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Utah snowboarder died in backcountry avalanche at Park City

January 8, 2021 6:14 PM Associated Press

A Utah man who was snowboarding near Park City was caught in an avalanche in the backcountry Friday morning and died, according to…

New Utah governor unveils vaccine plan amid holiday surge

January 8, 2021 3:23 PM Associated Press

New Gov. Spencer Cox unveiled a plan Friday to ramp up Utah’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution as the state sees a post-holiday surge in new…

Utah hospitals begin administering first COVID-19 vaccines

December 15, 2020 3:56 PM Associated Press

An intensive care nurse in Salt Lake City became the first person in Utah to receive the COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday morning as hospitals began…

Utah university votes to pursue dropping ‘Dixie’ from name

December 14, 2020 4:25 PM Associated Press

A university in Utah voted Monday to move forward with an effort to drop “Dixie” from its name – an example of the nation’s reexamination of the…

Rep. Rob Bishop in hospital after suffering “mild” stroke

December 10, 2020 11:24 AM Associated Press

Republican U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop says he has been hospitalized after suffering a “mild” stroke earlier this week.…

Utah magazine editor fatally swept out to sea in California

December 8, 2020 3:06 PM Associated Press

The editor of Salt Lake magazine has died after she was swept into the ocean in Northern…

Voter turnout in Utah breaks 1964 record

November 24, 2020 9:50 AM Associated Press

Utah had record high voter turnout this year, with a staggering 90% of active voters casting…

Dixie State lacks testing capacity to enforce state order

November 23, 2020 3:04 PM Associated Press

A university in southern Utah said testing will be encouraged but not mandatory despite state health orders mandating college students get tested…

President Nelson shares special video message

November 20, 2020 9:21 AM News Team

Russell M. Nelson, prophet and president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will share a special video message with the world on…

Utah city passes ordinance limiting drinking establishments

November 13, 2020 11:12 AM Associated Press

An ordinance limiting the number of drinking establishments in downtown St. George was passed after the city received complaints, stopping other…

Utah hospital network adds 200 nurses to combat virus surge

November 12, 2020 4:20 PM Associated Press

As coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in Utah continue to shatter records, one of the state’s largest hospital systems is adding nearly 200…

Christmas on Temple Square to be celebrated virtually in 2020

November 12, 2020 4:05 PM News Team

The seasonal lights are ready and musical performances are being recorded for the 2020 Christmas season on Temple Square in Salt Lake…

Utah teachers urged to call in sick, get coronavirus tests

November 11, 2020 9:36 AM Associated Press

A group of Utah teachers has organized an event to encourage educators across the state to call in sick and use the day off to get tested for the…

Ski resorts in Utah prepare reopening plans amid pandemic

November 10, 2020 3:24 PM Associated Press

Ski resorts in Utah have started to prepare reopening plans with additional safety precautions intended to keep guests safe during the coronavirus…

Utah sets new high in number of coronavirus hospitalizations

November 9, 2020 10:02 AM Associated Press

Utah health authorities on Sunday announced a new high in the number of coronavirus hospitalizations as well as 2,386 more COVID-19 cases as the…

Utah governor issues statewide mask mandate amid virus surge

November 9, 2020 10:00 AM Associated Press

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has declared a state of emergency and ordered a statewide mask mandate in an attempt to stem the state’s surge in coronavirus…

Utah voters pass big change to how education is funded

November 6, 2020 5:33 PM Associated Press

Utah voters have approved a major structural change to how schools are…

Utah teachers call for remote learning as virus cases surge

November 6, 2020 2:54 PM Associated Press

Utah’s largest teachers union called for the governor to move all public secondary schools in high coronavirus transmission areas to remote learning…

Utah governor ‘frustrated’ with record-breaking virus cases

November 5, 2020 5:00 PM Associated Press

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert said he is feeling “frustrated” with the state’s rising coronavirus numbers as new cases and hospitalizations continued a…

9 injured as truck crashes into COVID-19 testing site

November 5, 2020 12:12 PM Associated Press

A pickup truck crashed into a coronavirus testing site in Salt Lake City Thursday, injuring nine people and demolishing a medical…

