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3:40 Newly elected Representative Blake Moore said his background working in intelligence for the federal government in Washington DC and abroad and the public policy work he did with Dan Jones and Associates made him a good candidate to run for the District 1 Congressional seat. He emerged out of a 12-person republican primary challenge to win the seat in the general election. Nine-term Republican Rob Bishop announced his retirement earlier in the year. Moore has three young children and plans...

(Cheyenne, WY) – U.S. Senator-elect Cynthia Lummis announced in a press release today, December 29th a slate of experienced communications, policy and field staff to serve in key roles in both her Washington, DC, and Wyoming offices. “Bringing capable staff onto the team to serve at every level has been one of my top priorities as I prepare to join the Senate,” said Lummis. “Everyone I’m bringing onto the team, from my field representatives to my policy experts, brin...

Utah in 2020: With COVID, an earthquake, winds and fires, it was a year many may like to forget — but never will Protests against racism and police violence also brought reforms, while voters did what the Senate didn’t: Dump Trump. (Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) It has been a tumultuous 2020 with a magnitude 5.7 earthquake shaking the Salt Lake Valley, hurricane-force winds toppling thousands of trees, raging wildfires forcing record evacuations, protests against racis...

Local News Hour Local News Hour: ( 4:36) U.S. Representative Blake Moore talks about the election and his plans for his first term taking over for retiring Representative Rob Bishop. ( 20:45) U.S. Ski and Snowboard Update with Communications Manager Lara Carlton and local freestyle skier Nick Page have an update. ( 30:21) Dr. Mairi Leining, Diabetes Program Medical Director and Internal Medicine Volunteer Physician at People’s Health Clinic has details on the effective Diabetes program that ...

Trump signs federal funding measure, bringing clean drinking water to Navajo Nation © Provided by KUTV Salt Lake City President Donald Trump signed a $2.3 trillion omnibus appropriations package Sunday, which included the Navajo Utah Water Rights Settlement Act that will help bring clean drinking water to residents in Navajo Nation.  The bill includes $1.4 trillion for federal spending and $900 billion for COVID-19 relief. The U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate approved the pa...

Deseret News Freshman congressman will represent Utah’s 1st Congressional District Share this story Kristin Murphy, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY — Deseret News readers first heard about Blake Moore Nov. 4, 1997, for his accomplishments as a straight-A student at Ogden High School, where as the star quarterback he led his Tigers football team to its first playoff victory since 1983. Flash forward to 2020, when on Nov. 4, the Deseret News once again detailed Moore’s success, this time after...

Top Utah news stories of 2020: A year like no other Art Raymond © Yukai Peng, Deseret News Juliet Tuineau, Ray Tuineau’s widow, pours a bucket of soil on her husband’s coffin during a burial service at Valley View Memorial Park in West Valley City on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020. Ray Tuineau was one of the more than 380 Utahns who died because of COVID-19. SALT LAKE CITY — The pandemic. The nearly yearlong ravages of the COVID-19 virus left little for Deseret News editors to...

Over the past few months, whether through hushed whispers during Zoom calls or otherwise, many people have been on both the asking and receiving ends of the same question: Did you get the vaccine? Are you going to get it? How did you sign up? More Headlines

The United States will ramp up its forces in Germany amid the latest tensions with Russia over Ukraine, abandoning former... “There’s a lot of shared interest” and “a unique relationship” between the Church of Latter Day Saints and the Jewish faith, though Moore said all religions should have mutual respect for everyone’s “freedom and ability” to practice their beliefs. As an example, he noted that religions believe “in a higher power.” Moore has never been to Israel but is ...

‘Utah Politics’ podcast: Rob Bishop says Congress should have acted sooner on pandemic relief Bishop reflects on his long career in politics and public service. (Rick Egan | Tribune file photo) This Aug. 28, 2019, file photo shows Rep. Rob Bishop talking at the Sutherland Institute about innovations in education, something he knows a bit about having been a high school history teacher for many years.   | Dec. 23, 2020, 9:01 p.m. President Donald Trump threw Congress off-kilter...