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Kate Davis

Church officials update local COVID-19 guidelines

SALT LAKE CITY — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has updated its COVID-19 guidelines. The First Presidency told members Friday that local presidencies should determine, on a local basis, if masks and other COVID precautions should be used at church-sponsored activities. The church advised local leaders to consider the guidance of health […]
4 years ago
FILE - In this screen grab from video, former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter stands with...
AMY FORLITI, STEVE KARNOWSKI and TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press

Judge sentences cop who killed Daunte Wright to 2 years

The sentence issued Friday is below the range of six to 8 1/2 years in prison recommended by state guidelines. But Judge Regina Chu found mitigating factors exist that gave her the authority to go lower.
4 years ago
FILE - Nurse Lydia Holly prepares a child's COVID-19 vaccine dose, on Nov. 3, 2021, at Children's N...
Martha Harris

Utah moving out of COVID-19 emergency phase

The governor said COVID-19 will be treated like other seasonal illnesses as the state moves out of the pandemic emergency phase. Of note, the state health department will stop focusing on daily case counts.
4 years ago
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Martha Harris

Conservation in the West poll again highlights concern for water issues

The annual Conservation in the West poll surveys residents of eight western states including Utah. Residents increasingly expressed concerns about drought.
4 years ago
candy bomber covid, Gail Halvorsen aka the 'Candy Bomber' has recovered from COVID-19...
Marc Giauque

How the ‘Candy Bomber’ touched and changed lives

A woman who was a young child in Berlin remembers Gail Halvorsen, the 'Candy Bomber,' who died in Utah this week at age 101.
4 years ago
The National Archives has told the House Oversight Committee that certain presidential records from...
MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press

Trump must testify in New York investigation, judge rules

State Judge Arthur Engoron made the decision Thursday involving the former president and his children. It is likely to be appealed.
4 years ago
omicron resistance...
CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer

Estimated 73% of US now immune to omicron

Millions of individual Americans' immune systems now recognize the virus and are primed to fight it off if they encounter omicron, or even another variant.
4 years ago
Anna Shcherbakova, of the Russian Olympic Committee, gestures after competing in the women's free s...
DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer

Shcherbakova wins figure skating gold as Valieva collapses

Shcherbakova performed a near-flawless free skate to leap over the 15-year-old Valieva, the leader after the short program.
4 years ago
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is pictured, he'll visit with biden...
VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, YURAS KARMANAU and LORNE COOK Associated Press

Biden: ‘Every indication’ Russia prepared to attack Ukraine

Speaking at the White House, Biden said the United States saw no signs of a claimed Russian withdrawal of forces along its border with Ukraine.
4 years ago
Gail Halvorsen Candy Bomber...
Simone Seikaly, Colby Walker, and Ryan Meeks

Gail Halvorsen, the ‘Candy Bomber’ has died at age 101

Mr. Halvorsen died at Utah Valley Hospital on Feb. 16, 2022, where he was surrounded by most of his children
4 years ago
Lanes of 215 E are closed at 3300 S due to a pile-up.  Photo courtesy of UDOT...
Mark Jackson

I-215 East Belt closed due to multi-car pile-up at 4500 South

SALT LAKE CITY — All lanes of I-215 East are closed at 3300 South in Salt Lake County late Wednesday night.  According to the Utah Department of Transportation, southbound lanes are shut down in order to clear a multi-car pile-up closer to 4500 S.  UHP says there are no major injuries so far in the […]
4 years ago
FILE: Singular bull elk peers in the direction of the camera Photo: Department of Wildlife Services...
Jessica Lowell, Marc Giauque, and Simone Seikaly

Elk move to private land when hunting season starts, say BYU researchers

Using GPS tracking, BYU researchers were able to determine when elk move onto and off of private lands (hint, it was during hunting season.)
4 years ago
Utah capitol shown, 2024 legislative session kicks off tomorrow...
Jacob Rueda

Revision of Rural Jobs Act would incentivize new small businesses

HB 25 would provide a tax credit for investors who create small businesses with jobs that pay more than 100% of the county's average wage.
4 years ago
Utah Republican primaries and party affiliation...
Lindsay Aerts

Full house to vote on a bill that tightens Utah’s election security

Among other things, House Bill 313 would create 24-hour video surveillance of drop boxes used by Utah voters.
4 years ago
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YURAS KURMANAU and FRANK BAJAK Associated Press

Cyberattacks knock out sites of Ukrainian army, major banks

The relatively low-level, denial-of-service attacks Tuesday come after weeks of escalating fears that Russia might invade Ukraine.
4 years ago
Weber County Jail...
Martha Harris

Program to hire younger employees at Weber County Jail extended

Utah lawmakers voted to make a permanent change in the age requirement for employees at the Weber County Correctional Facility.
4 years ago
Amazon Marriott-Slaterville...
Jeff Caplan

Jeff Caplan’s Minute of News: Let Amazon drivers do their job

A TikTok trend has KSL NewsRadio's Jeff Caplan fired up. Why is it okay to demand Amazon drivers do anything but, drive and deliver?
5 years ago
The view at Snowbasin Resort....
Simone Seikaly

Skier dies after a collision at Snowbasin Ski Resort

Officials said the 35-year-old man was skiing with friends at Snowbasin on Friday, Feb. 11, when the accident happened.
5 years ago
Brian Panish, left, an attorney for the family of late cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, speaks next...
ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer

Alec Baldwin sued by family of cinematographer killed on set

At least four other lawsuits have been filed over the shooting, but this is the first directly tied to one of the two people shot.
5 years ago
President Joe Biden speaks about Ukraine in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 202...
VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press

Biden: US has not verified claim of Russia troop withdrawal

Biden says an invasion of Ukraine remains a distinct possibility, hours after Russia announced that some units near Ukraine's borders would begin returning to their bases.
5 years ago
Remington deal Sandy Hook...
DAVE COLLINS Associated Press

Sandy Hook families settle for $73M with gun maker Remington

The families and a survivor of the shooting sued Remington over how it marketed the AR-15-style rifle used in the shooting.
5 years ago
Day one of Utah's legislative session is here. For the next 45 days, Utah's capitol hill will be bu...
Lindsay Aerts

Citing population growth, Utah lawmakers want more paid assistants

One legislator, Sen. Minority Whip Luz Escamilla, argues that lawmakers need more staff as Utah's population grows.
5 years ago
Valieva Russian doping...
GRAHAM DUNBAR and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press

EXPLAINER: The drug behind Russia’s Olympic doping case

Lawyers for the 15-year-old Russian skater argued contamination from heart medication her grandfather was taking caused her positive test.
5 years ago
Kamila Valieva...
DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer

Valieva skates into first place after Olympic short program

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, the heavily favored 15-year-old at the center of an Olympic doping scandal, overcame an early mistake.
5 years ago