SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah launched a new cell phone app Wednesday to track coronavirus symptoms and identify people who may have been exposed, known as contact tracing. The state has contract worth up to a $2.75 million with the social-media company Twenty, which built an app called “Healthy […]
A Cedar City man was recently charged in connection with the illegal killing of a buck deer in 2018. Michael Grant, 25, was charged in Iron County’s 5th District Court with wanton destruction of protected wildlife, a class A misdemeanor; two counts of taking, transporting, selling or purchasing protected wildlife, […]
WEST JORDAN, Utah (AP) — Police say a man suspected of forcing his way into the Utah home of a couple he knew and killing them both in was arrested Wednesday morning in the Sacramento, California area. Police believe 30-year-old Katherine Butterfield and 31-year-old Tony Butterfield were sleeping when 31-year-old […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A former Nevada judge who was banned from the bench is working as a city attorney in Utah. The Deseret News reported Conrad Hafen became a Saratoga Springs assistant city attorney in January. The Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline censured Hafen following confrontations in his […]
SALT LAKE CITY (The Salt Lake Tribune) — Utah search and rescue crews have found the body of a 44-year-old Colorado camper who was missing for several weeks. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that Daggett County Sheriff Erik Bailey said Leonard Corby “Corb” Fisher was found Monday about 2.5 miles […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — State officials say Utah will buy 200,000 treatments of malaria drugs widely touted by President Donald Trump for treating the new coronavirus despite warnings from doctors that the medications shouldn’t be used until more testing is done. Utah Department of Health spokesman Tom Hudachko said […]
Salina, UT—The Sevier County Judicial Nominating Commission has announced the appointment of Judge Mark McIff to fill the Salina City Justice Court vacancy. The position will replace Judge Cordell Pearson who left the position in Dec. 2019. Judge Mark McIff currently serves as judge of several justice courts in Sevier […]
WEST JORDAN, Utah (AP) — Police are searching for a Utah man who they say forced his way into the home of a couple he knew and killed them both, leaving behind their three young children. Authorities said 31-year-old Albert Enoch Johnson was likely cut on his hands or legs […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris Peterson has named a health care advocate as his running mate. Peterson announced Monday that he has chosen Karina Brown of Nibley to share the Democratic ticket with him. Nibley helped sponsor a successful Medicaid expansion ballot initiative known as […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah state health officials say all but one of Utah’s 28 confirmed coronavirus deaths have been people over the age of 55. That breakdown mirrors national trends. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show more than nine in 10 of the 15,000 […]
