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Winter Weather Advisory issued January 29 at 3:​10​PM MST until January 30 at 9:​00​AM MST by NWS Saltlake …WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST SATURDAY… * WHAT…Snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 6-12 inches. * WHERE…Wasatch Mountains I-80 North, Wasatch Mountains South of I-80, Western Uinta […]

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Utah GOP Lawmakers Pushing Legislation Targeting Abortion

Utah GOP Lawmakers Pushing Legislation Targeting Abortion

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Utah are pushing several measures targeting abortions as other states also look to put more restrictions on the procedure. Legislation that would make biological fathers responsible for paying half of the mother’s out-of-pocket pregnancy costs passed a House committee Wednesday. Republican Rep. Brady Brammer, the […]

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Corky Lee, known for photographing Asian America, dies at 73

Corky Lee, known for photographing Asian America, dies at 73

Corky Lee, a photojournalist who spent five decades spotlighting the often ignored Asian and Pacific Islander American communities, has died. He was 73. Lee died Wednesday in New York City’s Queens borough of complications from COVID-19, his family said in a statement. “His passion was to rediscover, document and champion […]

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FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2018, file photo, Qualtrics CEO Ryan Smith poses in the Hub at the company's headquarters in Orem, Utah. Survey-software provider Qualtrics went public Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, two years after German software giant SAP bought the company for $8 billion, marking the latest achievement for a company that has become one of the crown jewels of a technology corridor near Salt Lake City that Utah likes to call "Silicon Slopes."  (Jeffrey D. Allred/The Deseret News via AP)

Qualtrics Goes Public 2 Years After Being Bought by SAP

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Business software provider Qualtrics went public Thursday two years after German giant SAP bought the company for $8 billion, marking the latest achievement for the company that has become one of the crown jewels of a technology corridor near Salt Lake City that Utah likes […]

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Thursday covid-19 stats for Utah

Thursday covid-19 stats for Utah

SALT LAKE CITY-Thursday, covid-19 statistics for Utah were updated by the state department of health. 267,027 Utahns have been vaccinated. 223,938 Utahns (83.9 percent) have received one dose. 43,089 Utahns (16.1 percent) have received the recommended two doses. In Wasatch County, 2,836 residents have been vaccinated. Of these, 2,541 (89.6 […]

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Proposed bill to allow Utah inmates access to birth control

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two Democratic lawmakers in Utah have proposed a bill that would allow incarcerated women to continue receiving contraceptives, including birth control, while imprisoned in state jails. Bill sponsors Rep. Jen Dailey-Provost and Sen. Luz Escamilla said the legislation would require jails to provide inmates with […]

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Polygamous Sect’s South Dakota Compound in Foreclosure

Polygamous Sect’s South Dakota Compound in Foreclosure

PRINGLE, S.D. (AP) — A compound in South Dakota‘s Black Hills held by a secretive polygamous sect is for sale after the group defaulted on a $1.6 million loan, according to a local sheriff. Court documents show the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints’ property near Pringle in Custer County […]

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At Sundance, pandemic dramas unfold on screen and off

At Sundance, pandemic dramas unfold on screen and off

NEW YORK (AP) — Peter Nicks had for months been documenting the students of Oakland High School, in California, when the pandemic hit. “It’s in the Bay,” says one student of the virus as he and others mill together in a classroom, excitedly contemplating the cancellation of school. Soon, the […]

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Panel OKs Plan to Narrow Stalking Law Over Victim Opposition

Panel OKs Plan to Narrow Stalking Law Over Victim Opposition

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A proposal to narrow the legal definition of stalking cleared an early hurdle at the Utah Legislature Wednesday, despite opposition from victims and advocates. Republican Rep. Candice Pierucci said she decided to sponsor the bill after hearing about an unfair arrest of a Utah man who had […]

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Two Wasatch County Crashes This Evening on S.R. 32

Two Wasatch County Crashes This Evening on S.R. 32

WASATCH COUNTY, Utah-Wednesday evening’s commute in Wasatch County is off to a rocky start. There were two crashes reported at virtually the same place in a matter of moments by UDOT. At 4:55 pm, a crash was reported on S.R. 32 three miles east of U.S. 40. The estimated clearance […]

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