SALT LAKE CITY-A Thursday morning report confirms more than 28,000 Utahns filed for unemployment benefits last week as COVID-19 continues to negatively affect the economy. Between March 22-28, the three industries affected the most in the Beehive State are as follows: -food preparation and serving (16.6 percent) -office and administrative […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Tuesday, Utah Governor Gary Herbert mentioned that Utah is receiving machines that can produce tests for COVID-19 more swiftly than was previously possible. Herbert said 15 of these machines would be arriving soon but even more are needed to get coronavirus under control. These new tests are made […]
DENVER (AP) — Two snowmobile riders from Colorado were searching for an elusive treasure when they became stranded and one died in a Utah park. The pair set out from the Denver area March 17 to search for Forrest Fenn’s treasure, The Denver Post reported. The eccentric New Mexico antiquities dealer […]
BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — A recall was issued for frozen berries manufactured at a farm near Lynden, Washington amid potential exposure to Norovirus, federal food regulators said. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and WinCo Foods issued the recall last Friday for frozen berries manufactured at Rader Farms and distributed […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP)-The Navajo Nation is now under a public health state of emergency declared by tribal President Jonathan Nez due to the growing spread of the coronavirus outbreak. Nev’s office said in a statement announcing the declaration Wednesday that there were no confirmed cases on the the tribé’s […]
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Kylor Kelley scored 16 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead Oregon State to a 70-51 rout of Utah on Thursday night. Kelley, who was 7 of 10 from the field with five dunks, also blocked two shots. Oregon State (15-9, 5-7 Pac-12) has won back-to-back […]
HONOLULU (AP) — Growing up in American Samoa, Filipo Ilaoa’s neighbors were his cousins on a plot of land full of banana and breadfruit trees shared by his extended family and overseen by a chief elected by his relatives. He worries a federal judge’s recent ruling in Utah saying those […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A major storm that dumped snow throughout the Rockies region overnight prompted a rare decision to close Salt Lake City’s public schools on Monday, caused extensive flight delays and traffic accidents and shut down stretches of highways in Utah and Wyoming . Snow 18 inches […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP)-Two rallies calling on Utah senators to push for a fair and impartial impeachment trial for President Donald Trump drew a combined total of over 100 people Thursday. The demonstrators from a coalition of progressive groups gathered outside the federal building in Salt Lake City for the event directed […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The state of Utah is trying something new to fight HIV infections: handing out condoms with cheeky plays on state pride. The prophylactics are labeled with phrases like “The Greatest Sex on Earth,” a spin on the famous license-plate ski slogan “The Greatest Snow on Earth.” About 100,000 […]
