Author: Mariah Wheeler

OGDEN, Utah – The Utah Department of Health on Friday reported a dozen more COVID-19 deaths and 2,543 newly confirmed cases in the past 24 hours. Utah’s total positive cases now stand at 320,102, and deaths are at 1,472. The 12 who died are: Two Salt Lake County men between 45 and 64, hospitalized at time of death Two Salt Lake County men between 65 and 84, hospitalized Two Salt Lake County men between 65 and 84, long-term care facility residents A Salt Lake County woman, older than 85, a long-term care facility resident A Tooele County woman between ages 65 and…

UTAH – An effort to “modernize” Utah’s state flag design didn’t sit well with some state senators, though it did win enough support to move onto further debate in the Senate. Senator Daniel McCay, R-Riverton, told KSL, “There’re iconic flags all over the country. A good portion of the top half of the states have a flag with a blue background with their state seal on it. We thought maybe there, with some effort, and with some design input from the public, that we could modernize our flag, and make it so that it adheres to modern vexillology and vexillological principles. I…