SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican Utah Gov. Gary Herbert says it was foolish for people to crowd into a meeting to push for an exception to mask requirements in schools and it suggested a mob mentality. Herbert spoke Thursday after local officials in Utah County abruptly canceled the Wednesday […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert carved out an exception to virus restrictions Thursday to allow Salt Lake City schools to fully reopen rather than hold classes online. The capital city has higher case numbers than most other parts of the state and remains under stricter rules […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A major Utah health care company says it will remove “Dixie” from the name of one of its hospitals. Intermountain Dixie Regional Medical Center, located in southern Utah, will be renamed Intermountain St. George Regional Hospital, effective in January. The decision comes as institutions throughout […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — County commissioners in Utah postponed a meeting Wednesday where they were expected to discuss mask mandates after people packed the room and ignored social distancing guidelines. Fox-13 reports that the Utah County commissioners cited public safety concerns as the reason for abruptly canceling the meeting. Utah […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Firefighters are battling a wildfire in southern Utah that authorities say was sparked by illegal fireworks. The blaze north of St. George had grown to nearly 19 square miles and was 0% contained as of Wednesday afternoon. The Spectrum newspaper reports authorities are searching for […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man accused of pointing a bow and arrow at protesters has been ordered to stand trial on four criminal counts. The Deseret News reported that Brandon McCormick, 57, has not yet entered a plea to four third-degree felony charges stemming from the incident. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say toxic levels of a cyanobacteria have been detected in a Utah river for the first time after a dog suffered seizures and died. The dog was at Zion National Park’s Virgin River. Public health officials in the state have since cautioned people against […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah tallied 10 more confirmed deaths from the coronavirus Tuesday, the latest sign showing the severity of a surge of case that began after businesses reopened in May. The Utah Health Department reported that Six of the deaths came in rural San Juan County in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah prosecutor who cleared two officers in the shooting death of an armed man has released a list of proposed deadly force policy reforms. Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill released 22 recommendations on Monday that include holding officers to a higher standard […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Federal inmates have sued officials who run a Utah jail, alleging a failure to adequately protect them from the coronavirus. Six inmates at Weber County Jail filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court on Friday, asking for more inmates be released to home confinement and […]