Voters back hunting amendment, re-elect GOP lawman

November 4, 2020 11:41 AM Associated Press

Utah voters have approved making hunting and fishing a constitutional right and given the state’s Republican attorney general another…

Utah reports its highest number of COVID-19 hospitalizations

November 3, 2020 1:10 PM Associated Press

Utah has reported its highest number of hospitalizations yet with 348 COVID-19 patients, surpassing the record of 342 patients set on…

Utah epidemiologist’s home address leaked online for protest

October 29, 2020 3:39 PM Associated Press

Utah Epidemiologist Dr. Angela Dunn said protestors were at her home Thursday morning after her personal information was leaked…

Utah hospitals ‘can’t keep up’ amid record-breaking surge

October 29, 2020 3:14 PM Associated Press

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert and health officials said Thursday the state may soon need to implement crisis care protocols as hospitals reach a breaking…

Utah man arrested for allegedly burning children with water

October 29, 2020 11:39 AM Associated Press

A Utah man was arrested after police accused him of burning two toddlers with hot water, authorities…

Miller family agree to sell Utah Jazz to Qualtrics founder

October 28, 2020 10:04 AM Associated Press

The Larry H. Miller Group announced they will be selling their majority interest to Qualtrics co-founder Ryan…

GOP candidate’s campaign donations went illegally over limit

October 27, 2020 4:30 PM Associated Press

Republican Burgess Owens is refunding and reallocating illegal campaign donations that went above contribution…

Both newspapers in Utah’s capital to cease daily publication

October 27, 2020 4:35 PM Associated Press

The capital of Utah will go from two daily printed newspapers to none after both of Salt Lake City’s major publications announced moves to weekly…

Salt Lake Tribune to stop printing daily after 149 years

October 27, 2020 10:57 AM Associated Press

he Salt Lake Tribune announced Monday it will stop printing a daily newspaper at the end of the year after nearly 150 years and move to a weekly…

Slain Utah college student’s family gets $13.5M settlement

October 22, 2020 11:59 AM Associated Press

The parents of a University of Utah track athlete who was killed by her ex-boyfriend on campus two years ago reached a $13.5 million settlement…

Murdered student’s family reaches multi-million dollar settlement with University of Utah

October 22, 2020 12:06 PM News Team

On the two year anniversary of Lauren McCluskey’s death, University of Utah President Ruth V. Watkins and Lauren’s parents announced a settlement…

Utah rivals in governor’s race unite in call for decency

October 20, 2020 3:47 PM Associated Press

Rival candidates vying to become Utah’s next governor joined together in new ads Tuesday urging people to accept the results of the November…

Mitt Romney calls for US commission to deal with wildfires

October 15, 2020 3:59 PM Associated Press

U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah announced legislation Thursday to establish a national commission focused on diminishing future wildfire…

Close encounter with a mountain lion

October 12, 2020 5:47 PM News Team

A Utah man had a scary encounter while taking a hike in Slate Canyon outside of Provo…

Idaho, Utah surpasses 500 coronavirus deaths as surge persists

October 8, 2020 3:10 PM Associated Press

Idaho and Utah surpassed the grim milestone of 500 deaths from the coronavirus as the number of new cases and hospitalizations continued to break…

Fight on flight to Provo over man’s refusal to wear mask

October 5, 2020 12:33 PM News Team

Things were far from the “friendly skies” on a flight to Provo over the weekend when a fight broke out after a passenger refused to wear a…

Utah records 3rd day in a row of over 1,000 new virus cases

October 3, 2020 6:00 PM Associated Press

An increase in Utah COVID-19 cases continued Saturday with another 1,068 reported infections – making it the eighth day case numbers have jumped…

Audit: COVID tests costlier under Utah contract with startup

September 30, 2020 6:19 PM Associated Press

A multimillion-dollar coronavirus-testing contract the state of Utah signed with a startup company ended up costing significantly more per test…

Utah State Prison inmate dies after altercation

September 30, 2020 10:51 AM Associated Press

The Utah Department of Corrections has reported that an inmate died after an altercation with another inmate at the Utah State Prison in…

Giant gourds break Utah state record at weigh-off in Lehi

September 28, 2020 10:57 AM Associated Press

The Utah Giant Pumpkin Growers has recorded eight pumpkins in Utah this year weighing over 1,000 pounds, setting a state…

