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Strong winds, scattered power outages hit northern Utah Scott D. Pierce © Provided by Salt Lake Tribune (Courtesy of the National Weather Service) Strong winds are expected to continue Tuesday morning in northern Utah. The Weber School District delayed school by two hours on Tuesday after high winds caused power outages. The district announced it was delaying bus pickups and classes “at all locations” because of the “widespread power outages and safety precautions.” A...

Winds reaching nearly 70 miles per hour battered parts of northern Utah overnight and into Tuesday morning.

Inequalities are glaring: Sen. Susan Webber, others reflect on society on MLK Day Keila Szpaller, Daily Montanan © AP A large portion of the estimated 5,000 who listened intently to Dr. Martin Luther King, arrow, lower right, from Sproul Hall, University of California administration building in Berkeley, California, May 17, 1967. Dr. King reiterated his stand for non-violence and urged that young people support a peace bloc that would influence the 1968 elections. Susan Webbe...

Teachers and staff at Logan and Cache County’s school districts were able to sign up to receive their first doses of COVID-19 vaccinations this week. “It’s a huge relief,” said Jessica Littlefield, a fourth-grade teacher at Cedar Ridge Elementary. “This was pretty exciting.” Pandemic roller coaster Advertisement Sky View High School’s Kaye Dawn Falslev said this is hands-down the hardest year she’s ever experienced in her 34-year career. “From the ti...

This is the second story in the Mountain West News Bureau series " Elevated Risk ." Cole Stump was a Montanan, through and through. The 29-year-old citizen

Box Elder County, where dry desert mountain ranges and the Great Salt Lake dominate much of the landscape, isn’t often thought of as a place to catch state record-caliber fish. However, the mountainous northwest corner of the state happens to be the only area in Utah where a certain subspecies of cutthroat trout can be found, making it the go-to location for anyone looking for Yellowstone cutthroat in the state. The Yellowstone cutthroat is native to the Snake River drainage, a watershed w...

Pierre, SD, USA / DRGNews Jan 15, 2021 6:00 AM PIERRE – Jackson Edman led a second-half charge for the Pierre Governors Thursday in a 69-53 over Douglas at the Riggs High Gym. Edman scored 18 of his game-high 20 points in the second half.  Pierre trailed by one at halftime, 29-28, before out-scoring the Patriots 19 to 4 in the third quarter.  Matthew Hanson added 14 off the bench for Pierre (3-5), Lincoln Kienholz scored 11 and James Mikkonen tallied 10. Pierre has back-to-back wins for the...

In a time of one shocking news event after another, a slowly developing regional problem has worsened to a crisis stage without making many big headlines. That problem is drought.

Where and how Utah seniors can sign up to get the COVID vaccine © Provided by KUTV Salt Lake City Utahns over the age of 70 are next on the list to receive COVID-19 vaccinations. But where, when, and how that happens varies by health department.  Health departments were advised to make the vaccine available to people 70 and older starting Monday. Some health departments are letting seniors sign up this week — but there have been some issues.  Heres what to know about signing up for a vacc...

| Updated: 3:08 p.m. Editor’s note • This story is available to Salt Lake Tribune subscribers only. Thank you for supporting important local journalism. For nearly 174 years, Salt Lake County has served as the headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and home for most of its presidents and apostles. Early pioneers created it as a remote refuge from persecution. For a third consecutive year, the raw number of church members in the county has dropped significantly —...