SALT LAKE CITY-As is customary during The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ semiannual General Conference each April and October, the April 2021 World Report for the Salt Lake City-based faith has been released. An English language link is available here: Links in Portuguese and Spanish are also available […]
JUNEAU, ALASKA (AP) — Sentencing has been set for June for a man who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the beating death of his wife during a 2017 family cruise to Alaska. Kenneth Manzanares, who is from Utah, signed a plea agreement in the case in January 2020. Sentencing was initially set […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two members of “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” reality television show were arrested Tuesday on federal fraud charges alleging they used a business to cheat hundreds of people nationwide over a 10-year period in a telemarketing scheme. Jennifer Shah, 47, of Park City, […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Tuesday, covid-19 statistics were updated for Utah/Wasatch County. Utahns fully vaccinated: 487,418 (14.6 percent of Utahns) Wasatch County residents fully vaccinated: 5,399 (14.9 percent of Wasatch County residents) Utah recovery percentage: 96.9 [96.91] percent (373,211-385,127) Wasatch County recovery percentage: 97.4 [97.43] percent (4,358-4,473) Utah active case percentage: 2.5 […]
HEBER CITY, Utah-Per news from the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, Justin Robinson, the Heber-Kamas Ranger District fisheries biologist, will begin a new assignment in the Evanston-Mountain View Ranger District of the UWCNF. Prior to commencing his labors for the U.S. Forest Service, Robinson worked for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A gold medalist in sledding at the 2002 Winter Olympics has been charged with sexual abuse of a child in Utah, authorities said. James “Jimmy” Shea made his first court appearance Monday on one count of aggravated sexual abuse of a child and two counts of […]
More than a dozen states will open vaccine eligibility to all adults this week in a major expansion of covid-19 shots for tens of millions of Americans amid a worrisome increase in virus cases and concerns about balancing supply and demand for the vaccines. Monday, the director of the Centers […]
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The Indian Health Service is shifting its vaccine distribution system to target individual hospitals and clinics with high demand for shots and taper supplies to hubs where the majority of eligible patients have received doses. Indian Health Service safety and monitoring specialist Dr. Matthew Clark […]
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona has a new state holiday. Gov. Doug Ducey signed a bill Monday to honor Native Americans who used their language to transmit coded messages during World War II. Arizona has recognized code talkers by proclamation and through legislation for years. The bill sponsored by state Sen. Jamescita Peshlakai […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Monday, covid-19 statistics were updated for Utah and Wasatch County. Utahns fully vaccinated: 478,918 (14.4 percent of Utahns) Wasatch County residents fully vaccinated: 5,377 (14.9 percent of Wasatch County residents) Utah recovery percentage: 96.9 [96.86] percent (372,633-384,756) Wasatch County recovery percentage: 97.4 [97.36] percent (4,352-4,470) Utah active case […]