Utah State Prison locked down after possible virus exposure

September 24, 2020 11:25 AM Associated Press

The Utah State Prison in Draper and the Central Utah Correctional Facility in Gunnison have been placed under a 24-hour lockdown after authorities…

K-12 enrollment in Utah drops by 2K students amid pandemic

September 23, 2020 11:21 AM Associated Press

Enrollment at public schools in Utah has declined as the coronavirus pandemic pushes some parents to homeschool their children and make other…

Utah county implements face mask mandate after rise in cases

September 23, 2020 11:07 AM Associated Press

A county in Utah has implemented a face mask mandate as COVID-19 cases surge in the…

Utah governor increases pandemic restrictions in 2 cities

September 22, 2020 4:13 PM Associated Press

Gov. Gary Herbert will increase pandemic restrictions in two Utah cities. But he stopped short of implementing any mask mandates as COVID-19 cases…

University of Utah to halt in-person classes ahead of debate

September 21, 2020 1:06 PM Associated Press

The University of Utah will stop in-person classes for two weeks as the state deals with a coronavirus spike shortly before a planned U.S.…

Body of missing Idaho hiker found 1,000 feet below Utah peak

September 21, 2020 11:18 AM Associated Press

Utah authorities have discovered the body of a missing hiker on Sunday after he left Idaho a week earlier for a backpacking trip in the…

Salt Lake City opens first part of $4B renovated airport

September 15, 2020 12:19 PM Associated Press

Salt Lake City’s renovated airport welcomed its first passengers Tuesday at a new concourse that is part of the first phase of a $4.1 billion…

Salt Lake City schools to delay start after major wind storm

September 10, 2020 4:53 PM Associated Press

Salt Lake City schools will delay their first day until Monday due to continued power outages after a windstorm tore through Utah this week, district…

Number of self-reported COVID-19 cases at BYU almost doubles

September 10, 2020 9:40 AM Associated Press

The number of self-reported coronavirus cases on Brigham Young University’s campus has almost doubled to 146, officials…

Report: Great Salt Lake shrinking more than a foot annually

September 7, 2020 2:39 PM Associated Press

Utah’s Great Salt Lake is shrinking every year, but experts are implementing measures to slow the water loss, a new report…

Investigation under way in police shooting of Utah boy, 13

September 7, 2020 11:09 AM Associated Press

Authorities in Utah are investigating the shooting of a 13-year-old autistic boy by police in the Salt Lake City…

Utah aims to be prepared for COVID-19 vaccine distribution

September 4, 2020 12:51 PM Associated Press

Gov. Gary Herbert says Utah will aim to be prepared to distribute a coronavirus vaccine once it becomes available, a week after the federal…

Protesters march in Salt Lake City demanding justice

September 1, 2020 4:42 PM Associated Press

About 100 people marched in Salt Lake City and gathered in protest at the Utah Capitol following the police killing of Jacob Blake in Kenosha,…

Wastewater from Four USU residence halls show elevated SARS-COV-2

August 31, 2020 8:33 PM Todd Kunz

Utah State University’s wastewater monitoring for COVID-19 has detected elevated levels of COVID-19 in four residence halls on the Logan…

Utah man dead after suspected bison attack, officials say

August 31, 2020 10:20 AM Associated Press

A man who authorities say was possibly attacked by a bison in Utah has…

Provo council overrides mayor, implements mask mandate

August 28, 2020 10:22 AM Associated Press

The Provo Municipal Council has overridden a mayoral veto and implemented a mask mandate ahead of a new school year starting at Brigham Young…

Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square Christmas concert canceled due to pandemic

August 21, 2020 11:51 AM Associated Press

The annual Christmas concert by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ choir has been canceled because of lingering concerns about the…

Report: Utah minorities hit harder by workplace outbreaks

August 17, 2020 12:37 PM Associated Press

Hispanic and non-white people in Utah were disproportionately hit by workplace COVID-19 outbreaks, according to a Centers for Disease Control and…

Utah protesters face charges with potential life sentence

August 6, 2020 4:38 PM Associated Press

Some Black Lives Matter protesters in Salt Lake City could face up to life in prison if they’re convicted of splashing red paint and smashing windows…

