SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — As colleges grapple with the coronavirus, institutions across the country are turning campus sewage into a public health tool. At least two schools in Utah and Arizona have quarantined hundreds of students after tests showed the presence of genetic material from the virus in wastewater. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Gov. Gary Herbert says Utah will aim to be prepared to distribute a coronavirus vaccine once it becomes available, a week after the federal government told states to be ready for distribution by Nov. 1. At a weekly briefing Thursday, Herbert did not clarify whether […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Utah wildlife officials plan on issuing additional cougar hunting permits in an attempt to reverse dwindling mule deer populations. The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources says evidence suggests that reducing the number of cougars may spur an uptick in mule deer populations. The Spectrum reports […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Dixie Center in southern Utah has announced it will keep its name despite previous considerations after voting to rebrand the convention center in June. KUER-FM reported that the center’s board voted 5-2 on Tuesday to keep the name, but incorporate the county’s Greater Zion […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — An organization calling itself Utahns for Medical Freedom wants to repeal a citywide mandate in Provo that would require people to wear facial coverings indoors and outdoors in public areas and at large gatherings. KSTU-TV reported that the group filed the referendum on Tuesday. Mayor Michele […]
In a press release released on Sep. 2, the Utah Sheriff’s Association shared their frustration with the Salt Lake Tribune. The Sheriff’s Association found a cartoon posted by Pat Bagley on Sep. 1 to be a “divisive piece of journalism as tensions are already high in Utah and across our […]
On Sept. 2, a message was sent out to faculty members and parents of students of North Sevier High School saying that they were informed that some students were possibly exposed to a positive COVID-19 case. Due to privacy laws, no additional information will be released about the positive case. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Gov. Gary Herbert has presented the Utah Medal of Valor to a National Guardsman who saved the lives of at least a half-dozen people after a gunman began firing into a crowd at a Las Vegas music festival in 2017. The Deseret News reports Sgt. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two Utah schools have halted in-person classes and shifted to online learning after coronavirus outbreaks during the first weeks of the school year. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the American Preparatory Academy charter school closed a campus in Draper on Tuesday after 15 students […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Utah State University says nearly 300 students have been quarantined after wastewater samples from four dormitories showed elevated levels of the coronavirus. Students were being tested who live in the Rich, Jones, Morgan and Davis dorms. There have been no reported positive tests for COVID-19 in […]
