SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A growing number of health professionals around the world are filling an important role in the effort to guard against a resurgence of the coronavirus. In the United States, some experts say an estimated 300,000 contact tracers are needed to adequately curtail the spread. Contact […]
OGDEN, Utah (Standard-Examiner) — The Ogden Police Department has asked the public for help in finding the driver of a pickup truck that hit two teenagers, seriously injuring one of the boys. The Standard-Examiner reported that Sherry Rynes of Washington Terrace said her 13-year-old son suffered multiple broken bones after […]
HEBER CITY, Utah (AP) — A Utah state trooper has helped a pair of newborn moose calves reunite safely with their mother. Sgt. Nick Street says the trooper noticed the hours-old calves on the road without their mother on his way home from work Monday. Worried they could be hit […]
KAYSVILLE, Utah (AP) — A Utah-based watchdog group has asked Kaysville Mayor Katie Witt to resign because of her support for a concert that could attract hundreds of people. Witt expressed her support for the May 30 concert in a statement last week. The progressive Alliance for a Better Utah […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints could resume services as soon as this weekend, more than two months after they were suspended to help halt the spread of the coronavirus. Global leaders of the faith said in a letter Tuesday that meetings can […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A woman who contracted the coronavirus in Utah has sued her employer arguing the American Fork-based company did not take proper precautions to protect its employees. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that Juana Victoria Flores filed the lawsuit Wednesday against Built Bar. The company manufactures […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The chief of the University of Utah police department is ordering a new, outside investigation into allegations that an officer showed off explicit photos of a woman reporting she was being extorted by a man she had dated, shortly before he killed her. The review […]
SALT LAKE CITY (Deseret News) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has started work to temporarily remove a damaged statue from the church’s Salt Lake Temple. The Deseret News reports the removal of the Angel Moroni statue with a crane began Monday as part of a four-year […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Republican Utah mayor will allow a country music concert protest event to go forward, defying newly loosened health rules aimed at slowing the coronavirus pandemic. Kaysville Mayor Katie Witt acknowledged Thursday the May 30 event would violate current state directives but told the Salt […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says a teen serving as a missionary died after being hit by a vehicle in Georgia. A church spokesperson said 19-year-old Elder McKay Bergeson of Bountiful, Utah, was riding his bicycle when he was hit near LaFayette, […]
