All healthcare workers and teachers in Utah are eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine. But public health directors in the southeast part of the state report many are opting out.

The proposed Northern Corridor would cut through the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area, which is set aside to protect Mojave Desert tortoises.

Just over 2,000 hospital workers have been vaccinated at Intermountain St. George Regional Hospital, and last week around 200 received their second dose.

When Kristen Ramirez started the Full Circle Intertribal Center in 2019, her goal was to build community among Native people in Moab. A year and a half later, the nonprofit has grown into a COVID-relief group focused on Native elders, as well as a resource center.

Nearly one month after the Utah County Commission voted to permanently protect Bridal Veil Falls, a private developer who hoped to build a rehab lodge there has sued the county.

Energy Fuels executives are touting the potential of their uranium mill in San Juan County to process ore for rare earth elements. They say it will help keep the mill open, but it’s not likely to create many jobs.

St. George golf is booming this winter. City officials attribute it to the good weather and ability for people to safely social distance while playing.

Clinics on the Navajo Nation in Utah are vaccinating their employees this week, after receiving 850 doses of the Pfizer vaccine. The vaccine is a ray of hope for communities where the virus is over five times more deadly than the rest of the state.

It may be an understatement to say a lot happened in Utah in 2020, both on and off the Wasatch Front. KUER southern news bureau reporters Kate Groetzinger, based in Bluff, and Lexi Peery, based in St. George, spoke with All Things Considered host Caroline Ballard about some of the biggest stories they covered in 2020.

Hospital employees in Heber City and Park City became the first rural healthcare workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19. As of this week, doses of the vaccine have now been delivered to every local health department in the state, according to the Utah Department of Health.

Domestic violence in Utah has significantly increased since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic according to data points like hotline calls and shelter stays, and organizations across the state that serve victims of abuse are worried about keeping up.

After years of negotiation and delays, the Navajo Utah Water Rights Settlement Act passed the U.S. House and Senate on Monday as part of a federal coronavirus relief package. It gives the Navajo Nation the right to use water from the Colorado River and includes $220 million to treat and move the water.