(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah is launching an ad blitz warning parents about the harms social media platforms can pose to their children. Governor Spencer Cox unveiled the campaign at a new conference at the State Capitol on Thursday. The 30-second commercial features children wearing masks while doomscrolling on […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Apostle Jeffrey R. Holland is in the hospital. A statement released by the church on Thursday said the St. George native is hospitalized “for observation and treatment of ongoing health complications.” Holland was temporarily excused from church responsibilities […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah will be getting nearly 600-thousand dollars in federal grant money to protect children from lead in drinking water. The grant the Environmental Protection agency announced this week is aimed at reducing lead in drinking water in schools and child care facilities. Congress banned the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is offering free church magazine subscriptions to members worldwide. In an announcement Tuesday, Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said each household can get a free subscription to the general membership Liahona, […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah’s law requiring pornography websites to verify the ages of users is still in force after a federal judge threw out a lawsuit challenging it. U.S. District Court Judge Ted Stewart on Tuesday dismissed the suit brought by an adult entertainment industry trade group. In […]
(Springdale, UT) — New restrictions for campfires in Zion Canyon will be in place beginning tomorrow. The fire management officer for Zion National Park announced campfires and smoking near dry plants in that area will not be allowed until further notice. In a statement, officials said a fire had to […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Monsoon season has begun in Utah, bringing stormy weather to the state. The increased moisture will trigger scattered showers and thunderstorms today, and more rain is in the forecast for tomorrow too. According to meteorologists, tomorrow is forecast to be the wettest this week, with […]
(Cedar City, UT) — A judge will not remove Cedar City’s Celeste Maloy from the Utah Republican primary ballot. GOP member Richard Quin Denning said he sued Lieutenant Governor Deidre Henderson and Maloy because she is an illegal candidate. Denning says Maloy isn’t eligible because she didn’t vote in the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — President Joe Biden is set to visit Utah next week as part of a three-state tour of the American southwest. The White House announced Monday morning that Biden will visit Utah, Arizona and New Mexico from August 7th to the 9th. More details on the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah’s unemployment rate ticked up slightly in June but employment grew in all but one industry. More than one-point-seven million Utahns had jobs in June, a nearly three-percent increase over June of last year, while the unemployment rate was two-point-four percent, up from two-point-three percent […]
