ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — From the nation’s capitol to Indigenous communities across the American Southwest, top government officials, family members and advocates are gathering Wednesday as part of a call to action to address the ongoing problem of violence against Indigenous women and children. U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Some Native American tribes will receive more money from a federal virus relief package approved last year after the U.S. Treasury Department revised its methodology that tribal nations contend was badly skewed. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act set aside $8 billion for tribes. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah on Tuesday ended mandated limits on gatherings and social distancing related to the coronavirus after the state reached several metrics laid out in a so-called “COVID-19 endgame” bill passed earlier this year. The legislation, known as H.B. 294, was passed in March. It established criteria based […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Tuesday, Utah/Wasatch County covid-19 report. Utahns fully vaccinated: 973,629 (30.4 percent of Utahns) Wasatch County residents fully vaccinated: 10,263 (28.4 percent of Wasatch County residents) Utah recovery percentage: 97.4 [97.39] percent (388,124-398,499) Wasatch County recovery percentage: 97.6 [97.62] percent (4,512-4,622) Utah active case percentage: 2.1 [2.05] percent (8,158-398,499) […]
HEBER CITY, Utah-Early Tuesday, a 21-year-old man was booked into the Wasatch County Jail after accusations of preying on numerous 13 and 14-year-old girls. Joaquin Lopez was charged in 4th District Court Tuesday with two counts of rape of a child, a first-degree felony, sexual abuse of a child, a […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Tuesday, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced the groundbreaking for the Salvador Brazil Temple in August 2021. A rendering for the temple was released as well Tuesday. Presiding at the event will be Elder Adilson de Paula Parrella, the Brazil Area President of the Church. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump and his supporters are intensifying efforts to shame — and potentially remove — members of their party who are seen as disloyal to the former president and his false claims that last year’s election was stolen from him. On Capitol Hill, Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, the No. […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A person has died while competing in the first part of the Ironman 70.3 North American Championship St. George over the weekend, officials said. The Ironman Group confirmed the death on Saturday around 6:20 p.m., an hour after the race ended, saying an athlete was […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Monday covid-19 report for Utah and Wasatch County Utahns fully vaccinated: 960,630 (30 percent of Utahns) Wasatch County residents fully vaccinated: 10,221 (28.3 percent of Wasatch County residents) Utah recovery percentage: 97.4 [97.37] percent (387,767-398,240) Wasatch County recovery percentage: 97.7 [97.66] percent (4,511-4,619) Utah active case percentage: 2.1 […]
HONOLULU (AP) — A doctor and a team of neonatal medical professionals were in the right place at the right time — helping a Utah woman deliver her baby onboard an hours-long flight to Hawaii. Lavinia “Lavi” Mounga was traveling from Salt Lake City to Hawaii on April 28 for […]
