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(Salt Lake City, UT)  --  The Utah Legislature is starting its sixth special session of the year this morning.  Lawmakers called the special session to deal with issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic, including how to distribute millions of dollars in CARES Act funds that are still unspent.  One item that will not ...

People from St. George and Ogden are calling for the release of non-violent inmates amid the pandemic. Demonstrators from both cities gathered last Friday night outside of county prosecutor offices saying a jail sentence should not equal a death sentence ...

The streets of downtown Salt Lake City are quiet again after a night of protests left the District Attorney's Office damaged.  Protesters began gathering on South State Street last night, blocking traffic following the ruling by District Attorney Sim Gill that the shooting of Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal was justified.  Pr ...

Governor Gary Herbert will not issue a statewide mandate for face masks.  In a news conference today, the governor said he shared the opinions of legislative leaders, saying he wants to appeal to Utahns' better nature and desires to care for each other.  Go ...

Cedar City's Pioneer Day Parade and festivities are being postponed to next year. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officials say they want to minimize the public health risk of COVID-19 and are looking to postpone the event to 2021 rather than cancel it ...

An employee of a 24-hour care facility is in custody after being accused of assaulting a vulnerable resident on Sunday. Police officers say they were dispatched after the resident made the call saying they were bleeding all over the place. Upon arrival, officers were met by the suspect who said the resident has a brain problem and is just bleeding from his stool, as usual ...

The family of a five-year-old kid from Utah who tried to drive to California in hopes of buying a Lamborghini says he finally got part of his wish. The Deseret News reports that Adrian Zamarripa spent last weekend in Beverly Hills, where he rode in luxury cars and met stars like Jamie Foxx ...