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National Weather Service issues multiple alerts for hot, windy weekend
Paul Dail, St. George News | Posted May 29th - 8:42am
The National Weather Service-Salt Lake City office has issued both a red flag warning and wind advisory for various parts of Southern Utah over the weekend.
Coronavirus pandemic puts plastic bag bans to the test in Utah
Graham Dudley, KSL.com | Posted May 28th - 5:14pm
A planned plastic bag ban has been delayed in one Utah city, and two other cities with bans already in place have strained under the burden of coronavirus-caused limits to reusable bag use.
Utah sees 2 new COVID-19 deaths and 215 new cases; largest single-day case increase since pandemic began
Jacob Klopfenstein, KSL.com | Updated May 28th - 3:49pm
Gov. Herbert and state health officials discuss outbreaks among the Navajo Nation, at a Salt Lake veterans home, and how to help minority populations disproportionately impacted.
Utah sees 86 new cases of COVID-19, 4 more deaths
Jacob Klopfenstein, KSL.com | Updated May 27th - 1:34pm
Utah’s number of COVID-19 cases has increased by 86 from Tuesday with four new reported deaths, according to the Utah Department of Health.
Utah officials urge caution for those heading outside after flood of holiday weekend rescues
Carter Williams | Posted May 26th - 2:04pm
There were at least 15 search and rescue responses in Utah during the three-day weekend. With an uptick in rescue calls, officials are reminding people to use caution when outside.
‘Just go, go, go all day’; Rescuers respond to 5 calls in 1 day, including cyclist who lost his life
Hollie Reina, St. George News | Posted May 24th - 8:32pm
Washington County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue personnel responded to five separate incidents before sundown Sunday, including one mountain biker who did not survive.
National parks hope visitors comply with virus measures
Mead Gruver, Associated Press | Updated May 24th - 1:48pm
A man pets a wild bison on the head. Rescuers pull a treasure seeker from a snowy canyon. A woman taking photos stumbles into scalding water.
Herbert orders 2 southeast Utah towns to stay at orange COVID-19 risk level
Amy Donaldson, KSL | Updated May 22nd - 1:37pm
As most Utah communities clamor to “get back to normal,” the small tourist town of Bluff is hoping to take it a bit slower than the rest.
Utah sees 183 new cases of COVID-19, 1 more death
Jacob Klopfenstein, KSL.com | Updated May 22nd - 1:20pm
Utah’s number of COVID-19 cases has increased by 183 from Thursday, with one new reported death, according to the Utah Department of Health.
786-acre wildfire burning near Toquerville 100% contained
Jacob Klopfenstein, KSL.com | Updated May 19th - 5:03pm
A wildfire that destroyed three outbuildings and damaged another in southwest Utah is now 50% contained, officials say.
Northbound I-15 reopened near Beaver after semitruck crash
Jacob Klopfenstein, KSL.com | Updated May 19th - 4:27pm
Northbound I-15 has reopened in Beaver County after a crash involving an overturned semitruck, authorities report.
2 dead after Saturday crash near Little Sahara in Juab County, authorities say
Jacob Klopfenstein, KSL.com | Posted May 19th - 2:20pm
Two family members of former Salt Lake County Mayor Nancy Workman died after they crashed Saturday while driving to Juab County to spread Nancy’s ashes, authorities report.
UHP seizes more than $200K in heroin during traffic stop near Parowan
Cody Blowers, St. George News | Posted May 18th - 8:24am
Two California women are in jail in Iron County after a Utah Highway Patrol trooper and his K-9 partner said they found more than 2 pounds of heroin in the center console of the vehicle during a traffic stop Thursday on Interstate 15.
2 passengers die after van rolls on I-15 in Iron County
Graham Dudley, KSL.com | Updated May 17th - 1:05pm
Interstate 15 in Iron County reopened after a fatal crash temporarily closed both directions north of Parowan Sunday morning.
Farmers Feeding Utah campaign to deliver lamb to Utah Navajo this month
Amy Joi O'Donoghue, KSL | Posted May 16th - 8:39pm
Campaign still needs to reach $100,000 goal.
Navajo Nation residents to be under strictest lockdown yet
Felicia Fonseca, Associated Press | Posted May 16th - 11:56am
Residents of the Navajo Nation will be under the strictest weekend lockdown yet, with grocery stores and gas stations closed, and even essential workers ordered to stay home.
Man hospitalized after falling off kayak at Quail Creek State Park, officials say
Graham Dudley, KSL.com | Posted May 16th - 10:23am
A Nevada man was rushed to the hospital Friday night after falling out of a kayak at Quail Creek State Park.
President, other SUU leaders to forgo salaries in effort to save university jobs
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted May 15th - 7:11pm
Southern Utah University President Scott Wyatt informed the university’s faculty last week that he will forgo his salary for the next year in an effort to thwart potential layoffs.
