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Utah elementary school Zoom meeting hacked with pornography

Utah elementary school Zoom meeting hacked with pornography

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A video meeting hosted by the Alpine School District was hacked, revealing pornographic images to dozens of elementary school students in Utah earlier this week. District spokesperson Kimberly Bird told KUTV-TV that the incident happened Wednesday on a call with Grovecrest Elementary School Principal Kyle […]

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Latter-day Saints to remove statue during restoration work

Latter-day Saints to remove statue during restoration work

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints plans to temporarily remove the Angel Moroni statue from its Salt Lake Temple during restoration work. The Deseret News reports workers at Temple Square in Salt Lake City installed a mobile crane Thursday. Church spokesman Daniel Woodruff […]

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Utah governor candidate names Sen. Dan McCay as running mate

Utah governor candidate names Sen. Dan McCay as running mate

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Gubernatorial candidate Jeff Burningham has announced he picked Republican state Sen. Dan McCay as his running mate in Utah. Burningham says he has been searching for a candidate since January and wanted someone who had legislative experience and valued public service. The announcement came Wednesday […]

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Porn warning labels bill becomes Utah law amid controversy

Porn warning labels bill becomes Utah law amid controversy

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Pornography will have to come with a warning label in Utah after Gov. Gary Herbert allowed the measure to become law over protest from the adult-entertainment industry. If producers don’t include a one-sentence warning label about potential harm to minors, they could face a $2,500 […]

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Gov. Herbert announces plan to “test Utah” for COVID-19

Gov. Herbert announces plan to “test Utah” for COVID-19

During the early afternoon of Apr. 2 Gov. Gary Herbert announced a plan to “test Utah” for COVID-19. The plan will be called the #TestUtahChallenge and is a partnership between the state and Utah’s own Silicon Slopes. The goal is to test everyone in Utah who needs it. More details […]

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Sufco Mine taking measures to slow the spread of coronavirus

Sufco Mine taking measures to slow the spread of coronavirus

Sufco is doing its part to try and help stop the spread of the coronavirus. In a statement from Wayne Squire, Sufco’s driector of human resources, it was shared that they are following government guidelines by following the flattening the curve and social distancing directives. It was said in the […]

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Ballooning jobless claims flood system during COVID crisis

Ballooning jobless claims flood system during COVID crisis

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Jobless claims in Utah ballooned again last week as tens of thousands of people forced out of work during the coronavirus crisis flooded a system that had been staffed to handle a trickle during a time of historically low unemployment. Numbers released Thursday show 28,560 […]

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Biologists wade through Utah ponds in search of frog eggs

Biologists wade through Utah ponds in search of frog eggs

PROVO, Utah (AP) — Utah wildlife biologists are monitoring a sensitive species by wading through ponds in search of their eggs. The Daily Herald reports Division of Wildlife Resources officials were near Diamond Fork Canyon on Monday searching for eggs belonging to the Columbia spotted frog to monitor their population […]

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Scott Sommerdorf  |  The Salt Lake Tribune             
After midnight, Utah Governor Gary Herbert thanks the Representatives for their work as the Legidlators ended the 2012 session in the Utah House of Representatives, Thursday, March 8, 2012.

Rent payments can be postponed, gov says as COVID toll rises

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — As the number of coronavirus cases and deaths grew in Utah, authorities announced a freeze on evictions Wednesday and advocates demanded the release of more inmates. Epidemiologist Angela Dunn says seven people have died, and more than 1,000 people have been infected. Meanwhile, Utah Gov. […]

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Central Utah health district has second confirmed case of Coronavirus

Central Utah health district has second confirmed case of Coronavirus

The Central Utah Public Health Department has announced the second confirmed case of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in a resident of the Central Utah Health District (Juab, Millard, Piute, Sanpete, Sevier and Wayne counties). CUPHD Health Officer Nate Selin Shared on Morning talk on Apr. 2 that the individual was […]

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