Utah university votes to pursue dropping ‘Dixie’ from name
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…
Continue ReadingA 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…
Continue ReadingRepublican U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop says he has been hospitalized after suffering a “mild” stroke earlier this week.…
Continue ReadingThe editor of Salt Lake magazine has died after she was swept into the ocean in Northern…
Continue ReadingUtah had record high voter turnout this year, with a staggering 90% of active voters casting…
Continue ReadingA university in southern Utah said testing will be encouraged but not mandatory despite state health orders mandating college students get tested…
Continue ReadingRussell 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…
Continue ReadingAn ordinance limiting the number of drinking establishments in downtown St. George was passed after the city received complaints, stopping other…
Continue ReadingAs coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in Utah continue to shatter records, one of the state’s largest hospital systems is adding nearly 200…
Continue ReadingThe seasonal lights are ready and musical performances are being recorded for the 2020 Christmas season on Temple Square in Salt Lake…
Continue ReadingA 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…
Continue ReadingSki resorts in Utah have started to prepare reopening plans with additional safety precautions intended to keep guests safe during the coronavirus…
Continue ReadingUtah 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…
Continue ReadingUtah 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…
Continue ReadingUtah voters have approved a major structural change to how schools are…
Continue ReadingUtah’s largest teachers union called for the governor to move all public secondary schools in high coronavirus transmission areas to remote learning…
Continue ReadingUtah Gov. Gary Herbert said he is feeling “frustrated” with the state’s rising coronavirus numbers as new cases and hospitalizations continued a…
Continue ReadingA pickup truck crashed into a coronavirus testing site in Salt Lake City Thursday, injuring nine people and demolishing a medical…
Continue ReadingUtah voters have approved making hunting and fishing a constitutional right and given the state’s Republican attorney general another…
Continue ReadingUtah has reported its highest number of hospitalizations yet with 348 COVID-19 patients, surpassing the record of 342 patients set on…
Continue ReadingUtah Epidemiologist Dr. Angela Dunn said protestors were at her home Thursday morning after her personal information was leaked…
Continue ReadingUtah Gov. Gary Herbert and health officials said Thursday the state may soon need to implement crisis care protocols as hospitals reach a breaking…
Continue ReadingA Utah man was arrested after police accused him of burning two toddlers with hot water, authorities…
Continue ReadingThe Larry H. Miller Group announced they will be selling their majority interest to Qualtrics co-founder Ryan…
Continue ReadingRepublican Burgess Owens is refunding and reallocating illegal campaign donations that went above contribution…
Continue ReadingThe 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…
Continue Readinghe 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…
Continue ReadingThe 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…
Continue ReadingOn the two year anniversary of Lauren McCluskey’s death, University of Utah President Ruth V. Watkins and Lauren’s parents announced a settlement…
Continue ReadingRival candidates vying to become Utah’s next governor joined together in new ads Tuesday urging people to accept the results of the November…
Continue ReadingU.S. Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah announced legislation Thursday to establish a national commission focused on diminishing future wildfire…
Continue ReadingA Utah man had a scary encounter while taking a hike in Slate Canyon outside of Provo…
Continue ReadingIdaho and Utah surpassed the grim milestone of 500 deaths from the coronavirus as the number of new cases and hospitalizations continued to break…
Continue ReadingThings 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…
Continue ReadingAn increase in Utah COVID-19 cases continued Saturday with another 1,068 reported infections – making it the eighth day case numbers have jumped…
Continue ReadingA multimillion-dollar coronavirus-testing contract the state of Utah signed with a startup company ended up costing significantly more per test…
Continue ReadingThe Utah Department of Corrections has reported that an inmate died after an altercation with another inmate at the Utah State Prison in…
Continue ReadingThe Utah Giant Pumpkin Growers has recorded eight pumpkins in Utah this year weighing over 1,000 pounds, setting a state…
Continue ReadingThe Utah State Prison in Draper and the Central Utah Correctional Facility in Gunnison have been placed under a 24-hour lockdown after authorities…
Continue ReadingEnrollment at public schools in Utah has declined as the coronavirus pandemic pushes some parents to homeschool their children and make other…
Continue ReadingA county in Utah has implemented a face mask mandate as COVID-19 cases surge in the…
Continue ReadingGov. Gary Herbert will increase pandemic restrictions in two Utah cities. But he stopped short of implementing any mask mandates as COVID-19 cases…
Continue ReadingThe 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.…
Continue ReadingUtah authorities have discovered the body of a missing hiker on Sunday after he left Idaho a week earlier for a backpacking trip in the…
Continue ReadingSalt 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…
Continue ReadingSalt Lake City schools will delay their first day until Monday due to continued power outages after a windstorm tore through Utah this week, district…
Continue ReadingThe number of self-reported coronavirus cases on Brigham Young University’s campus has almost doubled to 146, officials…
Continue ReadingUtah’s Great Salt Lake is shrinking every year, but experts are implementing measures to slow the water loss, a new report…
Continue ReadingAuthorities in Utah are investigating the shooting of a 13-year-old autistic boy by police in the Salt Lake City…
Continue ReadingGov. Gary Herbert says Utah will aim to be prepared to distribute a coronavirus vaccine once it becomes available, a week after the federal…
Continue ReadingAbout 100 people marched in Salt Lake City and gathered in protest at the Utah Capitol following the police killing of Jacob Blake in Kenosha,…
