An accident in Ephraim Saturday evening, May 23, sent a 7-year old child to the hospital. The child, not a resident of Ephraim, was riding a bike at approximately 300 North and 200 East, rode in front of a truck and was struck. The child was not wearing a helmet […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Restrictions aimed at reducing the use of single-use plastic bags have been put on hold in northern Utah during the coronavirus pandemic. But officials close to the issue said the efforts won’t be forgotten. The Herald Journal reports that in response to COVID-19 some stores have […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Brigham Young University professor Mikel Stevens will never forget the day when he stumbled across a flower called a penstemon that was different than any he had seen before. He tells the Daily Herald that he sat in his vehicle for a few minutes as he […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man was shot and killed by a Salt Lake City police officer who responded to a report of a group being threatened by two people with a gun. Salt Lake Police Sgt. Keith Horrocks says officers were dispatched at about 2 a.m. Saturday. When […]
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A teenage girl died at Detroit Lake Sunday afternoon after the top of a large tree fell and hit two pontoon-style boats tethered together near the shoreline in the Box Canyon area. The 13-year-old girl, who was visiting from Utah along with family members, was severely […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Officials say Utah allocated nearly $1.5 million for quarantine lodging and a hospital overflow site for coronavirus treatment but did not use the funds. KUER-FM reports the quarantine and hospital site contracts will expire at the end of May and June, respectively. The state spent […]
LAYTON, Utah (AP) — Police say a man accused of choking and stabbing a woman after meeting her on the popular dating app Tinder asked police to shoot him after reporting the killing. Ethan Hunsaker was arrested Sunday on suspicion of murder in the death of 25-year-old Ashlyn Black of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV-TV) — Authorities say a 70-year-old man has died after collapsing while returning from a five-day hike in a canyon in southeastern Utah. KUTV-TV reported that the Kane County sheriff’s office was responding to an emergency incident in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area on Wednesday when […]
The Six County Association of Governments has launched an Emergency Business Assistance Grant Program in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The goal of the program is to assist businesses located in Juab, Millard, Piute, Sanpete, Sevier, and Wayne County that have been negatively affected as a result of the COVID-19 […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Utah County emergency officials have reported a 34% increase in the number of calls for mental health and wellness checks since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Daily Herald reported the increase in calls to law enforcement authorities and first responders could be attributed to […]
