finished with a massive endeavor to digitize billions-of-family history records. The Church History Department digitally saved two-point-four-million rolls of microfilm, full of genealogical research. Those records are available to anyone with an internet connection, looking to […]

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Mormon church to require masks in temples amid COVID surge

Mormon church to require masks in temples amid COVID surge

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced that masks will be required inside temples to limit the spread of COVID-19. Church leaders said Wednesday that masks will be required temporarily in an effort to keep temples open. The message was the latest […]

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Body recovered, half-brother sought around Yellowstone lake

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — Rescue crews in Yellowstone National Park have recovered the body of a 67-year-old Washington state man and are searching for his half-brother after the pair failed to return from a backcountry canoe trip. Crews searched Tuesday from the air and along the shore of […]

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Utah Doctors Excited For Possible Approval Of COVID Vaccine For Kids

Utah Doctors Excited For Possible Approval Of COVID Vaccine For Kids

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah doctors are excited about the recent report from Pfizer that their COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective for kids ages five to eleven. Doctors with University of Utah Health say the current surge is in large part being driven by the return to in-person […]

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Cox Signs Letter Criticizing Security Crisis At US-Mexico Border

Cox Signs Letter Criticizing Security Crisis At US-Mexico Border

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah’s governor is joining Republican colleagues from several states in a letter critical of the Biden administration’s border policies. The letter released yesterday demands immediate action to reduce the number of illegal crossings at the US-Mexico border. It also demands a meeting with White House […]

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