Family and friends confirmed that Staff Sgt. Taylor Hoover died in Thursday’s
devastating suicide bombing at the Kabul airport that also left well over 100
Afghans dead.
A 31-year-old woman was hospitalized after an alligator she’s worked with for
many years bit her hand and pulled her into the water at a traveling reptile
show in West Valley City.
The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has
issued a statement urging members to get vaccinated and wear face coverings as
COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations surge nationwide due to the delta variant.
UDOT has reopened Big and Little Cottonwood canyons while crews continued
cleanup efforts across the Salt Lake Valley after heavy rain hit the area Sunday
night.
Search and rescue crews located a body in American Fork Canyon and deputies with
the Utah County Sheriff’s Office say they believe it may be that of 38-year-old
Darren Przybyla, who was last seen on July 11.
Crews from cities across Utah County prepared and transported 50,000 sandbags to
southern Utah after this week’s flash flooding in Moab and Cedar City.
Heavy rain from scattered thunderstorms is forecasted to hit central Utah, the
Wasatch Front and northern Utah Tuesday, with flash flooding possible in urban
areas and along burn scars.
The Utah Department of Health on Monday said nine more Utahns have died due to
COVID-19 while 2,269 residents tested positive for the virus over the holiday
weekend.
All evacuation orders have been lifted after heavy rain fell on the Ether Hollow
burn scar above Mapleton, causing some debris flow and urban flooding.
A train with approximately 95 cars derailed in Iron County Thursday night due to
floodwaters in the area, injuring three crew members, according to officials
with the Iron County Sheriff’s Office.
The Utah Department of Health on Friday reported four more Utahns have died due
to COVID-19 while another 669 residents have tested positive for the virus.
Park officials are reminding Bear Lake visitors to use caution during hot and
dry weather after emergency crews responded to multiple fires over the last few
days.