SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Bold water conservation strategies and changes in long-standing law and water policies are needed to slow the alarming shrinking of the Great Salt Lake. A recent report from an by an advisory panel found upstream diversions have long prevented vast quantities from replenishing the lake, […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Utah State University plans to test nearly 300 students for COVID-19 after wastewater samples from four dormitories showed elevated levels of the coronavirus. The students who will be tested Sunday and Monday live in the Rich, Jones, Morgan and Davis dorms. There have been no reported […]
Early in the morning of Aug. 29, Sevier Search and Rescue, rescued a paraglider that crashed on the hills above Heplers Pond Road east of Richfield. It has been confirmed by friends and family on social media that the individual was Tanner Sirrine, age 24. Sirrine was taken by life […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — The Provo Municipal Council has overridden a mayoral veto and implemented a mask mandate ahead of a new school year starting at Brigham Young University. The Daily Herald reports the Thursday vote means people must wear facial coverings indoors and outdoors in public areas and at […]
On Aug. 27, a message was sent out to faculty members and parents of students of Richfield High School saying that they were informed that some students were possibly exposed to a positive COVID-19 case. Due to privacy laws, no additional information will be released about the positive case. According […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — The mayor of Provo, Utah has rejected a proposed city ordinance mandating people wear facial coverings indoors and outdoors in public areas and at large gatherings during the pandemic. The Daily Herald reported that Mayor Michelle Kaufusi vetoed the mandate. She argued she didn’t think it […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — City officials in Utah have unanimously passed an ordinance in Provo mandating people wear facial coverings indoors and outdoors in public areas and at large gatherings during the pandemic. The Daily Herald reported that the Provo Municipal Council voted Tuesday during its second special public meeting […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — High school seniors joined Gov. Gary Herbert at a weekly briefing imploring parents to stop fighting Utah’s face covering mandate in schools. Three Enterprise High School students on Wednesday voiced frustration with parents and other community members who planned a no-mask protest Monday in St. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Black conservative running for Congress in Utah is set to speak at the Republican National Convention Wednesday. Burgess Owens is in a race that could test GOP’s ability to recapture the suburban districts that gave Democrats control of the House. Owens is a former […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A high-ranking leader from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints vowed support this week for “peaceful efforts to overcome racism” while lamenting that some people in the movements are attacking religious freedom. Quentin L. Cook also defended early church leader Brigham Young. Young […]
