Leaders and representatives of Utah s ethnic and racial minorities gathered on Dia de los Muertos to emphasize the devastating effect COVID-19 has had on Utah s minority populations.
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A new mural honoring late community activist Margarita Satini has gone up. Satini died from COVID-19 last October. Local artist Bill Louis painted the mural. This story and more in Friday evening s news brief.
Friday evening, May 14, 2021
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Fishing In An Extreme Drought
Low water levels and drought conditions in Utah this year could have an impact on fishing, according to Faith Heaton Jolley with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. She said people should be aware of lake conditions before going out because boat ramps may be closed due to low water levels. Jolley said the drought could also impact how many fish are stocked in bodies of water. If people are planning to catch and release fish this summer, she said to do so quickly into deeper, cooler water to avoid stressing them out.
Noteworthy Utahns who died in 2020: Judges, advocates, artists, athletes, coaches, trailblazers
Figures in government, law, arts, sports, business, academia and social media left us this year. | Updated: Jan. 12, 2021, 4:27 p.m.
(Paul Fraughton | Tribune file photo) Donning an Elizabethan style jester s hat, Sen Tom Hatch, R-Panguitch, makes Fred C. Adams founder of the Utah Shakespeare Festival feel at home in the Senate Chambers as he was honored by both houses of the legislature in 2006. Adams died Feb. 6, 2020, at the age of 89.
Revered jurists and lawyers. Leaders in business and government. Writers and actors. Advocates for Utah veterans, Korean War casualties and the Pacific Islander community. Inspirational coaches from many levels of the game. Former star athletes and a rising football sensation. A woman who blazed trails on the ski slopes, and a woman who defended polygamy, though it meant losing her children.
Whom would you choose for Utahn of the Year?
In a year of COVID, protests, politics, earthquakes and a windstorm, select from the candidates in this reader poll, or give us your own nominee.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Christy Danielson tests patients for Covid-19 at the Intermountain Healthcare Cottonwood InstaCare on Friday, Dec. 4, 2020. This year s slate of Utahn of the Year nominees is dominated by the pandemic s grip.
| Dec. 18, 2020, 8:05 p.m.
The Salt Lake Tribune continues its annual tradition of choosing a Utahn of the Year. The person or persons are chosen based on their impact on the state during 2020. The Tribune will announce a winner on Christmas Day, but first we want to hear from our readers. Please pick one of our candidates (presented in alphabetical order), or nominate your own.