Author: Mariah Wheeler

OGDEN, Utah – Seniors in Weber and Morgan County were frustrated on Thursday afternoon to find their efforts to secure vaccine appointments thwarted by technical difficulties. The department announced earlier on Thursday that new appointments would be available starting at 3 p.m. Just after 3 p.m., 2News received multiple phone calls asking for more information about what was wrong with the website. A post on the department’s Facebook page states, “Our website is experiencing technical difficulties. We will update again when it is functional.” The department told 2News in an email that technical difficulties occurred “as thousands of people attempted…

UTAH – Two bills in the Utah Senate could change how you purchase alcohol. One of those bills, Senate Bill 119, aims to make it legal for Utah bars and restaurants to sell alcohol as a to-go option. Sponsored by Sen. Derek Kitchen (D-Salt Lake), S.B. 119 would allow Utahns to purchase sealed alcoholic beverages from the bars and restaurants via curbside pickup and deliveries. Current Utah law restricts the purchase of alcohol to only inside stores. In a Jan. 21 tweet, Sen. Kitchen says the bill aims to help bars and restaurants forced into a “new model of operating”…