SOAPSTONE BASIN, Utah-Wasatch County Search & Rescue advises residents not to use cars to travel on snowmobile trails after two stranded adults had to be rescued. Shortly after 10:15 pm on Thursday, Wasatch County SAR says they were called to a report of a stranded couple in their car. Rescuers […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Utah County Commissioner Tanner Ainge has resigned from the county commission after being appointed to work with Republican Gov. Spencer Cox and his administration. The governor’s office announced Wednesday that Ainge was nominated to serve on the Economic Development Board, a 15-member board that advises staff […]
SALT LAKE CITY-This is the Thursday covid-19 report for Utah and Wasatch County as confirmed by the Utah Department of Health and the Wasatch County Health Department. Utahns fully vaccinated: 394,004 (11.8 percent of Utahns) Wasatch County residents fully vaccinated: 4,370 (12.1 percent of Wasatch County residents) Utah recovery percentage: […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah adults can begin signing up for a COVID-19 vaccine on March 24 — one week earlier that previously planned because the state has un-allocated doses, Gov. Spencer Cox said Thursday. About 15% of the state’s supply isn’t being claimed by eligible people making appointments, said […]
With nearly two-thirds of the United States abnormally dry or worse, the government’s spring forecast offers little hope for relief, especially in the West where a devastating mega-drought has taken root and worsened. Weather service and agriculture officials warned of possible water use cutbacks in California and the Southwest, increased wildfires, […]
FLAGSTAFF, ARIZ. (AP) — Grand Canyon National Park officials tentatively plan to reopen the park’s eastern entrance in late May, but there’s sentiment in a small northern Arizona city that depends on tourism that sooner would be better. “Our sales tax for this year is down nearly 30% from last year,” Page city […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Republican Party’s chairman has announced that he will not run for a second term. Derek Brown announced Tuesday he would avoid running again in order to spend more time with his family, saying that he is ready to “pass the baton.” “Party leadership service, after all, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Newly confirmed Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland is planning to visit Utah next month before submitting a review on whether to reverse President Donald Trump’s decision to shrink national monuments in the state, the agency announced Wednesday. Haaland is expected to submit the report […]
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Two casinos on the Navajo Nation will reopen this week as the tribe eases its restrictions on businesses amid a downturn in coronavirus cases and high rates of vaccination. The Navajo Nation Gaming Enterprise has four casinos but will open only two Friday and limit patrons […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah highway was shut down midday Wednesday as a SWAT team responded to a man confronting them with a metal rod. Officers tried to stop the man because he was driving erratically in a pickup truck that had spray-painted windows, as well as a United States […]
