Craig Bennett
Lagoon steps toward normal operation
Lagoon amusement park is taking a step toward resuming normal operations.
The park reopened its Biergarten yesterday, saying that social distancing and health protocols will allow them to seat up to 200 people safely.
A spokesperson for the park said there is still no decision on when the rest of the Davis County amusement park will reopen, though plans are being made to resume operation.
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Salt Lake City Mayor says not ready to move out of the orange alert phase
Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall doesn't think her city is ready to move out of the orange phase of the state's COVID-19 restrictions.
In a tweet yesterday, Mendenall said the city's higher number of coronavirus cases in certain zip codes justifies the governor's decision to continue current restrictions for a while longer.
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ACLU drops lawsuit against county jails in Utah
The ACLU has dropped its lawsuit against county jails in Utah over the coronavirus, but will still go after the Utah Department of Corrections.
In a brief to the Utah Supreme Court, the ACLU says the county jails are taking adequate measure to prevent outbreaks at their facilities and to reduce inmate populations.
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Think tank wants greater oversight into surveillance technology
A Libertarian-leaning think tank is pushing for greater oversight of government surveillance technology in Utah.
The Libertas Institute has released a proposal called the "Privacy Protection Act."
The bill would direct the Legislature to designate a state privacy officer within the State Auditor's Office, and create a new oversight committee to ensure privacy rights are not being vio
More Utahns file for unemployment
More Utahns filed for unemployment benefits as the economy continues to reel from the coronavirus pandemic.
Numbers from the Department of Workforce services show another 71-hundred Utahns filed initial claims last week.
Since the pandemic began, nearly 174-thousand people have filed for unemployment in the state.
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YELLOW Low Risk Guidelines
On Saturday, May 16th all of the state will be allowed to move into the next phase which is yellow. There are some exceptions though. Grand County, Summit County, Wasatch County ,Salt Lake City and West Valley City will remain at the orange phase for the time being.
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Residents near Saddle Fire allowed to go home
Residents living near the Saddle Fire are now allowed to go back home.
Authorities lifted the mandatory evacuation order near Midway as fire crews made progress on containing the blaze.
The wildfire has burned more than six-hundred acres and is about 40-percent contained.
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Earthquake rocks remote western Nevada
The U.S. Geological Service is reporting that a magnitude-6.4 earthquake struck in remote western Nevada early Friday.
The temblor was reported at 4:03 a.m. about 35 miles outside Tonopah, just east of the Sierra Nevada range.
The initial quake struck about 4.7 mi
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Utah Food Bank asking for donations
The Utah Food Bank is seeking money to help feed a large increase in the number of Utahns seeking food assistance. Food Bank president and CEO Ginette Bott ] says her organization expects to feed an additional 165-thousand Utahns over the next 12 to 18 months because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Searchers find two bodies at Utah Lake
The Utah County Sheriff's Office believes searchers have found the bodies of two girls who disappeared on Utah Lake.
Sheriff's Sergeant Justin Gordon says searchers for Priscilla Bienkowski and Sophia Hernandez expected to find them closer to where they went missing.A fi...
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