Some media outlets are erroneously reporting that a bigger earthquake is imminent. This is not true. According to University of Utah seismologists, there is only a 5% chance of a larger earthquake at this time. Currently, power is being restored to areas that were affected by this morning’s 5.7 magnitude […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 5.7-magnitude earthquake has shaken Salt Lake City and many of its suburbs. The quake sent panicked residents running to the streets, knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes and closed the city’s airport and its light rail system. The U.S. Geological Survey […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert ordered statewide dine-in closures at restaurants and bars Tuesday while health officials in the national parks hotspot of Moab ordered a halt to new overnight tourists to help stop the spread of the new coronavirus. The steps came as the number […]
SALT LAKE CITY (The Salt Lake Tribune) — The parents of a Utah woman who died while in jail have settled a lawsuit against a county for $950,000. Calvin and Kim Ostler sued Salt Lake County over the death of their daughter, Lisa Marie Ostler. The lawsuit says jailers believed […]
WASHINGTON-Tuesday, during a coronavirus task briefing Tuesday, United States President Donald Trump expressed his confidence that the nation would win over COVID-19. In citing the restrictions imposed upon the American public during a Monday meeting with the press, Trump said the nation can get rolling again “pretty quickly,” if the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A high-profile Democratic defense attorney entered the race for Utah attorney general Tuesday, shortly after a reform-minded prosecutor mounted a challenge from within the Republican Party. Defense attorney and former prosecutor Greg Skordas took a broad political view, saying he would protect health care and […]
In an email sent to their customers Zions bank stated that many of their branches are going to be moving to drive up tellers only. In the email it states “in an effort to help slow the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), Zions Bank has made the decision to serve clients […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah County Attorney David Leavitt has announced he will run for state attorney general following a year in his job with the county. The Republican announced in a Facebook video on Friday that he will challenge the state’s Republican Attorney General Sean Reyes. Leavitt says […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s two largest hospital systems have delayed elective surgeries and other non-urgent medical procedures to save space and equipment for future patients with the new coronavirus. Intermountain Healthcare and University of Utah Health expect an influx of coronavirus patients in the coming weeks. Authorities say […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A Utah jury has acquitted a man charged with murder after finding he shot and killed an acquaintance in self-defense. The Deseret News reports jurors in Provofound 20-year-old Elbert John Paule guilty of a single charge of obstructing justice. The obstruction charge was also related to […]
