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Health officials report 1,516 new cases and 13 more deaths, though four of those occurred in 2020.

Utah is offering free COVID-19 tests in 12 counties this week Scott D. Pierce © Rick Egan (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Cassidy Murphy tests for Covid-19 at Intermountain Healthcare Cottonwood InstaCare, on Friday, Dec. 11, 2020. Free COVID-19 testing will be available this week at 15 sites in a dozen counties across Utah. According to the Utah Department of Health, the free rapid antigen testing is being offered at locations chosen because they have a high rate of posi...

Under a Salt Lake City overpass, a new type of homeless encampment takes shape — but how long will it last? Taylor Stevens Nestled on either side of an out-of-use railroad track, dozens of tents reach toward the top of a Salt Lake City overpass — a concrete umbrella that provides a reprieve from snow, hail and rain but keeps in the smell and sound of crackling fires and the laughter and shouts of the people who live here. This is the scene at Camp Last Hope, a homeless encam...

Utah pharmacist central to hydroxychloroquine controversy pleads guilty in federal court Erin Alberty © Provided by Salt Lake Tribune (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Dan Richards, CEO, pharmacist of Meds In Motion Pharmacy, talks about elected and health officials teaming up to fight the coronavirus in a news conference at the Utah State Capitol, Friday, March 20, 2020. The owner of a Utah pharmacy that was poised to sell millions of dollars worth of hydroxychloroquine ...

Face to face with a maskless man threatening to shoot her, Amanda Andrade-Rhoades had limited options.  The freelance photojournalist was working solo on assignment for The Washington Post last Wednesday as supporters of President Donald Trump descended on the U.S. Capitol, rioting as Congress voted to certify the 2020 election results.  The man was tall and older, with a mustache and a tan jacket, Andrade-Rhoades told VOA.

Face to face with a maskless man threatening to shoot her, Amanda Andrade-Rhoades had limited options.  The freelance photojournalist was working solo on assignment for The Washington Post last Wednesday as supporters of President Donald Trump descended on the U.S. Capitol, rioting as Congress voted to certify the 2020 election results.  The man was tall and older, with a mustache and a tan jacket, Andrade-Rhoades told VOA.

Latter-day Saints are overrepresented in Utah’s Legislature, holding 9 of every 10 seats Lee Davidson © Scott Sommerdorf (Scott Sommerdorf | Tribune file photo) The Salt Lake LDS Temple and the Utah Capitol are seen together in 2017. Mention the supermajority at the Utah Legislature and most will assume you’re referring to the overwhelming dominance of Republicans. But there’s an even more lopsided supermajority, one that some say wields even more influence than the GOP...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) --Protesters backing President Donald Trump massed outside statehouses from Georgia to New Mexico on Wednesday, leading some officials to evacuate while cheers rang out at several demonstrations as a pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S.

CHEYENNE — A nonviolent protest Wednesday against the results of the 2020 presidential election led to police placing the State Capitol on lockdown as a precautionary measure. Around 300 people protested in Cheyenne, a scene that played out around statehouses from Georgia to New Mexico, while thousands of Trump supporters gathered in Washington, D.C., some of them storming the nation’s Capitol, forcing lawmakers to shelter in place. Protests took place Wednesday across the country as ...

Proud Boys and Black Lives Matter supporters clash at Utah rally Enrique Limón © Provided by The Independent As pro-Trump extremists, which President-elect Joe Biden later would label “domestic terrorists”, laid siege to the Capitol building on Wednesday, similar “Save America” gatherings erupted across several US cities, from Atlanta, GA, to Topeka, KS — albeit on a less grand scale. Some 2,000 miles away from DC, Utah’s sleepy capital city — which as of late o...