(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah is expected to see over 700 Afghan refugees resettle here in the coming months. Governor Spencer Cox says the state expects around 765 Afghan refugees to arrive, and they are working with agencies, humanitarian groups, private sector leaders, Afghans in Utah and engaged citizens […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has cast doubt on the efficacy of mask-wearing after health leaders made some of their most impassioned pleas yet for state residents to mask up and get vaccinated. Cox, a Republican, said Tuesday that his administration is encouraging people to wear […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox is offering help in resettling refugees fleeing Afghanistan after the Taliban suddenly swept to power following the U.S. withdrawal. The Republican sent a letter to President Joe Biden on Tuesday saying the state is eager to help Afghans, especially those who […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s hospitals are feeling the strain as coronavirus cases increase, the vast majority among unvaccinated people, officials said Tuesday. Republican Gov. Spencer Cox called the latest wave a pandemic of the unvaccinated. He maintained the state would not require people show they got the shot. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s daily coronavirus count eclipsed 1,000 cases Thursday for the first time in five months as a summer surge of the virus triggered concerns from state officials. Data from the Utah Health Department showed the state’s weekly positivity rate of 14.7% was also the highest […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah health officials have announced that the governor’s previous assertion that the state had reached its goal of vaccinating 70% of adults by July Fourth was false because of a data error. Republican Gov. Spencer Cox issued an apology to state residents on Monday, about […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and other local leaders are urging state residents to forgo using personal fireworks this summer as the state faces a historic drought. Cox and more than 30 Utah city mayors and council members called on people to instead celebrate July Fourth […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Several wildfires are burning in Utah amid hot, dry conditions and with most of the state mired in extreme drought. The largest blaze is one that started Tuesday in central Utah near the town of Price that was about 3 square miles (8 square kilometers) […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox is urging residents and businesses to cut down on their water usage to combat the worst drought the state has experienced in decades. Cox said Tuesday he will issue an executive order directing state agencies in northern Utah to only water […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s governor is asking citizens to pray for rain this weekend to relieve the state from its drought. Gov. Spencer Cox released a statement Thursday calling on Utah citizens to pray for divine intervention as an excessive heat warning has been issued for areas of […]
