Following a Coronavirus guideline update by Governor Spencer Cox last week, the South Sanpete School District has announced it will be terminating the use of masks in all schools as of Monday, May 24. According to Superintendent Ralph Squire, masks will no longer be needed on buses, at activities, classrooms […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — A Utah woman has been sentenced to more than two years in a federal prison after she pleaded guilty to fraud in the embezzlement of more than $1.6 million from a meat processing business. The Herald Journal reported that 53-year-old Christine Gillins pleaded guilty in January […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Legislature has passed a measure that would bar public schools and universities from implementing mask mandates. The bill’s sponsor said Wednesday that county officials would still be able to invoke mask orders in consultation with local health officials in schools that have coronavirus […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Democrats have walked off the House floor in protest of a resolution recommending the state review any curriculum that examines the ways in which race and racism influence American politics. Republican lawmakers say they want to ensure that children aren’t being taught that one […]
Around 4:00 p.m. on May 19, authorities responded to a structure fire near 200 North and 200 East in Ephraim. Due to the fire, a propane tank inside a shed exploded, destroying the shed and damaging a nearby house. The cause of the fire in not yet known, and fortunately […]
Two suspects are in custody and both north and southbound I-15 lanes are now open after a police incident near Scipio that took place May 19. The Utah Department of Transportation tweeted around 4:50 p.m. May 19. that all lanes of I-15 were closed near Yuba State Park due to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A travel security agency said there was an increase in the number of guns detected at security checkpoints at Salt Lake City International Airport, even as air travel declined during the coronavirus pandemic. The Deseret News reports that Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman Lorie Dankers says […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A newly released report by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has shown more women in the health care industry are leaving the profession as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. KSTU-TV reported that women lost more than 1.5 million health care jobs across the […]
To commemorate the first anniversary of the Creation of its Farmers Feeding Utah Campaign, the Miracle of Agriculture Foundation will be doing a ‘Miracle Project Blitz’ to seven cities in Utah including Richfield on May 19. In Richfield they will be giving away about 1,000 boxes of food to families […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police are investigating after a swastika was found scratched into the door of a Jewish community center in Salt Lake City. Chabad Jewish Community Center Synagogue Rabbi Avremi Zippel tells KSL-TV that the symbol isn’t something one expects to see 2021 and conveys a violent, […]
