SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is suspending all temple activity due to concerns over the coronavirus. The Utah-based faith said Wednesday that the temporary suspension would start at the end of the day. Meanwhile, a Utah county hard hit by the new […]
The University of Utah and ARUP Laboratories are opening more drive-up COVID-19 testing centers in the state of Utah and they say more are coming. Four new centers are now open in the Salt Lake and Davis counties. University of Utah Health CEO Dr. Michael Good stated that drive-up testing […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Church officials say a Utah man who died from the coronavirus had visited a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple the week before his diagnosis. The temple in Bountiful, north of Salt Lake City, was closed Sunday after state health officials announced the […]
MIDVALE, Utah (March 24, 2020) – The Utah High School Activities Association is announcing an extension to the ongoing suspension of the Association’s spring activities and athletics, due to ongoing statewide prevention efforts with the COVID-19 virus. As a result of Governor Herbert’s directive in a March 23 press conference, the […]
TOKYO (AP) — The Tokyo Olympics have been officially postponed until 2021. The International Olympic Committee along with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and local organizers have decided that the Tokyo Games cannot go ahead as scheduled this year because of the coronavirus outbreak. The IOC says the games will […]
(Undated) — The NBA wants to find a way to resume the suspended season, no matter what. ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne reports that the general sense among owners and players is that they want to complete the season, even if it means stretching into the summer or fall. Shelburne added that […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Classes at Utah schools will remain dismissed at least through May 1, Gov. Gary Herbert said Monday as the number of diagnosed cases of the new coronavirus spiked. State officials say 257 cases have been diagnosed, up from 181 on Sunday. The increase comes a day […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Sen. Mitt Romney and Utah state leaders have criticized a large gathering of family and friends who converged at Salt Lake City’s airport to welcome home missionaries even though people are supposed to be keep their distance to prevent the coronavirus from spreading. Photos and videos […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah congressman who has the new coronavirus was hospitalized over the weekend, and a state lawmaker was also diagnosed with the disease. Democratic U.S. Rep. Ben McAdams was treated with oxygen in an isolation unit after suffering severe shortness of breath Friday evening, he […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Native American tribes across the country are pressing the federal government for more resources to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. In the meantime, tribal leaders are suspending travel off reservations, closing casinos and hotels, instituting curfews in some places and strongly urging their citizens […]
