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Wednesday covid-19 Utah/Wasatch County Report

Wednesday covid-19 Utah/Wasatch County Report

SALT LAKE CITY-Wednesday covid-19 report for Utah/Wasatch County Utahns fully recovered: 905,863 (28.3 percent of Utahns) Wasatch County residents fully recovered: 9,607 (26.6 percent of Wasatch County residents) Utah recovery percentage: 97.3 [97.32] percent (385,915-396,522) Wasatch County recovery percentage: 97.6 [97.61] percent (4,490-4,600) *The 97.6 percent is a new record […]

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Vegas Agency Links More Liver Ailments to ‘Real Water’ Brand

Vegas Agency Links More Liver Ailments to ‘Real Water’ Brand

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Health officials in Las Vegas reported six more cases of liver illness this week believed to be linked to a widely marketed bottled water brand, Real Water, that faces a U.S. Food and Drug Administration probe and lawsuits by people alleging they were sickened and hospitalized. […]

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Advocates detail ‘shadow pandemic’ of violence against women

Advocates detail ‘shadow pandemic’ of violence against women

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Cases of domestic violence against Indigenous women and children and instances of sexual assault increased over the past year as nonprofit groups and social workers scrambled to meet the added challenges that stemmed from the coronavirus pandemic, advocates said Tuesday. Their testimony came in the opening session of […]

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Police Find Body of Man Who Died After Hiking Fall in Utah

Police Find Body of Man Who Died After Hiking Fall in Utah

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities in Utah have said a 24-year-old man has died after a hiking accident in Emery County. The Emery County Sheriff’s Office launched a search after a friend reported Matthew J. Schnitzer of New York missing last Thursday around 7 a.m., KUTV-TV reported Tuesday. Deputies said a Department […]

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Tuesday covid-19 report for Utah/Wasatch County

Tuesday covid-19 report for Utah/Wasatch County

SALT LAKE CITY-Tuesday, covid-19 statistics were updated for Utah/Wasatch County Utahns fully vaccinated: 891,418 (27.8 percent of Utahns) Wasatch County residents fully vaccinated: 9,338 (25.8 percent of Wasatch County residents) Utah recovery percentage: 97.3 [97.29] percent (385,310-396,004) Wasatch County recovery percentage: 97.4 [97.38] percent (4,476-4,596) Utah active case percentage: 2.2 […]

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Utah has fastest-growing population, 2020 census shows

Utah has fastest-growing population, 2020 census shows

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s population grew by 18.4% over the past decade, making it the fastest-growing state. It’s now the 30th most populated state, with nearly 3.28 million people, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released Monday. Utah’s population growth from 2010 to 2020 far outpaced the national […]

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Elizabeth Smart Launches Self-Defense Program

Elizabeth Smart Launches Self-Defense Program

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) —Utah kidnapping and rape survivor Elizabeth Smart has launched a self-defense training program. Smart, 33, said she wants to give women the skills to fight back if needed, FOX 13 reported. In 2002, when Smart was a teenager she was held captive and repeatedly sexually assaulted for […]

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Utah City to Honor Slain Native American Chief With Monument

Utah City to Honor Slain Native American Chief With Monument

HARRISVILLE, Utah (AP) — A city in northern Utah has announced plans to re-erect a monument this weekend to honor a Native American chief of the Northwestern Shoshone tribe who was killed more than 170 years ago. The city of Harrisville partnered with the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation and the […]

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Monday covid-19 report for Utah, Wasatch County

Monday covid-19 report for Utah, Wasatch County

SALT LAKE CITY-Monday, covid-19 report for Utah/Wasatch County Utahns fully vaccinated: 879,342 (26.4 percent of Utahns) Wasatch County residents fully vaccinated: 9,303 (25.7 percent of Wasatch County residents) Utah recovery percentage: 97.3 [97.32] percent (385,055-395,677) Wasatch County recovery percentage: 97.3 [97.34] percent (4,472-4,534) Utah active case percentage: 2.2 [2.15] percent […]

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Advances More Temples In Reopening Phases

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Advances More Temples In Reopening Phases

SALT LAKE CITY-Monday, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints  announced the advancement of various temples under its reopening policy. The Salt Lake City-based faith confirmed its temples at Kansas City, Missouri, London, England and Preston, England advance to Phase 3-effective May 10. Phase 3 is the most progress […]

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