SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake County officials are reporting a COVID-19 outbreak at a homeless center for men near Salt Lake City. The county said in a news release Friday that 94 of 205 people tested positive. Tests were done after two men tested positive last week at […]
SALT LAKE CITY (The Salt Lake Tribune) — Salt Lake City officials have announced plans to turn an eclectic community known as Hobbitville into a public art park amid efforts to protect the property from development. The Salt Lake Tribune reported Tuesday that the Salt Lake City Council approved a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Five days after a magnitude 5.7 earthquake shook parts of Utah, residents continue to report damage. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the Greater Salt Lake Municipal Services District asked those within its boundaries to submit online notices of home or business damage from the March […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s governor has repealed local orders creating criminal penalties for people who gather in groups of 10 or more as health officials warn that the coronavirus make take months to deal with. Republican Gov. Gary Herbert said Thursday the orders in Salt Lake and Utah […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — With much of normal life at a screeching halt to combat the coronavirus, millions of people in Utah are hunkered down in the safety of their homes. But on Wednesday morning, even that protection felt fragile as an earthquake strong enough to shut down the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican Sen. Mitt Romney is proposing one-time $1,000 checks for every American adult. This comes amid the shutdown of bars, restaurants and resorts in many places in Utah and the rest of the country. Salt Lake County restaurants will close to diners late Monday, though […]
SALT LAKE CITY (Deseret News) — A bill targeting a new Salt Lake County rule to require gun show vendors in county facilities to run background checks on customers has passed the Utah House of Representatives. The Deseret News reported the bill that passed without debate aims to clarify state […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s juvenile judges will soon begin taking on cases in adult court, a move to help relieve crowded courtrooms in the state’s most populated judicial district. The Deseret News reports the judges next year will preside over an adult’s first court date and decide whether […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake County says it will begin requiring background checks on private sales at gun shows held in county-owned facilities next year. Mayor Jenny Wilson announced the rule Monday, saying she knows it won’t solve the gun violence problem but says the county can’t risk […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah homeless advocates say they have had difficulty filling beds at Salt Lake County’s homeless resource centers. The Deseret News reported some people in the homeless population have not yet made the transition to sleeping at the centers. Officials say that following the closure of […]
