SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is asking all its members in Utah to wear face coverings when in public. The Deseret News reports that the Utah Area Presidency sent out the request in an email on Friday evening. The area presidency operates […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah healthcare company executives called on state leaders to require masks as intensive care unit bed space dwindles amid a sustained surge in coronavirus cases. The newest plea comes one day after Republican Gov. Gary Herbert said he will require masks in schools as they […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah prosecutor who cleared two officers in the shooting death of an armed man denounced subsequent protests that turned violent and resulted in another officer being injured. Protesters rallied Thursday evening following Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill’s announcement that police officers acted […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Residents of a Utah city that has adopted a nickname with ties to the Confederacy held a rally to support the name. The Spectrum reports a crowd gathered in St. George Thursday to defend the use of Dixie as the community’s unofficial second name. The […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former Shoshone Nation tribal chairman Darren Parry has won the Democratic nomination for Utah’s 1st Congressional district, where nine-term GOP Rep. Rob Bishop is retiring. The Salt Lake Tribune reported Thursday that Parry’s opponent, Jamie Cheek, conceded after a tight race in which Parry won […]
Resources from multiple agencies responded on July 9 to a new wildfire located south of Kanosh, east of interstate 15 near mile marker 143. Currently, erratic winds are pushing the fire to the north, and multiple engines and a hand crew are working to suppress what is being referred to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah will require masks in schools as they reopen in the fall, but Republican Gov. Gary Herbert stopped short of a statewide mandate Thursday. Herbert’s decision comes a day after the state reported its highest single-day increase of newly confirmed coronavirus cases, with more than […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A district attorney says Utah police officers were legally justified in firing more than 20 times and killing an armed man as he ran away. The case has become a rallying point for protesters in the state amid a national wave of dissent against police […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Black Lives Matter street mural painted in northern Utah was defaced and partially covered with gray paint, days after it was painted by local artists. Park City Mayor Andy Beerman said in a statement Wednesday that people must be educated and held accountable to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man was charged after authorities said his vehicle started a fire that damaged a rock preserve near Utah Lake and injured a passenger. The Salt Lake Tribune reported Tuesday that authorities charged 21-year-old Dominic Deros with criminal mischief and trespassing, both misdemeanors, after […]