Continue ReadingUtah State University’s wastewater monitoring for COVID-19 has detected elevated levels of COVID-19 in four residence halls on the Logan…
Continue ReadingA man who authorities say was possibly attacked by a bison in Utah has…
Continue ReadingThe Provo Municipal Council has overridden a mayoral veto and implemented a mask mandate ahead of a new school year starting at Brigham Young…
Continue ReadingThe annual Christmas concert by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ choir has been canceled because of lingering concerns about the…
Continue ReadingHispanic and non-white people in Utah were disproportionately hit by workplace COVID-19 outbreaks, according to a Centers for Disease Control and…
Continue ReadingSome 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…
Continue ReadingUtah will no longer recommend that schools allow students who have been exposed to COVID-19 to come to class following pushback from doctors and…
Continue ReadingNinety 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…
Continue ReadingRepublican Utah Gov. Gary Herbert said the state has no intention of delaying the November election following President Donald Trump’s suggestion on…
Continue ReadingA judge ordered a psychological evaluation for a Utah man accused of strangling and stabbing a woman he met through the dating app…
Continue ReadingUtah’s largest teachers union called Tuesday for schools to delay reopening and start the school year with online classes, citing safety concerns for…
Continue ReadingA group of more than 150 educators rallied outside the Utah Capitol building Thursday to call for stronger protections against the coronavirus for…
Continue ReadingThe 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…
Continue ReadingA 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…
Continue ReadingUtah 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…
Continue ReadingHealth officials in northeastern Utah have detected West Nile Virus in a body of water, the state’s first report of the virus this…
Continue ReadingFour Utah County Sheriff’s deputies are in isolation after arresting a man who is accused of assaulting a woman after he reportedly tested positive…
Continue ReadingUtah Gov. Gary Herbert carved out an exception to virus restrictions Thursday to allow Salt Lake City schools to fully reopen rather than hold…
Continue ReadingToxic 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,…
Continue ReadingUtah tallied 10 more confirmed deaths from the coronavirus Tuesday, the latest sign showing the severity of a surge of case that began after…
Continue ReadingUtah will require masks in schools as they reopen in the fall, but Republican Gov. Gary Herbert stopped short of a statewide mandate Thursday.…
Continue ReadingUtah Gov. Gary Herbert is considering issuing a statewide mask mandate after discussing the issue with state legislators this…
Continue ReadingA retired veteran and former state trooper from Nevada helped prevent a man from drowning in a Utah reservoir, a park official…
Continue ReadingTwo people died when a small plane crashed Friday in a rugged area in the Utah mountains, authorities…
Continue ReadingThe longest-serving member of the Utah Legislature has been ousted, months after sponsoring a controversial tax-overhaul…
Continue ReadingAfter years of resisting calls to change, a university in Utah is considering dropping “Dixie” from its name in another example of the nation’s…
Continue ReadingThe Republican race for the first open Utah governor’s seat is close as the coronavirus has made counting ballots more complicated.…
Continue ReadingUtah health officials have reported the most coronavirus cases in one week since the pandemic began as a surge in infections continues across the…
Continue ReadingA wildfire that prompted the evacuation of about 3,100 homes on Sunday destroyed one home near Saratoga Springs and damaged 12 others, city officals…
Continue ReadingProspective 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…
Continue ReadingNext week’s primary elections in Utah will be slightly different due to legislation passed to accommodate struggles voters may have faced during the…
Continue ReadingUtah reported its second-highest daily number of new coronavirus cases Thursday as the state deals with a troubling surge that has already led the…
Continue ReadingUtah Gov. Gary Hebert said Wednesday he will require face masks at state-run buildings that include liquor stores and higher education offices and…
Continue ReadingA 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…
Continue ReadingGov. 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.…
Continue ReadingBrigham Young University police were searching for the people who vandalized an on-campus statue of Brigham…
Continue ReadingA former Arizona politician pleaded guilty in Utah Friday to human smuggling and other charges filed in an illegal adoption scheme that stretched…
Continue ReadingNine 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…
Continue ReadingFormer Utah first lady Mary Kaye Huntsman, wife of current Republican candidate for governor Jon Huntsman Jr., said Thursday she has tested positive…
Continue ReadingUtah state leaders said Wednesday that updated plans intended to help drive economic recovery won’t compromise the health of residents even though…
Continue ReadingA Republican lawmaker in Utah said Friday he’ll support police reform legislation championed by the NAACP aimed at ending brutality and racial…
Continue ReadingSALT LAKE CITY (AP) – Utah Governor Gary Herbert said he has activated the National Guard to help control protests in downtown Salt Lake City. Watch…
Continue ReadingAuthorities say a police officer was killed and another officer injured in a shootout with man whose wife called police to report he had threatened…
Continue ReadingPolice 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…
Continue ReadingA Utah state trooper has helped a pair of newborn moose calves reunite safely with their mother.…
Continue ReadingThe chief of the University of Utah police department is ordering a new, outside investigation into allegations that an officer showed off explicit…
Continue ReadingThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has started work to temporarily remove a damaged statue from the church’s Salt Lake Temple.…
Continue ReadingUtah Gov. Gary Herbert will further relax coronavirus-related restrictions across much of the state.…
Continue ReadingA study shows that fault lines along the Wasatch Front in north-central Utah are much bigger than initially thought.…
Continue ReadingUtah state health officials say all but one of Utah’s 28 confirmed coronavirus deaths have been people over the age of 55.…
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