SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah House on Wednesday voted in support of Dixie State University dropping “Dixie” from its name — an example of the nation’s reexamination of the remnants of the Confederacy and slavery. Dixie State University, which is located in St. George, recommended the name change after reviewing […]
Associated Press (AP) — A major effort is getting underway at several universities, tribal museums and libraries around the U.S. to digitize the oral histories of thousands of Native Americans that were collected a half century ago as part of a project initiated by the late philanthropist Doris Duke. The […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Tuesday, statistics were updated for covid-19 in Utah by the state department of health. 425,698 Utahns have been vaccinated. This is an increase of 8,674 in the past 24 hours. 317,603 Utahns (74.6 percent) have received one dose. 108,095 Utahns (25.4 percent) have received the recommended two doses. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A skier caught in an avalanche that killed four people in Utah survived by clinging to a tree through the onslaught of rushing snow and later helped save two people, a forecaster investigating the slide said Tuesday. The avalanche on Saturday initially buried six skiers from two […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah House has said about two dozen Utah legislative staffers were placed on the priority list to receive COVID-19 vaccinations ahead of other residents. House Speaker Brad Wilson’s chief of staff Abby Osborne said in a statement on Monday that legislative leaders worked with Republican Gov. Spencer […]
NEW COLUMBIA, Pa. (AP) – A Virginia woman found dead on an interstate ramp in Pennsylvania was the victim of a homicide, officials said. The Pennsylvania State Police on Monday did not release how Rebecca Landrith, 47, died or where in Virginia she had lived. Her body was found Sunday […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Paris Hilton testified about abuse she says she suffered years ago at a boarding school in Utah, as she lobbied Monday for a bill seeking to regulate the state’s troubled teen industry. Hilton was sent to Provo Canyon School for 11 months at age 17 […]
WASATCH COUNTY, Utah-Sunday, Wasatch County Search & Rescue conducted two separate rescues. At 3:49 pm at Strawberry Reservoir, a female had rolled a snowmobile, injuring her leg. Wasatch County Search & Rescue and EMS arrived on the scene to assist with the victim’s injury. Later, at 4:27 pm, in the […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation officials said Monday that they’re getting nearly 29,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines this week plus 82 more federal personnel to help with vaccination efforts. Tribal President Jonathan Nez said the goal is to administer 100,000 total doses of the vaccines by the end […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Monday, covid-19 statistics for Utah were updated by the state department of health. 417,024 Utahns have been vaccinated. This is an increase of 3,087 since Sunday’s report. 313,218 Utahns (75.1 percent) have received one dose. 103,806 Utahns (24.9 percent) have received the recommended two doses. 4,527 Wasatch County […]
