SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A high-ranking leader with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has tested positive for the coronavirus. Church spokesman Eric Hawkins said Tuesday in a statement that Gerrit W. Gong and his wife were tested after they learned they might have been exposed to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah advocacy group says a proposed state constitution amendment to expand an income tax earmark to include children’s programs does not fix the existing problem of underfunded programs. The Deseret News reports Voices for Utah Children announced its opposition to constitutional Amendment G Monday. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police say a man who refused to wear a face mask on a Utah-bound flight was escorted off the plane after he and another man got into a physical altercation. Rylie Lansford boarded the flight in Mesa, Arizona, Saturday and was sitting near both passengers. […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — An alcohol regulatory agency in Utah has granted a Logan business a bar establishment license, making it the first new bar in the county not attached to a restaurant in about 30 years. The Herald Journal reported that the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control granted […]
On Oct. 4 the Piute County School District announced that the district is going to switch to online learning for the next two weeks due to an uptick in COVID-19 cases. Digital instruction will begin Oct. 5 and in person learning will resume on Oct. 21. According to the letter […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah has a new teacher of the year. John Arthur teaches sixth grade at Meadowlark Elementary School in Salt Lake City. He credits his own teachers for helping him find his voice when he was a self-described shy Korean boy. The Deseret News reports now […]
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) — An increase in COVID-19 cases in Utah is continuing with another 1,068 additional reported infections. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the case number Saturday marks the eighth day of more than 1,000 daily cases in the last two weeks. The Utah Department of Health […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Top leaders from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints urged members Saturday to root out racism and make the faith an “oasis of unity” while also decrying violence at recent racial injustice protests they said amounted to “anarchy.” Dallin H. Oaks, the second-highest-ranking […]
SPANISH FORK, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a 36-year-old man died after the trench he was working in collapsed at a construction site south of Provo. Spanish Fork Police Lt. Brandon Anderson tells KSL-TV that emergency crews were called to the site late Saturday afternoon, and the man’s co-workers had […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ president called on members to help end racism, saying Sunday at the faith’s signature conference that God loves people of all races equally and that it pains him to see Black people suffer prejudice. Russell M. Nelson’s […]
