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Hurricane Erin and Salt Lake City’s mayor.
Salt Lake City Weekly
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No Wilson, that hurricane off the eastern seaboard was not named for Salt Lake City's Mayor—Erin Mendenhall. It is true that she's something of a whirlwind, and critics sometimes accuse her of being a blowhard, but her sustained winds are nowhere...
‘Major holes in our system’: How a Utah family’s housing and medical needs are falling through the cracks
The Salt Lake Tribune - Utah
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August 20, 2025
Daniel Eastman pulls a wagon loaded with his belongings through the streets of Salt Lake City — hauling everything he owns as he searches for work and a place to stay. Some nights, he scrapes together enough money for a low-budget hotel. Other...
Utah lawmakers ‘impressed’ by university budget cuts. Now, school leaders say they will do reviews more often.
The Salt Lake Tribune - Utah
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Utah lawmakers have given their initial signoff on each public college and university’s proposal for cutting millions from their budgets under the state’s mandate — and leaders of those schools promised the cuts would only be the start for how...
Utah County norovirus outbreak potentially caused by frozen oysters from South Korea
KSL - Utah
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SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Department of Health and Human Services along with the Utah County Health Department and the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food are investigating a norovirus outbreak in Utah County connected to frozen half-shell...
Letter: Do Utah’s lawmakers really think we don’t see what the president they support is doing to the country?
The Salt Lake Tribune - Utah
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(Ammon Bennett | Special to The Tribune) People attend a protest against the Trump administration at the Capitol in Salt Lake City, Saturday, April 5, 2025. Recently we witnessed reports of Utah congressmen’s support for the recently passed “Big...
Utah Hospital Outage Highlights Backup Power and Resiliency Challenges
Healthcare Facilities Today
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August 20, 2025
The hospital went without power for nearly two hours. When a power outage struck Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah, recently, the hospital’s backup generator also failed, The Salt Lake Tribune reports. This outage forced ambulance...
Utah’s college presidents present strategic reinvestment plans to lawmakers
Deseret News - Utah
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August 20, 2025
Presidents of all of Utah's public degree-granting colleges presented their controversial strategic reinvestment plans to the Legislature's Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee. On Tuesday, the plans were approved by the subcommittee — and...
Local hospitals speak on 'One Big, Beautiful Bill'
The Daily Sentinel - Colorado
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The July passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025 (OBBBA) made several substantial changes to health care policy and financing, largely through Medicaid.Some of those changes have led health care leaders to voice their concerns about the...
Utah Queer Film Festival announces program for 2025
Q Salt Lake Magazine - Utah
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August 20, 2025
Utah Film Center has announced the Utah Queer Film Festival program for its 22nd year, bringing a mix of documentaries, narratives, and shorts collections to the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center in Salt Lake City. The festival, formerly known as...
Utah may have 'blind spots' in addressing mental health concerns, new audit finds
KSL - Utah
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SALT LAKE CITY — As spending on mental health-related emergency room visits has increased in recent years, a new report says Utah policymakers have underutilized a database of insurance claims that could be used to shape policy around public...
Utah's Hogle Zoo mourns passing of Kiaria the Chinese red panda
KUTV - Utah
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SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — The female Chinese red panda that came to Utah's Hogle Zoo in November 2024 passed away after suffering from gastrointestinal challenges. The dedicated animal care and veterinary teams that treated Kiaria, the 8-year-old...
The Young Voice Shaping Salt Lake City's Future
Strong Towns
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August 19, 2025
Norm Van Eeden Petersman 0:06 Thank you so much for tuning in to this Bottom-Up Short, I'm Norm with Strong Towns, and I've met 1000s of Strong Towns members now, and after hearing their stories, I'm inspired to say to others, "I've got to tell...
Are multi-year rev-share contracts at Utah a way to limit transfer portal movement?
KSL - Utah
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SALT LAKE CITY — For all the good the transfer portal has brought to players and schools around the country, it remains one of the biggest pain points for fans (and coaches). That's especially true when some of the best players are treated as free...
‘Valley fever’ has spiked 1,200% in California — why more people are getting the disease that can spread to their bones and brain
New York Post
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August 19, 2025
California health officials are warning about a surge in a potentially deadly fungal infection. The state is reporting 6,761 cases of valley fever, also known as coccidioidomycosis, through July this year. That means California is on pace to top...
Utah County norovirus outbreak linked to oysters
FOX 13 Salt Lake City - Utah
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August 19, 2025
UTAH COUNTY — A norovirus outbreak recently occurred in Utah County, and government officials say it may have been caused by contaminated oysters. An investigation into the outbreak has linked it to frozen half-shell oysters imported from South...
Frozen oysters caused Norovirus outbreak in Utah County, UDAF issues advisory
KSL TV 5 - Utah
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August 19, 2025
TAYLORSVILLE — The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food issued an advisory Tuesday while investigating a Norovirus outbreak linked to frozen oysters. In a press release, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a recall of Korean frozen...
Utah State Extension hosts field day for farmers
Utah Public Radio
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August 19, 2025
It’s a beautiful morning at the Utah State University Botanical Center in Kaysville. Dozens of small acreage and urban farmers have gathered from around the state to learn tips and tricks from Extension specialists on a whole host of topics....
AI Therapy for Mental Health Banned in Illinois
MindSite News
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August 19, 2025
Photo: TippaPatt/Shutterstock Buh-bye, therapy chatbot. Earlier this month, Illinois joined Utah and Nevada in legislating to limit AI therapy. Governor JB Pritzker signed a bill prohibiting the use of AI “to provide mental health and therapeutic...
Utah Board of Pardons and Parole denies Ralph Menzies’ clemency request
KUER - Utah
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August 19, 2025
The avenues of clemency available to death row inmate Ralph Menzies have further narrowed. After two days of hearings the previous week, the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole has denied his commutation request. Lawyers for the 67-year-old Menzies,...
Utah mourns after two Tremonton police officers are killed in duty
Utah Public Radio
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August 19, 2025
Residents of this northern Utah town are in mourning after two of the city’s police officers were fatally shot and a Box Elder County sheriff’s deputy and his police K-9 were wounded Sunday night. “We’ve always grown up in small towns where stuff...