(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah drivers should expect some delays if they start their Memorial Day weekend travel tomorrow afternoon. The Utah Department of Transportation is predicting ten to 15-minute delays on Interstate 15 in Salt Lake and Davis counties and around Nephi starting around one o’clock. Eastbound U.S. […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A Utah lawmaker is proposing a change to state gun laws following a deadly mass shooting in Texas. State Senator Derek Kitchen wants to raise the minimum age for buying a gun from 18 to 21-years-old. Kitchen says anyone who isn’t old enough to buy […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Centers for Disease Control is confirming that two cases of monkeypox have been discovered in Salt Lake County. The county health department reported the cases Monday, saying two people in the same household were having symptoms of the viral disease. The diagnosis was confirmed […]
(Washington, DC) — Governor Spencer Cox is partially blaming short-term rentals for Utah’s housing shortage. Speaking at a conference organized by the J. Ronald Terwilliger Center for Housing Policy, Cox told an audience that rental platforms like Airbnb and Vrbo are leading to a run on recently-built properties. The governor […]
(Washington, DC) — Republican Senator Mitt Romney is urging the Biden Administration to do everything they can to fasttrack the applications to join NATO from Finland and Sweden. Romney and other senators signed a letter, saying the move to expand NATO’s reach “will send a clear message” to Russian President […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Most Utahns feel that political discourse in America is going in the wrong direction. A new Deseret News-Hinckley Institute of Politics poll shows that 90-percent of those asked feel political debates have become less civil over the last six years. The poll found nearly unanimous […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah leaders say they are deeply saddened by a deadly school in Texas. Governor Cox said he was brokenhearted yesterday after receiving news of the shooting during an event in Utah County. He issued a statement with Lieutenant Governor Henderson urging the use of the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Department of Environmental Quality is warning residents to test their homes for radon. DEQ officials estimate that one-in-three Utah homes have concerning levels of radon gas. The gas is colorless, odorless and tasteless, and can cause lung cancer if exposure is prolonged. Residents […]
(St. George, UT) — State Representative Travis Seegmiller says he is officially not running for another seat, but says his name will still be on primary ballots on June 28. He says he made it clear he was not running, but missed a deadline to be taken off the primary […]
(Atlanta, GA) — The CDC is investigating four more suspected monkeypox cases in the U.S. All are in men and are related to travel. CDC officials said yesterday the suspected cases being investigated include one in New York City, one in Florida, and two in Utah. The first case in […]
