JUNCTION, Utah-Piute County Commissioner Darin Bushman compared Utah Gov. Gary Herbert to Nazi party leader Adolf Hitler after Herbert allowed Salt Lake and Summit Counties to make masks mandatory in their counties. From his “personal Twitter account,” Bushman tweeted that “it won’t be long before you are required to do […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Based on the results and feedback received during testing, newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org will feature a new and simplified navigation menu that will be launched in the coming weeks in 10 languages. Presently, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ official Web site offers over 98 links in the main […]
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Thursday, Sharon Eubank, the president of Latter-day Saint Charities, participated in a webinar with other global religious leaders. The topic discussed was “COVID-19, Religion and Belief: Role of Faith-Based Organizations.” This panel discussion was hosted by the European Union office of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day […]
CEDAR CITY, Utah-In news from Wednesday, Southern Utah men’s basketball added Illinois transfer Tevian Jones. Jones, a native of Chandler, Ariz., has averaged 2.6 points and 1.1 rebounds per game in two seasons for the Fighting Illini. During his freshman campaign (2018-19) at Champaign, Ill., Jones netted a career-high 18 […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Thursday, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert and other state leaders conducted a coronavirus meeting at the Utah State Capitol Building completely in Spanish. This special meeting was called to assist Latino members of the Utah population. Latinos are especially adversely affected by COVID-19 in Utah as they represent 14 […]
CENTERVILLE, Utah-Thursday, two people were pulled from a crashed plane near Legacy Parkway in Centerville. The crash occurred west of the highway near 650 W. Glovers Lane per the Davis County Sheriff’s Office. Centerville Police Lt. Zan Robison stated witnesses rescued two people who were transported to the hospital in […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Department of Health has reported 69 new cases of coronavirus on the Navajo Nation with 11 more known deaths. That pushes the total of positive COVID-19 cases on the reservation to 7,157 with the death toll at 347 as of Wednesday night. Preliminary […]
HASTINGS, New Zealand-During the COVID-19 pandemic, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints assisted family history enthusiasts by indexing over 956,000 genealogical records from March 21-June 23. Church authorities in Hastings, which is 301 kilo-meters northeast of Wellington, asked local member Jerry Edwards for ideas in getting […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Thursday, COVID-19 statistics were released for Utah by the Utah Department of Health. Since statistics have been kept for COVID-19 in the Beehive State, there have been 19,374 recorded cases of the virus. This is an increase of 590 cases in the past 24 hours and represents a […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Thursday, Salt Lake City mayor Erin Mendenhall announced the formation of the Commission on Racial Equity in policing in response to public calls for reform. This new commission was announced by Mendenhall at the International Peace Gardens at Jordan Park in Salt Lake City. The creation of the […]
