SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Southwest Utah Public Health Department has announced plans to reschedule appointments for coronavirus vaccinations delayed by a winter storm last week. KSTU-TV reports the severe weather impacted shipments of vaccine to area clinics from outside the state. Southwest Utah Public Health Department says its […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah State Parks has reported park visitation increased by 2.6 million between 2019 and 2020 despite safety restrictions implemented during the coronavirus pandemic. Utah Division of Parks and Recreation Director Jeff Rasmussen said the state parks saw increased visitation during the summer that continued through […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Weather officials in Utah say a snowstorm has delayed business hours, closed doors for the day and postponed COVID-19 testing on Wednesday. The snow is expected to drift off in the afternoon, but several inches are expected to drop across the Wasatch Front, in the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah House has said about two dozen Utah legislative staffers were placed on the priority list to receive COVID-19 vaccinations ahead of other residents. House Speaker Brad Wilson’s chief of staff Abby Osborne said in a statement on Monday that legislative leaders worked with […]
PANGUITCH, Utah (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic has swept through Utah’s rural Garfield County, infecting more than one in every dozen people. KUER-FM reports there have been nearly 400 cases of COVID-19 in a county of just over 5,000 people. As of Feb. 2, nine people in Garfield County have […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Government leaders in Uintah County are defending the decision to use several hundred thousand dollars in coronavirus relief funding to build a snow tubing hill. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Buckskin Hills Ski and Snow Tubing Hill opened earlier this month outside of Vernal […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two Utah lawmakers tested positive Monday for COVID-19, the same day a few anti-mask activists briefly shut down a legislative hearing. The Deseret News reports another lawmaker who has been absent from the session since it began last week has been hospitalized with the disease […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s Capitol building is set to reopen to the public Monday after last week’s closure due to concerns about potential protests. Republican Senate President Stuart Adams says public input is essential in maintaining the legislative process. The Capitol was closed from Jan. 19-22 due to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Lorimay Fuimaono-Ki will not always have complicated feelings about Jan. 7. But in 2021, it was a day of intense gratitude and searing pain. The young mother cannot stop the tears as she tries to explain what life has been like since her home, the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox is ordering vaccine shots set aside as second doses be re-distributed as first doses to new people if the original patient doesn’t come back for their follow-up appointment a few weeks later. He said Thursday during his monthly news conference on […]
