LOGAN, Utah (AP) — A mayor in northern Utah has asked for a citywide mask mandate to limit the spread of COVID-19, a request that has drawn mixed reactions from Cache County council members and city residents. The Herald Journal reported that Logan Mayor Holly Daines said the mandate would […]
RIVERTON, Utah (AP) — A Utah lawmaker says she and her family tested positive for COVID-19 after having a small Sunday dinner with a close relative last week. Rep. Candice Pierucci told the Deseret News Tuesday that the family member later said they had been exposed to the virus at […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah saw one of its best primary election voter turnout in years despite issues caused by the coronavirus pandemic. This year’s primaries were conducted exclusively by mail, though some voters were able to vote at drive-through locations in seven counties. The Salt Lake Tribune reports […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A vice presidential debate will be held with an audience at the University of Utah in October, though it will be significantly smaller to accommodate social distancing amid a surge of coronavirus cases in Utah and elsewhere. Officials said Wednesday the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah has seen a surge in coronavirus cases _ but not in densely populated Salt Lake City, where cases are dropping a month after the county instituted a mask mandate. In a rare scenario, case counts in Salt Lake County have started returning to late-June […]
The Central Utah Public Health Department (CUPHD) was notified on Wednesday, July 22 that a death occurred in Sevier County due to COVID-19. The person who passed away was a female, between the ages of 45-64, and was not hospitalized prior to her death. She was initially reported to be […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — People in the live-events industry who were forced out of work because of the COVID-19 pandemic marched Tuesday to draw attention to the plight of people and businesses who put on concerts, theater and sports. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that about 100 people came […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Four Utah County Sheriff’s deputies are in isolation after arresting a man who is accused of assaulting a woman after he reportedly tested positive for the disease caused by the coronavirus. Authorities tell the Daily Herald that 31-year-old Matthew Jarel Harding also threatened police officers with […]
SPRINGVILLE, Utah (AP) — A Utah teenager’s kidney transplant that was postponed at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic is now scheduled after over three months of waiting. Thirteen-year-old Isabel “Izzy” Rammell was supposed to undergo the procedure earlier this year, but it was pushed back when Utah hospitals postponed […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A citizen referendum challenging the creation of a license for brewpubs in Provo has narrowly failed to get enough signatures to make the ballot. The Daily Herald reports organizers were stymied by the coronavirus pandemic and fell less than 200 signatures short of making the ballot […]
