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Utah low income advocates asking for eviction hold
Advocates for the homeless and low-income Utahns are urging Governor Gary Herbert to issue an order extending a hold on evictions statewide.
Urban Crossroads Center Executive Director, Bill Tibbitts, says extending the hold would let rental assistance programs pick up traction to help those still struggling financially due to the coronavirus outbreak
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Fire Lake Park limiting visitors
Fire Lake Park is limiting its capacity for visitors after the park experienced large crowds over the last couple of weekends.
Santa Clara-Ivins Police Chief, Bob Flowers, says the park has been having the same issues as other parks in regards to crowd sizes and confirmed the park is limiting capacity to only the parking lot
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St. George Mayor Jon Pike hopeful with request to reduce alert level
St. George Mayor Jon Pike is indicating that Washington County's request to move from orange to the yellow phase of the reopening process may be approved.
Pike says the region could receive the low-risk designation as soon as tonight.
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Congressmen Stewart and Curtis part of panel on China threats
Utah Congressmen Chris Stewart and John Curtis will be part of a Republican panel that will look into future threats posed by China.
The task force named by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy was originally supposed to be a bi-partisan effort.
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Senator Romney questions need to mass coronavirus testing
Republican Senator Mitt Romney questioned the need for mass testing for the coronavirus during a Senate hearing earlier today.
Talking with National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins, Romney discussed data showing the large numbers of people who were found to be asymptomatic in other states
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Two Salt Lake Police officers test positive for Covid-19
Two Salt Lake City Police officers have tested positive for COVID-19.
Department officials say both officers worked in first responder roles, but it's unclear whether they contracted the virus while they were on the job.
Twenty other SLCPD employees were immediately quarantined and will work from home until they can be cleared.
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UPDATE: Man killed in Washington City shooting identified
Shooting victim identified as 38-year-old Christopher Montgomery.
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A shooting in Washington City Thursday evening resulted in the death one man and another man transported to jail.
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How would Utah’s gubernatorial candidates lead the state out of COVID-19?
Utah's four remaining Republican candidates for governor are trying to explain what they would do to help the state's economy recover from the coronavirus pandemic.Former Governor Jon Huntsman, Junior, joined Spencer Cox, Greg Hughes and Thomas Wright for last night's forum...
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Governor says state purchases responsible
Governor Gary Herbert is insisting that the state has made responsible purchases of supplies and services related to the COVID-19 outbreak. The governor said yesterday that he believes there are legitimate questions that should be asked after the state spent millions of dollars to buy PPE, disinfectant and other items as fears about the pandemic increased in March.
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Navajo Nation reports new Covid-19 cases
The Navajo Nation reported 103 new cases of COVID-19 and three more deaths from the virus, bringing the death toll to 88 as of Thursday.
The total number of positive COVID-19 cases for the Navajo Nation has reached 2,757.
A total of 17,148 COVID-19 tests have been administered overall, with 12,806 negative test results
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