SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Legislature’s 2021 session opened Tuesday with words of hope and heightened security measures against a backdrop of possibly violent protests and the coronavirus pandemic. The Capitol usually buzzes with activity as lobbyists, advocates and others walk the halls. But it was largely empty […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints urged its members to get a COVID-19 vaccine when it’s their turn, while announcing Tuesday that eight top leaders and most of their wives received their first doses. Ninety-six-year-old church President Russell M. Nelson and the others […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah health officials have confirmed the state’s first case of the COVID-19 variant that’s been seen in the United Kingdom. Lab tests found a 25 to 44 year old man from Salt Lake County who tested positive last month had the variant. The state health […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Twin brothers Antonio and Armand Berry didn’t have a easy start at life: As babies, they were shaken by their biological father, which left them legally blind. Later adopted by their maternal grandparents in Ogden, they have grown up to become students at Weber State University. […]
MOAB, Utah (AP) — A Utah-based nonprofit founded to help build community among the Native population in Moab has now turned its efforts toward keeping Native elders safe during the coronavirus pandemic. Full Circle Intertribal Center has raised $150,000 and delivered over 600 bags of food and cleaning supplies since […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah National Guard will send about 350 service members to Washington, D.C. to support law enforcement at President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration ceremony next week. The guards will be there to “protect lives, preserve property, protect critical infrastructure, and the right to peacefully assemble.” The […]
The Sevier County jail is dealing with a small outbreak of COVID-19 cases. Recent testing at the jail has revealed that 22 inmates currently have the Coronavirus. Sevier County Sheriff Nathan Curtis shared his thoughts on the situation saying, “it was something that was inevitable.” Curtis also shared that the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah State Capitol will be largely closed to the public when lawmakers begin their work for the year next week amid planned protests following in Utah an insurrection on the U.S. Capitol last week. Lawmakers announced Tuesday that public testimony for and against bills […]
There has been a slight change of plans with how the COVID-19 vaccine is going to be distributed throughout the Central Utah Health District. Utah’s new Governor Spencer Cox has shared that he wants the vaccine’s distribution to pick up pace and with that came a couple of changes. One […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The owner and CEO of a Utah pharmacy has been accused of mislabeling large amounts of malaria drugs imported from China that outgoing President Donald Trump incorrectly touted last year as a “miracle” treatment for the coronavirus. Dan Richards, the operator of Meds In Motion, […]
