SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — As coronavirus deaths increase, Utah officials started using an emergency alert system to send text messages to drivers entering the state, asking them to report any virus symptoms and a recent travel history. The state declared truck drivers exempt from the system. Hundreds of thousands […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican Sen. Mike Lee endorsed Jon Huntsman, Jr. in Utah’s crowded gubernatorial race on Friday. Lee called the Republican hoping to reclaim his seat at governor a true conservative who has supported local control of federal public lands, opposed abortion and pushed back against the […]
The number of coronavirus cases on the nation’s largest Native American reservation jumped by 17% Saturday as the Navajo Nation prepared to get new rapid-test kits. The Navajo Nation said in a statement that the number of cases on the 27,000-square-mile (70,000-square-kilometer) reservation that sprawls across Arizona, New Mexico and […]
LEHI, Utah (The Salt Lake Tribune) — A former Lehi City public works chief has been charged with multiple felonies after prosecutors accuse him of allegedly stealing $800,000 from the northern Utah city through fraudulent charges paid to his cousin’s company. The Salt Lake Tribune reported Thursday that 42-year-old former […]
COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a man has died after falling during a hiking and climbing excursion in Big Cottonwood Canyon in northern Utah. The Desert News reports 29-year-old Wade Joseph Meade fell near Lake Blanche around 3:15 p.m. Wednesday. Meade was able to call police after falling […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — More than 33,000 new Utah residents filed for unemployment last week in yet another increase that illustrates the stunning collapse of the global economy. The new filings mark a 16% leap from the previous week and were a staggering 29 times higher than the average […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — All five of Utah’s national parks are closed after Capitol Reef officials said Thursday they’re shuttering their gates to prevent spread of the new coronavirus. The park known for its sandstone cliffs was the last national park still open in Utah after Zion, Bryce Canyon, […]
The Central Utah Public Health Department is issuing a challenge to central Utah. Nate Selin, health director for the CUPHD, shared on Apr. 9 that “they wanted to put a challenge out there to the people of central Utah to show them how you do social distancing.” Selin talked about […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A professional jumper has vowed not to leap anymore from cliffs inside national parks after he pleaded guilty to doing it twice in Zion National Park in Utah. Marshall Miller said Wednesday he will respect a law that prohibits BASE jumping in all national parks. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Gov. Gary Herbert said Wednesday that travelers coming into Utah will be required to identify themselves and report any coronavirus symptoms as they arrive. Authorities say highways will be “geofenced” at the five most common entry points so drivers get a text message through a […]
