PROVO, Utah (AP) — The mayor of Provo, Utah has rejected a proposed city ordinance mandating people wear facial coverings indoors and outdoors in public areas and at large gatherings during the pandemic. The Daily Herald reported that Mayor Michelle Kaufusi vetoed the mandate. She argued she didn’t think it […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — City officials in Utah have unanimously passed an ordinance in Provo mandating people wear facial coverings indoors and outdoors in public areas and at large gatherings during the pandemic. The Daily Herald reported that the Provo Municipal Council voted Tuesday during its second special public meeting […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — High school seniors joined Gov. Gary Herbert at a weekly briefing imploring parents to stop fighting Utah’s face covering mandate in schools. Three Enterprise High School students on Wednesday voiced frustration with parents and other community members who planned a no-mask protest Monday in St. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Black conservative running for Congress in Utah is set to speak at the Republican National Convention Wednesday. Burgess Owens is in a race that could test GOP’s ability to recapture the suburban districts that gave Democrats control of the House. Owens is a former […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A high-ranking leader from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints vowed support this week for “peaceful efforts to overcome racism” while lamenting that some people in the movements are attacking religious freedom. Quentin L. Cook also defended early church leader Brigham Young. Young […]
The state of Utah has recently seen an uptick in livestock shooting cases. Since April of 2020 there has been 17 head of livestock killed, with the majority of those cases occurring in central Utah. Lean Hunting with the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food stated, with all that has […]
Congressman Chris Stewart met with central Utah citizens and businessmen on Tuesday in Ephraim at a townhall meeting, and then followed up with a session in Salina At the Ephraim meeting with varied business leaders, Stewart responded on a number of topics. 1- How is Covid 19 affecting business in […]
HOLLADAY, Utah (AP) — A Utah woman has pleaded guilty to multiple charges after police say she bought a biological agent online to harm her former roommate. KUTV-TV reported that Janie Lynn Ridd was arrested in December 2019 on suspicion of aggravated abuse of a vulnerable adult, attempted abuse of […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — The St. George area along the border between Utah and Arizona was inundated with flash floods after a torrential downpour. A large thunderstorm rained down more than an inch of water throughout the area. St. George Police Officer Tiffany Atkin told residents to stay inside […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Republican former football player who is challenging Utah’s lone Congressional Democrat will speak at the Republican National Convention this week. Burgess Owens tells the Deseret News he plans to speak about the hope that sustained him growing up Black in the segregated South in […]
