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Wasatch County Library Hosts Event At Homestead Resort

Wasatch County Library Hosts Event At Homestead Resort

MIDWAY, Utah-The Wasatch County Library hosts a Friday event for Latinos/Latinas in the Heber Valley community at the Homestead Resort of Midway. This will be a free test for COVID-19 at a mobile site at the Homestead, located at 700 N. Homestead Drive in Midway, from 3:00-7:00 pm. Everyone is […]

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Pandemic stalls plastic-bag control efforts in northern Utah

Pandemic stalls plastic-bag control efforts in northern Utah

LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Restrictions aimed at reducing the use of single-use plastic bags have been put on hold in northern Utah during the coronavirus pandemic, but officials close to the issue said the efforts will not be forgotten. In response to COVID-19, some stores have banned reusable bags as […]

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Lock your cars! Vehicle theft spikes in COVID-19 pandemic

Lock your cars! Vehicle theft spikes in COVID-19 pandemic

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The coronavirus hasn’t been kind to car owners. With more people than ever staying home to lessen the spread of COVID-19, their sedans, pickup trucks and SUVs are parked unattended on the streets, making them easy targets for opportunistic thieves. Despite silent streets and nearly non-existent traffic, […]

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Sunday COVID-19 Stats

Sunday COVID-19 Stats

SALT LAKE CITY-Sunday, COVID-19 statistics were released for Utah. They are more propitious for the Beehive State than on Saturday as while net positive cases increased by 132, this represents a net decrease of 71 from Saturday’s totals. There are presently 8,392 positive tests for COVID-19 in Utah. Of those, […]

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Navajo Nation has 104 new coronavirus cases, 4 more deaths

Navajo Nation has 104 new coronavirus cases, 4 more deaths

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — Navajo Nation officials report 104 new cases of the coronavirus with four more deaths from the pandemic. The Navajo Nation has been hit hard from the outbreak and tribal officials said the latest figures raised the tribe’s total number of cases as of Saturday night […]

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Friday COVID-19 Stats Released For Utah

Friday COVID-19 Stats Released For Utah

SALT LAKE CITY-Friday, COVID-19 statistics were released for what has happened in the past 24 hours in Utah. Presently, there are 8,057 cases of COVID-19 in the Beehive State. This is an increase of 183 cases in the past 24 hours and a net increase of 19 cases. There have […]

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Wednesday Stats For COVID-19

Wednesday Stats For COVID-19

SALT LAKE CITY-Wednesday, Utah’s COVID-19 statistics for the day were released. Presently, there have been 7,710 total cases of COVID-19 in the state, an increase of 192 cases from the previous day. This is a net increase of 58 cases from the previous day. There have presently been 179,664 total […]

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Utah To Reassess COVID-19 Deaths

Utah To Reassess COVID-19 Deaths

SALT LAKE CITY-Tuesday evening, Utah State epidemiologist Dr. Angela C. Dunn said the Utah Department of Health will reevaluate purported COVID-19 deaths. Dunn confirmed this on her Twitter acccount. In Utah, we are looking at all deaths in individuals with a +COVID-19 test, and removing those where COVID-19 did not […]

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Tuesday Results For COVID-19 Testing in Utah

Tuesday Results For COVID-19 Testing in Utah

SALT LAKE CITY-Tuesday, results were released for COVID-19 in the Beehive State. The Utah Department of Health has had problems releasing the data throughout the day as their Web site has experienced a litany of technical difficuties. There are presently 7,518 cases of COVID-19 in Utah. This is an increase […]

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Tech-assisted COVID-19 tracking is having some issues

Tech-assisted COVID-19 tracking is having some issues

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Harnessing today’s technology to the task of fighting the coronavirus pandemic is turning out to be more complicated than it first appeared. The first U.S. states that rolled out smartphone apps for tracing the contacts of COVID-19 patients are dealing with technical glitches and a general lack of […]

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