Utah no longer recommends modified quarantine in schools

August 6, 2020 4:37 PM Associated Press

Utah will no longer recommend that schools allow students who have been exposed to COVID-19 to come to class following pushback from doctors and…

USU researchers debunk myths to find optimal hemp growth

August 3, 2020 10:19 AM Associated Press

Ninety years ago, hemp researchers at Utah State University grew cannabis for rope and had no way to test the THC content in crops other than smoking…

Utah governor says postponing election would be ‘foolish’

July 30, 2020 3:37 PM Associated Press

Republican Utah Gov. Gary Herbert said the state has no intention of delaying the November election following President Donald Trump’s suggestion on…

Judge orders evaluation for Tinder killing suspect in Utah

July 29, 2020 4:30 PM Associated Press

A judge ordered a psychological evaluation for a Utah man accused of strangling and stabbing a woman he met through the dating app…

Utah teachers want online only classes at start of school

July 28, 2020 2:39 PM News Team

Utah’s largest teachers union called Tuesday for schools to delay reopening and start the school year with online classes, citing safety concerns for…

Utah educators rally for more virus protections in schools

July 23, 2020 4:46 PM Associated Press

A group of more than 150 educators rallied outside the Utah Capitol building Thursday to call for stronger protections against the coronavirus for…

Utah family sues city, police officers in killing of son

July 23, 2020 4:47 PM Associated Press

The parents of a Utah man who was shot and killed by police in his driveway while holding a knife have filed a lawsuit against the city of Ogden and…

Logan mayor proposes mask mandate amid coronavirus pandemic

July 23, 2020 10:25 AM Associated Press

A mayor in northern Utah has asked for a citywide mask mandate to limit the spread of COVID-19, a request that has drawn mixed reactions from Cache…

Utah sees virus surge — but not in county with mask order

July 22, 2020 3:03 PM Associated Press

Utah is among the many U.S. states battling a surge in coronavirus cases, but officials said Wednesday the Salt Lake City area is bucking the trend…

West Nile Virus detected in body of water in northern Utah

July 21, 2020 2:37 PM Associated Press

Health officials in northeastern Utah have detected West Nile Virus in a body of water, the state’s first report of the virus this…

Man accused of assaulting woman after positive COVID-19 test

July 20, 2020 4:20 PM Associated Press

Four Utah County Sheriff’s deputies are in isolation after arresting a man who is accused of assaulting a woman after he reportedly tested positive…

Gov. allows exception to coronavirus rules to reopen schools

July 16, 2020 2:58 PM Associated Press

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert carved out an exception to virus restrictions Thursday to allow Salt Lake City schools to fully reopen rather than hold…

Official: Cyanobacteria kills dog at Zion National Park

July 14, 2020 4:38 PM Associated Press

Toxic levels of a cyanobacteria have been detected in a Utah river for the first time after a dog suffered seizures and died at Zion National Park,…

10 more confirmed COVID-19 deaths in Utah

July 14, 2020 4:14 PM Associated Press

Utah tallied 10 more confirmed deaths from the coronavirus Tuesday, the latest sign showing the severity of a surge of case that began after…

Utah to require masks in schools, not statewide, amid surge

July 9, 2020 2:58 PM Associated Press

Utah will require masks in schools as they reopen in the fall, but Republican Gov. Gary Herbert stopped short of a statewide mandate Thursday.…

Utah governor meets with lawmakers to discuss mask mandate

July 8, 2020 11:36 AM Associated Press

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert is considering issuing a statewide mask mandate after discussing the issue with state legislators this…

Veteran helps save man from drowning in Utah reservoir

July 6, 2020 12:06 PM Associated Press

A retired veteran and former state trooper from Nevada helped prevent a man from drowning in a Utah reservoir, a park official…

2 dead in small plane crash in Utah mountains

July 3, 2020 11:58 AM Associated Press

Two people died when a small plane crashed Friday in a rugged area in the Utah mountains, authorities…

Longest-serving member of Utah Legislature concedes primary

July 1, 2020 4:37 PM Associated Press

The longest-serving member of the Utah Legislature has been ousted, months after sponsoring a controversial tax-overhaul…

