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State Employees Asked To Work From Home Due To Poor Air Quality Utah’s Department of Environmental Quality called for eligible state employees to work from home most of this past week. Surge remote work days are part of a new effort to cut back on pollution and emissions from cars when air quality is poor. Air quality in northern Utah has been unhealthy for sensitive groups this week. It’s forecast to stay that way over the next several days. Caroline Ballard Save Our Canyons Asks For Public Comment Extension The environmental advocacy group Save Our Canyons is asking for an extension of the public comment period on the Little Cottonwood Canyon traffic plan. Last month, the Utah Department of Transportation ....
Tess Roundy Tess Roundy is KUER’s summer 2021 newsroom intern. She describes herself an aspiring radio journalist who enjoys telling and hearing human interest stories. Tess is currently studying journalism at the University of Utah. ....
iStockphoto Slightly more than 70% of Utah adults have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. This story and more in Tuesday evening s news brief. Tuesday evening, July 6, 2021 State Utah Still Working To Combat Opioid Epidemic New data show there’s been an increase in opioid-related deaths in Utah since the start of the pandemic. From November 2019 to 2020, drug overdose related deaths increased nearly 8% in the state. Nationwide, there was a nearly 30% jump. Now, health advocates are working to lower those numbers. Heather Lewis, substance use prevention program manager for Utah County, said addressing the opioid epidemic starts with education. “Opioids didn’t go away,” Lewis said. “It’s not going to go away. And we have to continue to educate. We have to continue to share messages and promote safe use and disposal.” ....
Published July 1, 2021 at 5:28 PM MDT Listen • 4:04 / After a massive flash flood Tuesday, roads have been cleared in Zion National Park. This story and more in Thursday evening s news brief. Thursday evening, July 1, 2021 State Gov. Cox Issues Dire Warning For Unvaccinated Utahns COVID-19 is surging in Utah once again. Gov. Spencer Cox joined health officials Thursday in asking Utahns to do the one thing that can stop the increase get vaccinated. State health officials have reported more than 500 cases on back to back days. There are also now more than 250 people hospitalized because of the virus, and that hasn’t happened since mid-February. Michelle Hofmann, with the Utah Department of Health, said unvaccinated people are driving the surge. The state is behind its goal of getting 70% of adults vaccinated by the Fourth of July state data show 61% of Utahns age 12 and up have gotten at least one dose. ....
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