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The Republican and Democratic candidates for Utah’s 1st Congressional District kicked off a series of debates by the Utah Debate Commission in the runup to the November general election. It was the first and likely only debate between the two before Election Day.

The latest news in Utah from Thursday evening, September 24, 2020.

Colorado researchers will soon begin growing two strains of the virus that causes COVID-19. They’ve contracted with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to help stockpile the virus in case it’s needed in the future for a controversial kind of study.

Utah health officials reported 1,198 news cases of COVID-19, breaking the state’s record for the third time in the past week.

The latest Utah news from Thursday morning, September 24 2020

As warmer temperatures and extreme weather conditions become more common across the west, power companies are facing greater challenges keeping the lights on. Utah’s largest utility, Rocky Mountain Power, has a reliability rating of over 99%, but it still couldn’t prevent nearly 200,000 people from losing power after a windstorm earlier this month.

Many Republican voters in Utah defected from the party in 2016 to vote for independent candidate and Utahn Evan McMullin, who billed himself as an alternative to Donald Trump. Without a viable third-party candidate in the state this year, where will those voters go?

After the city re-opened many public restrooms, it removed portable restrooms installed in July just south of downtown.

From Salt Lake City to St. George, Utahns gathered to protest and remember Breonna Taylor. The events came just hours after a Kentucky grand jury charged one officer involved in the shooting and killing of Breonna Taylor.

A coalition of rural counties is trying to convince the state to build a highway through the Book Cliffs in northern Grand County to promote tourism. But critics say the highway offers marginal benefits, is a waste of taxpayer money and could endanger big game, like elk and bison, who call the lush mountains and canyons home.

The latest news in Utah from Wednesday evening, September 23, 2020.

The latest Utah news from Wednesday morning, September 23, 2020.