LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Workers at a Utah a meatpacking plant and their supporters have protested the company’s handling of a coronavirus outbreak that has resulted in nearly 300 confirmed cases. JBS USA employees protested in Logan Tuesday against conditions at the plant in Hyrum. The Bear River Health Department […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former Utah Republican Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. has tested negative for COVID-19, several days after his campaign revealed one of its staffers had the coronavirus. Huntsman is one of four Republican gubernatorial candidates on the June primary ballot. Campaign manager Lisa Roskelley said Monday that […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah logged its largest single-day increase in the number of COVID-19 cases Friday, with many of those coming in connection with an outbreak at a meatpacking plant in northern Utah. Health officials are investigating the “ongoing outbreak” at the unnamed facility and expect to see […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah gubernatorial candidate Jon Huntsman Jr. is self-quarantining after a campaign staffer tested positive for COVID-19. The campaign said Friday that the former U.S.-Russia ambassador has postponed his in-person public events until he can be tested. His running mate Provo Mayor Michelle Kaufusi has not […]
KAYSVILLE, Utah (Deseret News) — The Kaysville City Council has unanimously censured Mayor Katie Witt after she was heavily criticized for her support of a concert protesting coronavirus-related restrictions. The Deseret News reported that the council made the decision Thursday following her support of the concert and personal attacks against […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Utah County commissioners hope the state will move the county from yellow to green in its system rating risk levels for the coronavirus. The Daily Herald reports Commissioner Bill Lee has called for the county commission to support an upgrade to the county’s status in a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — New figures show the number of people requesting unemployment assistance in Utah last week dropped below 5,000 for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic took hold in the United States but remained at a rate far higher than normal. Utah officials said Thursday that […]
Utah is seeing a spike in new COVID-19 cases about a month after many businesses were allowed to reopen, leading state health officials to issue renewed pleas for people to maintain social distancing. Protests over the death of George Floyd have brought hundreds of people together in downtown Salt Lake […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The hotly contested race for the GOP nomination in the Utah governor’s race is showcasing conservative fault lines over the coronavirus crisis response. The four-way June 30 vote will be a test of whether the state leaders’ approach to the pandemic embodied by Lt. Gov. […]
The National Women’s Soccer league has announced the schedule for the opening round of its tournament set to start later this month in Utah. The league’s nine teams will play four preliminary round games, with eight teams advancing to the quarterfinals. The Portland Thorns will play the defending champion North […]
