SALT LAKE CITY-Friday, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints confirmed Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of The Quorum of Twelve Apostles has been released from the hospital. Elder Holland had been hospitalized for brief observation and has since been released. He is returning to his normal activities while he […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Friday, Wasatch County suffered its third death attributed to COVID-19. The Wasatch County Health Department confirms this was an older man between the ages of 60 and 85. He had been hospitalized for about a month and had underlying health conditions. Health department personnel also told Heber Valley […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Friday, the Utah Department of Workforce Services confirmed the jobless rate in the Beehive State dropped to 8.5 percent in May. The only state with a lower rate of unemployment last month was Nebraska at 5.2 percent. Friday’s report also confirms that April’s unemployment rate was 10.4 percent. […]
SALT LAKE CITY-The Utah State Board of Education wants public schools to have prepared plans for the return to school this autumn by August 1. The board has debated and discussed school opening plan requirements and recommendations for more than four hours Thursday. These are intended to become part of […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Thursday evening, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert granted permission for nine Utah counties to move to “smart green” per his Utah Leads Together 2.0 plan. KSL News Radio’s Michele Rowe was the first with the scoop. BREAKING NEWS: @GovHerbert Has issued an order moving Beaver, Daggett, Duchesne, Emery, Garfield, […]
PROVO, Utah-BYU cornerback Isaiah Herron has entered the transfer portal per numerous reports Thursday. Herron, a 6-1 175-pound defensive back, has two seasons of eligibility remaining as he completed his sophomore season with the Cougars in 2019. Herron starred at Arbor View High School of Las Vegas before coming to […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Thursday, news broke that Salt Lake City Main Library security guards knelt on a black man, per a lawsuit the man in question has filed. The man asserts he was beaten and officers knelt on his neck. However, library officials say the man was suspected of attacking a […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Thursday, COVID-19 statistics were updated for Utah from the Utah Department of Health. There have now been 15,839 recorded cases of COVID-19 in the Beehive State. This is an increase of 495 cases in the past 24 hours and a net increase of 88 in the same span. […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Thursday, the Utah Division of Unemployment Insurance reported 4,847 new claims for benefits were submitted for the week of June 7-13. This is down nearly 12 percent from 5,452 claims the previous week. The state paid out $24.9 million in traditional unemployment benefits along with $47.1 million in […]
SALT LAKE CITY-A bill explicitly prohibiting the knee-on-neck methods of restraint has passed the Utah House and next advances to the Senate for consideration. Salt Lake City Democrat Sandra Hollins is the sponsor of HB5007 which also prohibits law enforcement officers from being trained in the use of such tactics. […]
