Author: Mariah Wheeler

OGDEN, Utah — Police were called Tuesday evening to a home on Brinker Avenue in Ogden, where it was reported that a man had been shot. Upon arrival, it was found that a man, about 35 years old, had been shot in the abdomen when he intervened in a dispute between two women and attempted to get one of the women to leave the house. Lt. Matt Ward, with the Ogden Police Department, said officers were dispatched at about 5:32 p.m. to the home on the 2700 block of Brinker. “It sounds like an ongoing issue between two females over…

OGDEN, Utah – With 2,614 new coronavirus cases reported Wednesday, Utah’s rate of new diagnoses held steady, but with 21 new deaths, the virus continued to exact a high toll. And with 25% of tests coming back positive — a near-record high — it’s likely that the virus is spreading undetected in many communities. At its highest point, in mid-December, the percentage of positive tests reached just over 27%. “That’s really high. That’s concerning,” Dr. Eddie Stenehjem, an infectious diseases physician at Intermountain Medical Center, said in a news conference Wednesday. “I think it’s really indicating … that not enough…