FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Calls mounted Tuesday for the federal government to close Grand Canyon National Park after the popular tourist destination saw its first case of the coronavirus in a hospitality worker. The man who tested positive for COVID-19 lived at a dorm in Grand Canyon Village within the […]
WASHINGTON-Monday, United States president Donald Trump and the coronavirus task force again gave a briefing on the latest information concerning COVID-19. Trump commenced his statements by saying that the next 30 days (March 30-April 30) are absolutely pivotal in combating the coronavirus. Dr. Stephen Hahn, the commissioner of Food and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Nearly 20,000 new people applied for unemployment in Utah last week, an exponential increase that’s in line with national data released Thursday amid widespread business closures related to the new coronavirus. The food preparation and services industry took the biggest hit, with a 37% increase in unemployment claims […]
WASHINGTON-Wednesday evening, United States president Donald Trump and his coronavirus task force again addressed the nation during a White House press briefing. Trump again reemphasized his desire to get the country back to work as of Easter Sunday, confirming that Americans want to get back to work. With the deal […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man who was released early last week from a Utah halfway house because of the spread of the coronavirus attacked a woman in her home two days later, tying her up and threatening her with a knife, police said Wednesday. But state corrections officials did not […]
SECAUCUS, N.J. (AP)-NBA Commissioner Adam Silver finds himself almost constantly looking at financial numbers and projections. And like the rest of a world that is dealing with the seismic effects of the coronavirus pandemic, he still isn’t sure how bad things will get. Silver said Saturday the league is considering […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man upset about not getting tested for the coronavirus threatened to bring a bomb to a Utah hospital earlier this week, according to a probable cause statement. Brian James Gosh made the threat after he called the hospital Wednesday and was told he couldn’t […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah students in public elementary, middle and high schools will not take year-end standardized tests this spring because of the coronavirus pandemic that has shuttered schools for at least two weeks, the state board of education decided Thursday. Utah’s decision follows other states including Texas […]
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas coach Bill Self has spent much of the past week mulling ways to commemorate one of the more remarkable seasons in the school’s proud basketball history, one that began with off-the-court distractions too numerous to count and ended in the unprecedented cancellation of the NCAA […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s two largest hospital systems have delayed elective surgeries and other non-urgent medical procedures to save space and equipment for future patients with the new coronavirus. Intermountain Healthcare and University of Utah Health expect an influx of coronavirus patients in the coming weeks. Though most […]
