SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A high-ranking leader with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has tested positive for the coronavirus. Church spokesman Eric Hawkins said Tuesday in a statement that Gerrit W. Gong and his wife were tested after they learned they might have been exposed to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police say a man who refused to wear a face mask on a Utah-bound flight was escorted off the plane after he and another man got into a physical altercation. Rylie Lansford boarded the flight in Mesa, Arizona, Saturday and was sitting near both passengers. […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — An alcohol regulatory agency in Utah has granted a Logan business a bar establishment license, making it the first new bar in the county not attached to a restaurant in about 30 years. The Herald Journal reported that the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control granted […]
On Oct. 4 the Piute County School District announced that the district is going to switch to online learning for the next two weeks due to an uptick in COVID-19 cases. Digital instruction will begin Oct. 5 and in person learning will resume on Oct. 21. According to the letter […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah has a new teacher of the year. John Arthur teaches sixth grade at Meadowlark Elementary School in Salt Lake City. He credits his own teachers for helping him find his voice when he was a self-described shy Korean boy. The Deseret News reports now […]
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) — An increase in COVID-19 cases in Utah is continuing with another 1,068 additional reported infections. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the case number Saturday marks the eighth day of more than 1,000 daily cases in the last two weeks. The Utah Department of Health […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah has reported 15 more coronavirus deaths following medical examiner investigations as the pandemic spikes in the state. Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Erik Christensen said his office has seen a “notable increase” in the number of virus-related death investigations they’ve conducted in the past few […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee revealed he has been infected with the coronavirus. The announcement Friday came hours after President Donald Trump announced he had tested positive for the virus. The conservative Utah senator plans to isolate for 10 days then return to public life […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — After Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox criticized the Salt Lake City School District for not mandating in-person learning, the district reaffirmed its commitment to online learning. School district spokesperson Yandary Chatwin says the district will continue with remote, online learning in order to keep faculty, staff, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A new audit finds a multimillion-dollar coronavirus-testing contract the state of Utah signed with a startup company ended up costing significantly more per test because fewer people than expected took the tests. The audit released Wednesday found the agreement with Nomi Health was for a […]
