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 […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The University of Utah did not reach a settlement after two days of mediation with the parents of slain track star Lauren McCluskey. They filed a $56 million lawsuit over her death in 2018. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that the McCluskeys’ attorney described the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — State officials say nearly 160,000 Utah residents have applied for unemployment since the pandemic took hold in the U.S. in mid-March. That represents about 11% of the total workforce in Utah that is eligible for the unemployment insurance program.The 6,275 unemployment claims made in the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police say a Utah man who was hired to install garage doors acquired supplies by stealing doors from homes under construction. The Deseret News reported police arrested 35-year-old Justin Thomas Strasburg. A police affidavit says Strasburg was arrested May 7 while in possession of about […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s state epidemiologist warned Wednesday that Southern Utah could see a surge in coronavirus cases after the area experienced its most contagious two weeks since the pandemic hit. The five-counties in the southwestern health district recorded 55 new cases this week, and 56 cases the […]
OGDEN, Utah (Standard-Examiner) — The Ogden Police Department has asked the public for help in finding the driver of a pickup truck that hit two teenagers, seriously injuring one of the boys. The Standard-Examiner reported that Sherry Rynes of Washington Terrace said her 13-year-old son suffered multiple broken bones after […]
HEBER CITY, Utah (AP) — A Utah state trooper has helped a pair of newborn moose calves reunite safely with their mother. Sgt. Nick Street says the trooper noticed the hours-old calves on the road without their mother on his way home from work Monday. Worried they could be hit […]
KAYSVILLE, Utah (AP) — A Utah-based watchdog group has asked Kaysville Mayor Katie Witt to resign because of her support for a concert that could attract hundreds of people. Witt expressed her support for the May 30 concert in a statement last week. The progressive Alliance for a Better Utah […]