Utah university to consider dropping ‘Dixie’ from its name

July 1, 2020 3:53 PM Associated Press

After years of resisting calls to change, a university in Utah is considering dropping “Dixie” from its name in another example of the nation’s…

Utah GOP governor’s race still tight between Cox, Huntsman

July 1, 2020 3:37 PM Associated Press

The Republican race for the first open Utah governor’s seat is close as the coronavirus has made counting ballots more complicated.…

New Utah virus cases top weekly record as infections surge

June 29, 2020 10:41 AM Associated Press

Utah health officials have reported the most coronavirus cases in one week since the pandemic began as a surge in infections continues across the…

Utah wildfire destroys 1 home, evacuates 3,100 homes

June 29, 2020 10:49 AM Associated Press

A wildfire that prompted the evacuation of about 3,100 homes on Sunday destroyed one home near Saratoga Springs and damaged 12 others, city officals…

University of Utah to drop ACT, SAT requirement for 2 years

June 26, 2020 10:56 AM Associated Press

Prospective students at the University of Utah will no longer be required to submit ACT or SAT scores for the next two years in response to the…

Utah primary will look different due to coronavirus

June 25, 2020 4:17 PM Associated Press

Next week’s primary elections in Utah will be slightly different due to legislation passed to accommodate struggles voters may have faced during the…

Utah records 2nd-most COVID-19 cases as surge continues

June 25, 2020 3:24 PM Associated Press

Utah reported its second-highest daily number of new coronavirus cases Thursday as the state deals with a troubling surge that has already led the…

Face masks required in Utah state buildings, largest county

June 24, 2020 6:00 PM Associated Press

Utah Gov. Gary Hebert said Wednesday he will require face masks at state-run buildings that include liquor stores and higher education offices and…

Utah official apologizes for sending out gun-designed mask

June 24, 2020 10:00 AM Associated Press

A state official has apologized after a family was sent masks featuring a gun, the American flag and the phrase “don’t tread on me” as part of a…

Utah governor: No economic shut down despite virus spread

June 23, 2020 3:31 PM Associated Press

Gov. Gary Herbert says he has no plans to shut down the economy even though he shares some of the concerns of the state’s epidemiologist.…

University police search for Brigham Young statue vandals

June 22, 2020 1:15 PM Associated Press

Brigham Young University police were searching for the people who vandalized an on-campus statue of Brigham…

Official pleads guilty to human smuggling in adoption scheme

June 19, 2020 1:21 PM Associated Press

A former Arizona politician pleaded guilty in Utah Friday to human smuggling and other charges filed in an illegal adoption scheme that stretched…

9 Utah counties transition to new COVID-19 risk category

June 19, 2020 11:05 AM Associated Press

Nine rural counties in Utah will move into the green health risk status beginning Friday after recording some of the state’s lowest COVID-19 case…

Former Utah first lady tests positive for coronavirus

June 18, 2020 5:38 PM Associated Press

Former Utah first lady Mary Kaye Huntsman, wife of current Republican candidate for governor Jon Huntsman Jr., said Thursday she has tested positive…

Utah says economy recover plan won’t risk residents health

June 17, 2020 6:05 PM Associated Press

Utah state leaders said Wednesday that updated plans intended to help drive economic recovery won’t compromise the health of residents even though…

Republican Utah lawmaker to back NAACP police-reform plan

June 5, 2020 4:02 PM Associated Press

A Republican lawmaker in Utah said Friday he’ll support police reform legislation championed by the NAACP aimed at ending brutality and racial…

SLC protest turn a police car upside down

Utah Governor activates National Guard to control protestors

May 30, 2020 6:22 PM News Team

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – Utah Governor Gary Herbert said he has activated the National Guard to help control protests in downtown Salt Lake City. Watch…

Ogden officer killed, 1 hurt in shootout; gunman also dead

May 29, 2020 9:57 AM Associated Press

Authorities say a police officer was killed and another officer injured in a shootout with man whose wife called police to report he had threatened…

Cops: Man asked to be shot after killing date met on Tinder

May 26, 2020 9:51 AM Associated Press

Police say a man accused of choking and stabbing a woman after meeting her on the popular dating app Tinder asked police to shoot him after reporting…