WINDOW ROCK, ARIZ. (AP) — Navajo Nation officials cited a declining number of new covid-19 cases and other improving conditions as they announced a new public health order that will allow a “soft reopening” of some businesses under certain restrictions. However, the daily curfew for residents of the tribe’s reservation from […]
PROVO, UTAH (AP) — A man convicted in the 1995 death of a Utah high school student wouldn’t answer questions about the location of the girl’s remains during a parole hearing and said he had already provided all the information he could. Timmy Brent Olsen pleaded guilty in 2011 to second-degree felony manslaughter […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Wednesday, covid-19 statistics were updated for Utah and Wasatch County by the state department of health. Utahns fully vaccinated: 328,509 (9.9 percent of Utahns) Wasatch County residents fully vaccinated: 3,751 (10.4 percent of Wasatch County residents) Utah recovery percentage: 95.9 [95.89] percent (360,891-376,327) Wasatch County recovery percentage: 96.6 […]
LOGAN, Utah-Utah State Football confirmed it will commence spring practices March 15 at 4:15 pm. All spring practice sessions are scheduled for Merlin Olsen Field at Maverik Stadium or the Stan Laub Indoor Football Complex. The Aggies will participate in 15 spring practice sessions, including the Blue vs. White Spring […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — All people in Utah age 18 and over will be eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine on April 1, the governor’s office announced Wednesday. State officials expect to have 1.5 million doses by April 10, when Utah’s statewide mask order will be lifted, said Jennifer […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — THE U.S. Transportation Department has granted approval for a new airline led by David Neeleman, who started JetBlue Airways two decades ago. Breeze Aviation Group has up to one year to begin flights using up to 22 planes, the company said Wednesday. According to an application submitted last […]
SALT LAKE CITY — As persistent drought and climate change threaten the Colorado River, several states that rely on the water acknowledge they likely won’t get what they were promised a century ago. The same will not prove true for Utah. Republican lawmakers approved an entity that could push for […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah County Republican has announced he’s running for the U.S. Senate in 2022 for a seat currently held by GOP U.S. Sen. Mike Lee. Brendan Wright, a Lehi resident and area planning manager for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, announced his […]
FLAGSTAFF, ARIZ. (AP)-A longtime educator whose career included high-profile jobs on the Navajo Nation resigned from his latest post as an Arizona county schools superintendent after officials discovered pornographic images on his work-issued computer, according to records obtained by The Associated Press. Coconino County announced the resignation of Tommy Lewis […]
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration said Tuesday that it will deliver an interim report on its suspension of oil and gas sales from federal lands and waters by summer, but officials declined to state how long the moratorium could remain in place. A long-term ban on lease sales […]
