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Sunday covid stats for Utah

Sunday covid stats for Utah

SALT LAKE CITY-Sunday, covid statistics for Utah were updated by the state department of health. 81.5 percent of covid-19 cases statewide (249,390-305,999) are recovered. 18.04 percent of covid-19 cases statewide (55,217-305,999) are active cases. In the past 24 hours, new recovered cases (2,000) exceeded new net active cases (274). They […]

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Oil companies lock in drilling, challenging Biden on climate

Oil companies lock in drilling, challenging Biden on climate

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — In the closing months of the Trump administration, energy companies stockpiled enough drilling permits for western public lands to keep pumping oil for years and undercut President-elect Joe Biden’s plans to curb new drilling because of climate change, according to public records and industry analysts. An […]

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Utah still among fastest growing states, though boom slowed

Utah still among fastest growing states, though boom slowed

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah remains among the most rapidly growing states even as its pace of change slows down over time. The Beehive State ranks fourth for population growth in the one-year period that ended in July, according to estimates out from the U.S. Census Bureau, the Deseret […]

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2 Utah men convicted of fraud charged in $11M scheme

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two Utah men who met in prison while serving time for unrelated fraud schemes have been charged in federal court over a fraudulent trading program one of them claimed to have received in a “spiritual revelation,” the Securities and Exchange Commission said. A complaint filed […]

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Saturday covid-19 report for Utah

Saturday covid-19 report for Utah

SALT LAKE CITY-Saturday, covid-19 statistics were updated for Utah by the state department of health. 81.45 percent of covid-19 cases statewide (247,390-303,723) cases are recovered. 18.1 percent of covid-19 cases statewide (54,943-303,723) are active cases. In the past 24 hours, new recoveries (2,400) exceeded new active cases (204). They were […]

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In this June 20, 2012, photo Chad Landress, a biologist with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, holds a June sucker in Utah. Twenty years ago, June suckers were well on their way to oblivion due to Utahns’ use of Utah Lake as a place to dump pollution and stock with sport fish and other nonnatives. Today, the suckers are coming back in the wake of costly efforts to clean up the lake’s degraded habitat, rid its water of invasive carp, raise suckers at secure refuges and hatcheries, and restore a major delta that is hoped to once again serve as a safe nursery for young fish. (Paul Fraughton/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

A Once-Endangered Fish Is Bouncing Back in Utah Lake

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Twenty years ago, June suckers were well on their way to oblivion due to Utahns’ use of Utah Lake as a place to dump pollution and stock with sport fish and other nonnatives. Few noticed the disappearance of the June sucker, regarded as a trash fish, […]

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Car Accident Takes The Life of Young Missionary

Car Accident Takes The Life of Young Missionary

ROSE BUD, Ark.-Per news released Friday, late Thursday, a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints lost his life in a car accident. Church spokesman Sam Penrod confirmed the incident occurred at Rose Bud, Ark., in the Church’s Arkansas Little Rock Mission. Penrod stated that four missionaries […]

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Utah County Sued After Blocking Development at Waterfall

Utah County Sued After Blocking Development at Waterfall

PROVO, UTAH (AP) — A Utah developer who wanted to build a drug treatment facility near a natural waterfall has filed a suit against Utah County after the county blocked private development at the tourist attraction. The lawsuit filed by developer Richard Losee on Wednesday argued that the conservation easement passed unanimously […]

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Utah Snowboarder Died in Backcountry Avalanche at Park City

Utah Snowboarder Died in Backcountry Avalanche at Park City

PARK CITY, UTAH (AP) — A Utah man who was snowboarding near Park City was caught in an avalanche in the backcountry Friday morning and died, according to police. The 31-year-old man from Clinton, Utah was with his girlfriend when he attempted to snowboard down steep backcountry terrain and triggered an avalanche, according […]

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Utah Gov. Spencer J. Cox speaks during a COVID-19 briefing at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. Cox unveiled a plan Friday to ramp up Utah's COVID-19 vaccine distribution as the state sees a post-holiday surge in new cases. Cox, a Republican, said he will issue an executive order requiring facilities to allocate their doses the week they are received and have local health departments manage distribution, with an expectation of administering 50,000 doses a week. (Jeffrey D. Allred/Deseret News, via AP, Pool)

New Utah governor unveils vaccine plan amid holiday surge

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — New Gov. Spencer Cox unveiled a plan Friday to ramp up Utah’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution as the state sees a post-holiday surge in new cases. The Republican governor said he will issue an executive order requiring facilities to allocate their doses the week they are […]

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