SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah County high school plans to close temporarily and shift to a schedule that mixes online and in-person classes after reporting a cluster of coronavirus cases. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Alpine School District announced the change Monday at Pleasant Grove High School near […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A few hundred people demonstrated in Utah on Wednesday to protest face covering requirements they said curtail civil liberties. The Daily Herald reported that protesters in Orem walked around without masks carrying signs that said “Don’t Mask Our Kids.” Healthcare executives and infectious disease experts have […]
SALT LAKE CITY (The Salt Lake Tribune) — The U.S. Census Bureau has released a report on the fastest-growing regions across the country, citing three Utah areas. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that Wasatch County was listed as the third fastest-growing county in the past decade with 45% growth, while […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A Utah jury has acquitted a man charged with murder after finding he shot and killed an acquaintance in self-defense. The Deseret News reports jurors in Provofound 20-year-old Elbert John Paule guilty of a single charge of obstructing justice. The obstruction charge was also related to […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A proposed public park and nature reserve on the shores of Utah Lake would provide restoration habitat for birds and walking trails, fishing spots and bird watching towers. The Daily Herald newspaper in Provo reports that the 1,000-acre park would be nestled between Provo, Orem and Vineyard […]
OREM, Utah (AP) — The parents of a man fatally shot when a passerby intervened to stop an attack on a woman says they’re at peace with prosecutors’ decision to not criminally charge the man who killed their son. Kathleen and Paul Sorensen of Orem told KSL that 26-year-old Jeremy […]
OREM, Utah (AP) — The first class of Chinese dual immersion students in the Alpine School District are entering high school and fresh off a recent trip to China where they were able to try out the language skills. The Daily Herald in Provo reports that the students learned Chinese […]
OREM, Utah (AP) — An Orem man has been charged with rape and child abuse after authorities say he repeatedly sexually abused three young children and drugged their food. The Daily Herald reports 34-year-old Adam Jay Moore was charged on September 25 with rape, several counts of sexual abuse, child […]
CEDAR CITY, Utah-Thursday, Utah Valley University and Southern Utah University men’s basketball agreed to a four-game series that commences next season. The Wolverines will visit the Thunderbirds at the America First Event Center December 7, 2019. Utah Valley will also visit Cedar City in 2021 and Southern Utah will make […]
OREM, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a man was killed Wednesday when struck by a FrontRunner commuter train in Orem. The Utah Transit Authority says the man was struck by a northbound train near a station and resulted in northbound rail service delays during the tail end of the morning […]
