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Arches And Canyonlands Are Reopening This Weekend, As Moab Shifts To Low-Risk For Coronavirus

MOAB — As Arches and Canyonlands national parks prepare to reopen this weekend, Gov. Gary Herbert has rejected a request from Grand County officials to limit overnight lodging.

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Utah Schools Inch Closer To Reopening Plans

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Some Social Services Cuts Could Be Spared By Medicaid Rainy Day Fund

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The Morel Of The Story: Finding Fungi In The Mountain West

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When I was little, my dad and I would walk behind our house in west-central Montana and stare at the ground. And then walk. Stare. Walk. Stare. We'd do this for hours, searching for that tasty, edible and highly prized morel mushroom.


COVID-19 Is Surging In Southwest Utah

By • May 28, 2020
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ST. GEORGE — Southwest Utah has reached a new high-point of active COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, local health officials announced Thursday.

Utah Schools Inch Closer To Reopening Plans

By • May 28, 2020
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State and local leaders are working towards issuing guidelines for how Utah’s K-12 public school districts and charters can reopen in the fall. 

UDOT Budget Cuts Would Mean Scaled Back Road Cleanup, But Not Paving

By • May 28, 2020
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The Utah Department of Transportation’s budget could shrink by up to $1.5 million next year due to falling tax revenues resulting from the coronavirus pandemic.

Proposed Budget Cuts Could Release Inmates And Lead To Criminal Case Backlog

By • May 28, 2020
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A legislative subcommittee approved plans Wednesday to cut up to nearly $45 million in funding for Utah’s courts and Department of Corrections. 

Utah's Public Schools Could See More Than $300 M In Budget Cuts

By • May 27, 2020
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Members of Utah’s Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee met Wednesday to discuss up to $380 million in possible cuts to the state’s education funding. The hearing is part of a larger effort from Utah lawmakers to balance the state’s budget, which is projected to lose up to $1.3 billion in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. 

Utah Legislature Could Cut Up To $112 Million In Social Service Programs

By • May 27, 2020
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Things like Medicaid, mental health services and programs for people with disabilities could be impacted by cuts to Utah’s social services budget. 

Battling The 'COVID Slide' — Schools Reimagining Learning For A New Reality

By • May 27, 2020
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Audri Robbinson is worried about her kids. Like many parents, she became a second teacher to them after state leaders announced in-person classes would be temporarily suspended in March. But it's been an ongoing challenge to keep Vincent, 4th grade, and Viauna, 2nd grade, engaged outside the classroom. 

'It's Like A Perpetual Spring Break': Washington County Search And Rescue Calls Rise Amid Pandemic

By • May 26, 2020
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ST. GEORGE — In the eight years Sgt. Darrell Cashin has worked search and rescue, Sunday was the busiest day he’s ever had on the job.

Hispanic Workers' Unemployment Claims Offer Incomplete Picture Of Coronavirus Impact

By • May 26, 2020
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Hispanic and Latinx people made up 13% of Utah’s unemployment claims in April, according to the state’s Department of Workforce Services. 

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Trump Says U.S. Will Withdraw From WHO. Does He Have The Authority To Do It?

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President Trump has announced that he is immediately halting the decades-long U.S. membership in the World Health Organization over its response to China's handling of the coronavirus epidemic.

In a press briefing Friday at the White House, Trump said, "We will be today terminating our relationship with the World Health Organization and redirecting those funds to other worldwide and deserving urgent global public health needs."

Missouri's Only Clinic That Provides Abortions Allowed To Remain Open

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Planned Parenthood scored a victory in Missouri on Friday in a ruling that allowed the state's only abortion provider to keep its doors open.

In a 97-page decision, a state administrative commission said the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services wrongfully denied the reproductive health organization a license renewal for a St. Louis clinic in 2019.

George Floyd and Derek Chauvin Were Once Co-Workers, Ex-Club Owner Tells TV Station

By • 11 hours ago

George Floyd and Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter in Floyd's death, worked together at a Minneapolis club as recently as last year, according to a report from local television station KSTP.

Tracee Ellis Ross Can Hit The High Notes, Too

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Over her decades-long career, Tracee Ellis Ross has starred in beloved shows such as Black-ish and Girlfriends. But as she sees it, her latest role is her most daunting one yet. In The High Note, available to stream on Apple TV on May 29, she plays a superstar singer named Grace Jones, who's facing career stagnancy. Meanwhile, Jones' personal assistant Maggie (played by Dakota Johnson) has musical ambitions of her own as an aspiring producer.

Biden Calls George Floyd Killing 'An Act of Brutality'

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Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, described the killing of George Floyd, a black man who died after police pinned his neck to the ground for several minutes, as an "act of brutality."

"Once again — the words 'I can't breathe.' An act of brutality so elemental, it did more than deny one more black man in America his civil rights and his human rights. It denied his very humanity. It denied him of his life," Biden said Friday.

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