SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Board of Education has rejected multiple proposals requiring stricter precautions against the coronavirus as schools reopen across the state. The Deseret News reported that the board voted 9-5 Thursday against a series of mandates, including one that would limit the number of students […]
ROY, Utah (AP) — One man died overnight and another is in custody after Roy, Utah, police say they became involved in a shootout that also injured a police dog. The incident began about 2 a.m. Saturday. That’s according to a Roy City Police Department news release. A Roy City […]
DUCHESNE, Utah (AP) — Six people were injured when their plane crashed in Duchesne County. Officials say the Cessna T210M took off from Roosevelt on Friday morning en route to Moon Lake. The plane had engine trouble and crashed just south of the lake near a campground. One man was […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Marine Corps veteran knelt for nine hours at the Utah Capitol to call attention to racial injustice, police brutality and mental health. Shane Brooks told ABC4 on Thursday that people of color with mental illness are treated as if they have already committed a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah will no longer recommend that schools allow students who have been exposed to COVID-19 to come to class following pushback from doctors and educators. The state issued a new recommendation Thursday that any student or teacher who has come into close contact with a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Some Black Lives Matter protesters in Utah could face up to life in prison if they’re convicted of splashing red paint and smashing windows during a protest, a potential punishment that stands out among demonstrators arrested around the country and one that critics say doesn’t […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A few hundred people demonstrated in Utah on Wednesday to protest face covering requirements they said curtail civil liberties. The Daily Herald reported that protesters in Orem walked around without masks carrying signs that said “Don’t Mask Our Kids.” Healthcare executives and infectious disease experts have […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The U.S. government settled a lawsuit Wednesday brought by the state of Utah over a mine waste spill caused by federal workers that sent wastewater downstream to several states from the inactive Gold King Mine in southwestern Colorado five years ago. Utah’s lawsuit was one […]
Every year, the Utah Department of Health (UDOH) Office of Primary Care and Rural Health (OPCRH) recognizes the valuable role rural hospital administrators play in their communities. Due to COVID-19, the OPCRH canceled an annual summit to honor these accomplishments; however, OPCRH believes the administrators’ hard work and efforts is […]
