Wendy Leonard

Salt Lake police are investigating the vandalism, a swastika carved into the front window of Utah’s Chabad Community Center, as a hate crime.

While the Utah Department of Health is sequencing only about 10% of all COVID-19 positive test results, there are inevitably more cases of variant illness than were detected just four months ago when the state reported its first known case of a variant.

FDA approval for ages 12 to 15 expected this week

The Utah health department reports nearly 30% of population is protected against COVID-19, with another roughly 20% having developed some natural immunity after having the disease.

The Utah Department of Health reported another 410 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday and one new death. But vaccinations are on the rise.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and members of congressional delegation push for party unity

Utah County Convention delegates on Saturday elected Amelia Powers Gardner, the current county clerk, as the county’s first woman commissioner. If approved by the board, she will replace Tanner Ainge, who has joined the governor’s team.

Another 30% of Utahns need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to achieve herd immunity and eliminate risk of widespread risk of variant strains of the virus.

472 new COVID-19 cases, 1 new death reported on Saturday

President Joe Biden acknowledged on Saturday what other sitting United States presidents have not — calling the killing of 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire from 1915 to 1917 a “genocide.”

Benjamin M. Williams Jr., 43, was taken into custody after after a several-hour standoff in Taylorsville

Fewer COVID-19 testing sites are open on weekends, which may play into fewer new cases reported by the Utah Department of Health on Sunday. Another 248 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths were reported, whereas 344 new cases of the highly contagious disease were reported last Sunday.

Two cars were racing on 900 South near 3000 West just before 1 a.m. when a third car, driven by an unidentified person in their mid-20s, attempted a U-turn in front of them, according to Salt LakeCity Police Lt. Lisa Pascadlo.

Tyson Conner Rocco, 18, was arrested Saturday in connection with Friday’s drive-by shooting near 8800 South and 200 East in Sandy, during which two Midvale boys, ages 13 and 14, were injured.

At least five people died in four unrelated vehicle accidents across the Beehive State this weekend.

Utah’s health department reported 413 new cases of COVID-19 and no new deaths. In all, there have been 392,509 people officially diagnosed with COVID-19 and 2,164 people who have died from the disease in Utah.

Salt Lake County sheriff’s deputy Joshua Buerke was shot in the cheek and was treated and released from the hospital. Deputy Leland Grossett was shot in the eye, which couldn’t be saved. He underwent surgery and remains hospitalized and is in stable condition.

Stockist, a clothing store in Salt Lake City’s popular 9th and 9th neighborhood, closed its doors early after a man who refused to wear a mask threatened to return with a gun when he was asked to leave.

The Utah Department of Health on Sunday reported another 344 cases of COVID-19 and no new deaths in the state caused by the disease.

Groups of parents plan to protest students wearing masks to school, as a public health order requiring masks remains in effect for public schools even as the general mandate is lifted at midnight Saturday.